The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-01
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
RESIGNATIONOF J. LEE MITCHELL
 ACCEPTED.


 Avenue Congregational Church oI
 April I4-vvil Accept the Attlebort
 Pastorate -The Reason Why Rev. MT
 The Ecclesiastical society has voted
 to reluctantly accept the resignation o1
 the pastor, Rev. pr. Mitchell, acting concurrently with the Grand avenue
 Congregational church. They have also
 appointed a committee, consisting o1 Norman A. Tanner and Henry Musch
 to cooperate with the committee ap- pointed by the church in arranging tc call council of the churches to take further action in seyering the pastoral relations. The society also voted that it would be best to hear no candidates for the vacant pastorate, but to hire supplies. Resolutions upon the resig- nation of pr. Mitchell have been adopt ed as follows:
 Resolutions unanimously adopted by
 the Grand avenue Congregational
 church, of New Haven, Conn.,, in
 meeting assembled on the 29th day of
 March, A. D. 1901:
 Whereas, Our beloved and esteemed pastor, the Rev. James Lee Mitchell, Ph. D., has seen fit to sever the ties which bind him to the Grand avenue Congreg gational church, of New Haven, Conn.,, to follow the call of our Master to labor elsewhere; and
 Whereas It is with very great reluc- tance, sorrow and regret that this church has accepted his resignation; and
 Whereas, The members of this church not alone regret the loss of their pastor, teacher and exemplifier of high Chris tian manhood, who has been with them many years, but also their friend, coun- selor and spiritual adviser; and
 Whereas, By his departure this con- !; gregation loses a brilliant preacher, hay ing rare and exceptional rhetorical pow CTS and the gift of Expression possessed by but few; therefore
 Resolved, That by this testimonial we bear witness to the loss which this church feels at the severance of our re- lations as pastor and people.
 Resolved, That the good wishes of this congregation for his future minis trations, and their prayers for the blessing of God upon him and his, do follow him.
 Resolved, That the prayers of our people go with him in all his paths, that through Gods providence he may has ten the Kingdom of Christi And be it finally
 Resolved, That copy of these reso- 1utions, suitably engrossed, be presented to Rev. Dr. Mitchell.
 CHARLES H. BLAKESLEE,
 NORMAN A. TANNER, 1
 HENRY MUSCH.
 Dr. Mitchell informed a representa- tive of this paper yesterday that he had sent no reply to either of the churches to which he had been called, but had decided to accept the call to the Second church in Attleboro, Mass. He will probably forward his accept ance to-day. This is an influential church of 800 members. To the first call he sent a declination, but they vot- ed on Friday evening to renew it and it is understood at larger salary than first offered. pr. Mitchell will close | his labors with the Fair Haven church | on Sunday, April IA. There were pres ent at yesterday mornings services two members from the Bushwick ave- nue church, Brooklyn, to renew the wishes of the membership that Dr. Mitchell would accept their call, but they were informed that he had decided to go to Attleboro.
 Announcement had been made sev- eral days since that Rev. George D. Heron D. D., would preach at the Second Congregational church yester- day morning and there was consdera- ble surprise that he did not officiate. The pastor of the church, Rev. Alexan- der F. Irvine, told a representative of this paper that Mrs Heron had re- gently obtained a divorce from her hus- band and in consequence he had gone to New York and cancelled the engage ment with pr. Heron, thinking that, under the circumstances, it would be better if he did not preach here He said that Dr. Heron saw the matter in the same light and was perfectly satisfied with the arrangement. MT. Irvine says that Dr. Heron and his former wife are both very nice people, but the former is Christian socialist; the wife did not believe in these views and they had not lived together for years because of incompatibity of temper, and she had obtained divorce on the ground of assertion. The for mer Mrs. Heron is a society woman f and is worth $100000 in her own name. 7 Dr. Heron is receiving salary of $3,- O00 MT. Irvine says pr. Heron is a C thoroughly conscientious Christian man 7 and is devoted to his work. , Rev. Robert T. McNicholl, for three z years pastor of the East Pearl street :, M. E. church, will probably be assigned T to one of the Methodist churches in f New York city at the conference to be leld this month. No one has been slat- a ed vet as a candidate to be his success i ,or. MT McNicholl has been pastor of o he Ollin church, the Second street, il Thirty seventh street and the Fiftieth f street churches, New York city, and n he Washington street church, Brook il yn. but it is to none of these churches n hat he expects to go the coming year. h A class supper was held last Thurs h lay at the joint homes of Mrs Mary c ,antry and Mrs David Hanselpacker, i, S Woolsey street, for Mrs. c. R. Car f. ill, the teacher, in celebration Of her F birthday anniversary Some thirty la q lies were in attendance, past and pres f. mt members of the class. Supper was c erved at o'clock. It was a nice sup N