Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-11-21
INSTALLED
Rev. Howard S.
MacAyeaI.
Gloom Caused by DIR.
Monroe's Illness,
And Resolutions Of
Sympathy Adopted.
Impressive Services at First Cor.
gregationaI Church.

The veil Of gloom drawn by the ill
ness of the old over the services In
stallng the new pastor of the First
Congregational church Wednesday ev-
ening seemed only to heighten the
impressiveness of the occasion into
deeper meaning There is sickness
in the home of Dr. 4. L. Monroe. The
venerable pastor, who for % years
guided the congregation through storm
and sunshine, is himself suffering from
peculiar affection, and his wife ana
daughter are also Ill. The flesh on
DR.. Monroe's arms and legs is becom-
ing hard and he suffers constant pain
While the pastors talked and prayed
their words were full of hope and con-
graduation for the new. and appre-
citation, love and sympathy for the old
pastor. Dr. Monroes 29-years' pas
tolate at the First Congregational
church built for him II monument OF
love and respect whose value cannot
be described. The best wishes the
Council Wednesday evening could ex-
tend to Rev. Mr.. MacAyeal were that
lie should SUCCEED eventually to the
same measure of love which DR..
Monroe enjoyed, and that his work
should be blessed as abundantly as had
been that of his predecessor. In ac-
cepting charge of the congregation,
Rev. Mr.. MacAyeal feels deeply the
impressions made by the love for the
old pastor, and the influence will be
one Of his strongest helps.
Resolutions We're adopted Wednes-
day afternoon by the Church Council,
expressing sympathy for DR.. Monroe
and his family in their illness, ana ap-
probation of his services in building
up the congregation, and in doing a
work whose influence did not stop
merely within the limits of his con-
grcgation, but spread over all the city.
The resolutions were prepared by Rev.
Henry Stauffer, Of Cuyahoga Falls,
and Rev. Robt. Hopkins, of Kent.
The services Wednesday evening
were the completion of program be-
gun in the afternoon. The Council OF.
ganzed in the afternoon by electing
Rev. Henry Stauffer, Moderator. and
Rev. Robt. Hopkins scribe. Rev. Mr..
MacAyeal read lengthy paper in
which We're stated his theological
views, and methods of doing church
work. This statement was satisfac.
tory in every detail to the Council.
Pastors and lay delegates who at
tended the installation We're Rev. Hen
~ G. King, ID. D., of Oberlin college;
Rev. Michael Burnham, d. D., and a.
NJ. Eddy, st. Louis; Mrs. Mary Il. Mac
Ayeal of Amesbury, Mass, mother Of
the pastor installed; Rev. p. d. Dodge
and Rev. Charles Cutler, Tallmadge;
Rev. Henry Stauffer and Geo. H.
Dunn, Cuyahoga Falls; Mr.. Lennon,
Ravenna; Rev. Robt Hopkins, and Mr..
Blackmore, Kent; Rev. c. +. Wise
man, Newton Falls; Rev. j. L. Davies
and O. w. Hale, West Congregation
al church, Akron; Mrs. Leroy Munson,
Arlington st. Congregational church.
Special music by the choir was one
of the features of the program We'd
nesday evening. The first prayer was
offered by Moderator Stauffer, who
also read the scripture lesson.
Rev. Michael Burnham, d. d., of st,
Louis, preached the installation SER
mon. He spoke of the personality Of
Christ and Its influence, how at His
birth an angel chorus sang, and at His