The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-10-20
REV. RALPH GILLIAN
Resigns his Passionate in Lowell, Mass, te
Again Engage in Evangelical Work

Resigns his Passionate in Lowell. Mass, te
Again Engage in Evangelical Work
Rev. Ralph Gillian, a native of this
city, who has been very successful as
clergyman and evangelist, recently re-
signed the pastorate in Lowell, Mass,
he had held for nearly three years to re-
turn to the field of the evangelist. The
Lowell church is the one formerly oc'
cupied by Rev. Smith Baker, now Of
Portland, and is the largest in that city.
Mr.. Gillian expects to begin work in
Portland, Oregon, in January, 1905,
and will PROBABLY remain on the Pacific
coast for several years. On retiring
from the Lowell church Mr. Gillian re-
ceived the following touching testi-
monial:
LOWELL, MASS, Sept. 26, 1904.
Our Dear Brother Gillian:
AT the regular meeting of the Mon
days Ministers Conference, held in
Lowell, Sept. 18th, it was voted unani-
mously that letter be prepared by a
committee and signed by every mem
Der of The conference, setting forth the
high appreciation in which you are
held by these ministers and the deep
regret felt by them in view of the ter
mlnation of your pastorate in our city.
We feel strongly that the moral and
religious forces of our city have been
distinctly weakened 10y your departure;
that the work of Christ in our midst
has sustained a serious loss through
the absence of your inspiring personal
ity, your trusted leadership, and your
effective service. We trust, however,
the aggressive evangeliStic work so
greatly encouraged and promoted by
your untiring efforts for the salvation
of men may not falter in enthusiasm
and power.
We desire to express to you our APP
probation of your many manly quail
ties and our high estimate OF your fine
, Christian character, your splendid evan
gelical gifts and your excellent work
as a pastor. We want you to know
that we recognize the Monday Minis
ters' meeting as largely of your inspira-
ton and therefore that we owe to you
the privilege we have had for two years
of enjoying a Christian fellowship all
too rarely known. We shall be glad to
commend you in the most hearty fash
| ion to churches of the various Christian
bodies as an eminently safe, wise and
effective evangelist.
We shall follow you with our prayers
and are confident that we shall hear
from time to time glowing reports of
! what God is doing for you, through
you, and with you in different parts of
our great country. May the Lord,
whose you are and whom you serve,
bless you exceeding abundantly above
all you ask or think.
| We are, our dear brother,
, Your fellow-workers in the Lord.
Robert F. True, Baptist.
Albert E. Kenyon, Free Baptist.
James NJ. Craig, Presbyterian.
Asa Reed Dilts, Baptist
D./B. Martin, Free Baptist.
j. A. Mcknight, Congregational, ORA
cut.
n. W. Matthews, Primitive Method
| iSt
Darrell Markham, Primitive Method
| iSt
Charles H. Ellis, Baptist, Chelmsford
! G. W. Williams, Baptist, So. Chelms-
| ford.
Geo. w. Coon, Methodist Episcopal.
Isaac LaFleur, Baptist.
Herman LllOrln, SWeuiSn DdptlSt.
Arthur p. Wedge, Baptist.
F. NJ. Pickles, Methodist Episcopal.
Smith Thomas Ford, Baptist.
Geo. B. Dean, Methodist Episcopal.
I. Clayton Welles, Congregational
E. Victor Bigelow, Congregational.
&C. R. Crossett, Adventist Christian.
B. F. Kingsley, Methodist Episcopa
Geo. Edward Martin, Congregational
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