The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01
INSTALLED
Rev. ROBERT S. STEEN NOW
ORDAINED MINISTER.
Takes Charge of Hillside Presbyterian
Church, Orange, with Charge to
People by Former Pastor.

INF the presence OF a large congregation,
and ] with impressive ceremonies, the Rev.
Robert S. Steen, of Philadelphia, was last
night ordained 10 the Presbyterian min
istrH at the Hillside Presbyterian Church,
Orange. and installed as pastor of the
churih by the presbytery of Morris and
Orange. MIR. Steen, who is the son OF q
retired Presbyterian minister residing In
Philadelphia. received the unanimous con-
grega9ional call from the church June 70.
He Isl a graduate of Princeton University
and the Union Theological Seminary. rms
will b@s his first pastorate, as he was re-
ceived las a licentiate from the New fork
P~resbyItery last Tuesday. A feature OF the
ceremony was the fact that the charge 70
the pe@ple was given by the Rev; Dr.
SfanleyA White. who preceded Mr.. Steen
as pastoF of the Church, and the prayer
Of ordinaTon made by the father OF the
candidate, Y
The Rev. pr. Charles cuthbert Hall.
president of the Union Theological Semi
mary, preached b eAserman. Taking for his
theme The Recovery of Lost Impulses
he based his sermon Son the experience. of
airy Of the Chosen pekpie' Speaking q
the prophetic life" o4 which the candi-
date was about TO enteS he said:
What Is the prophetic life? 1t is not
necessarily the life OF genius. for there
tensions to his nysteIf Gus gift. 1t may
the clergyman. It is Ithe life enkindled
and infamed by the spfF FIT of God to prop
erly Z ip ning of t5 Mis re wSff 70 man meS Comes from
earnest endeavor, heesid that there come
times when the Vdfnister is almost crushed
to the ground y the dead weight Of OPP
he Is trying inderpre5 strength viii
p y the vEord Of God and the love and
charge TO IL pastor.
TO be AZ leader" he said, ''one thing
nppElRAFV IN lnaTn Is m LAT nfharQ 6n all
you can relieve Yourself OF, Raise up
lisge y espe Of Sbsed1 Msii O saSfToa, T sS0. PRIZE T6e
first is the cdRdition OF intelligence of the
day. There are~t0@erywhere among church,
going people some whose intelligence is so
not comprehend the churSh service as or
dinarily conducted. To THESE you must go
s peeSHna pryoblem me an SieG qhls p goa must + fa see
frankly and boldly. THE average Profess
tant church appeals to a certain class Of
his worlds goods, WIS mix easily. and
who are satisfied with economic conditions
as they exist. Beneath this Is a seething
mass, eagerly striving ~ 2 BLIND way for
think that the church >of the humble car
penter answers their ideafs and aspirations.
sv Under IN v5 the crushing cg1s 3 eag,a las Of snS our iSe social dsl
MES 1t, such a pulpit that theise will realize
their error, let it not be a reQroach, as it
Often Is, TO the shame OF our AAerlcanlSm,
that the church is a place In which rich
and poor seldom meet together.
Dr.. White said hat IL he Acould re-
duce to one the 1900 ermon he had
preached In his tw~enty-year IRstorate,
the essence would be: BE Loyal to your
Master Speaking of the peolae's duty
to their pastor, he said this CONSISTS in
three thinss-relieving him off multi
plicity of detail. opening thefry hearts to
him, and maintaining the high ideals of
The remainder of the order of services
was as follows:
Organ prelude.
anthem: Lovely Appears Over the
Invocation, Rev. Joh9 F. Patterson, D..
2. pastor Central Presbyterian Church,
Orange.
Reading of Scripture. Rev. Minot c.
Morgan, pastor Central Presbyterian
Church. Summit.
Venite. Exultemus Domino, choir and
congregation.
Hymn. Good Of the Prophets"
Constitutional questions, the Moderator,
Rev. Stanley White. p. D.
Prayer, the Rev. Charles Townsend, D..
D.. pastor First Presbyterian Church, Or
ange.
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Orange Valley German Presbyterian
Benediction, the Rev. Robert Service
Steen.
Organ postlude. 'fMarche Triomphale."