The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-11
THE NEw METHODIST PASTORS.

l | F. conference, and he has never before | labored in the New York East confer
 ence. He was pastor of one of the
 largest and wealthiest Methodist | churches in the Pittsburg conference which has over 1 LOO members. He is
 said to be an eloquent and successful clergyman and the First church has
 secured valuable man. Rev MT. El- | dridge, who has been the occupant of l the pulpit for the past four years goes to the Sumner Avenue M. E. church in Brooklyn, N. Y. Rev. Dr. E. A. Blake
 goes to the church in Pittsburg va cated by Rev MT. Baker.
 Rev. Dr. Baker is about fifty years of
 age and he enjoys deserved reputa
 ton for being one of the best pulpit
 orators in the Methodist church in
 this country, He was educated at Wesleyan university at Middletown about twenty-five years ago and he has always taken high rank in the various
 conferences of which he has been a member. Besides the Pittsburg confer ence he has been a member of the New York conference, the Newark, N. J.,
 conference and the Wilmington Del,
 conference. He has been a pastor in large Methodist church in Whining
 ton and his services have always been
 in demand by large and wealthy M.
 E. churches throughout the country.
 He is married and has two children,
 one of them a daughter, being a very
 talented young lady. The church is to
 be congratulated on securing his ser
 vices as a pastor.
 Among the churches that he has serv-
 ed as pastor is that of Walnut Hills,
 Cincinnati St. Paufs M. F. church of
 Newark, N. J.. St. James M. F..
 church of New York city; Arch street
 church of Philadelphia, and recently
 Christ church at Pittsburg, Pa. He is
 about fifty years of age and is in the
 fullness of his prime and strength, a
 man of great purity of life and nobility of character.
 In the Epworth church. whose pulpit
 has been so ably filled by Rev. Fred
 Winslow Adams for the past two years, Rev H. F. Hiler, who has been preaching at the Methodist church in Southold, on Long Island, has bene ap- pointed pastor of Epworth MT. Hiler joined the New York East conference in the year 1899 and was prepared for the ministry at the Drew Theological seminary at Madison, N. J. Previous to that he studied in Syracuse univer- sity. He has for the short time that he has been in the conference been very successful and is rising young clergy man and it is believed that the church will prosper under his ministrations.
 In the Howard Avenue M F. church Rev. Hiram D. Weston has been ap pointed pastor in place of Rev. Henry E. Burnes, who has been there for the past two years, and who now goes to the Methodist church of Jamaica on Long Island. Rev. Mir Weston has been clergyman for the past thirty- three years and he has a long record of service in the conference minutes. He joined the New England conference in 1869 and was stationed at Reading, Mass, where he stayed two years. In 1871 he was stationed at Oakdale, Mass, and in 1872 and 1874 he was pastor of the Laurel street church in Worcester, Mass, and in 1875, 1876 and 1877 he was the pastor of the Coral street church in that city. In 1878 he was the pastor of the Natick, Mass, M. E. church, and in 1379 1880 and 1881 he was pastor of the Dorchester M. E. church in Boston. In 1882, 1883 and 1884 he was pastor of St. Pauls M. E. church in Lowell and in 1885 he was transferred to the New York East conference. His first charge in this conference was at Norwalk, where he stayed a year and he was then transferred to the Newark, N. J., conference. His first work there was in 1886, where he filled the pulpit of the Simpson M.@E church in Jersey City, N. J. In 1887, 1888 and 1889 he was the pastor of the West Side Ave- nue M. E. church in Jersey City. The next year he was again transferred to he New York East conference, and for two years he was the pastor of the East Pearl street M. F. church in Fair Haven. In 1892, 1893. 1894, 1895 and 1896 he was stationed at the South Second Street church of Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1897 and 1898 he preached at the Seacliff church and his last charge was the Twenty-seventh Street M. k. church in New York city, he being there in 1899, 1900 and 1901. He is a faithful and diligent worker and as will be seen by his long record cer- gyman of long experience.
 In the Summerfeld M F. church whose pulpit has been filled by Rev. I Howard Hand for the past year, the conference has appointed Rev. Fred ,rick J. Shackleton, who comes here | rom New York city, he having | preached at the Forsyth Street M. E. | ,hurch in the years 1898, 1899, 1900 and | 9O1. Rev. MT Shackleton is compar- .tively speaking, a young man, he l having joined the conference in 1884 | lis first charge was Round Hill, Conn, where he stayed a year, and in 1885. sS6 and 1887 he preached in the Pound Ridge, N. T., M. E. church. In 1898 md 1889 he was the pastor of the Voodbury, L. r.. M E. church. and in ! 800, 1891 and 1892 he preached at Port efferson, L. I. From there he went to ,tratford, Conn, where he preached in S93 1894 and 1895. and in 1896 and S97 he was on duty at Bridgehamton. uffolk county. N. Y. In 1898 he went 0 Forsyth Street church, as above tated.