Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-08
FAREWELL TO A PASTOR,
Reception Mt the Unitarian Church Par
lOrs to Rev. and Mrs. j. ii. MetcaIf.

large company gathered at the Uni |
tartan Church parlors Monday night to bid
farewell TO the Rev. and Mrs. j. II. Met |
calf. who are going abroad for ii year,
Mr.. Metcalf having resigned his pasto-
rate at the church after ten years of
earnest service. The reception was given
by the ladies society of the church and
those present included, in addition to the
people of the Unitarian Church. a large
number of their friends in other denomi-
nations, including most of the other
clergymen in the city and few from out
of town. The guests were received by Mr..
and Mrs. Metcalf and by Mrs. A. +. Rich
ardson. president Of the ladies' society.
The parlors were freely decorated with
cut flowers and greenery, furnished by
Mrs. Richardson and by Mrs. j. II. Gates
and arranged by their florists. Music
was furnished on the piano during the
evening by Miss Carrie Nash and refresh
ments We're served. Mrs. W. f. Ferguson.
Mrs. g. II. Holden and Mrs. lsora l..
Conger having charge and the Misses
Nelson, Nye, Ferguson, Cakes and Hall
serving The lemonade table was in
charge of Miss Brownoll, assisted by
Marjorie Adsit, Marion Clarkson. Har-
riet Whittemore and Virginia Ferguson.
just before the close Of the reception Mr..
Mctcalf was presented with a purse con-
tanning a handsome sum of money from
some of his devoted parshioners
Mr. and Mrs. Metcdlf went from the
church parlors directly to the railroad
station and took the 1920 train for Bos
ton, large company of their par!shioners
accompanying them to the station. On
Friday they will go to New York sailing
from there on Saturday on the steamship
bohemian of the Leyland line for Liver
pool. From there they will go directly
to oxford where Mr. Metcalf will take
up studies in theology and philosophy in
the Unitarian Divinity school. doing some
work also in the University of oxford.
The college year closes in May, after
which they viii spend some weeks in
travel in Italy and other countries, re-
turning to the United States about the
first of September.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
A meeting of the society of the church
was held in the church auditorium at
seven o'clock, when the following reso-
lutions were presented and adopted by
unanimous vote
With the severing of the ties which
have bound minister and people in har-
monluus relationship for ten years, the
society of the FIRST Congregational Uni-
taran Church desires to express its APP
probation of the Rev J. II. Metcalfs
| earnest work and its sense of loss over
his departure. The society believes that
it has had in Mr.. Metcalf "A pastor whose
| place it will be most difficult to fill. a
man of influence in the community, he
has stood high among the clergymen Of
the city and commanded universal re-
spect. A leader and adviser in all depart
ments of church work, his term of serv-
ice has been most helpful to the peo-
pie of this parish, whose membership
| under his pastorate has grown, not only
| in numbers but in the unity and loyalty
which is essential to a successful church.
Easy of approach cordial in manner, in
| I'm mo n