Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-17
Well-known Young Pastor Con
sidering Offer to Go to
New York City
WOULD ENTER CHARITY WORK
Secretary EFT. Devine, of New York,
Board of Associated Charities, Urges
Mccord to Take Charge of Board
of AppeaIs-chance for Advanced
Study Along Chosen Lines.

The Presbyterians and MARSHALL
town may lose Rev Clyde w. Nc
Cord, who has been in charge of the
First Presbyterian church of this city
Mr.. McCord has been extended very
flattering offer by Secretary Edward
Z. Devine, of the board of associated
charities of New York City. to be-
come the head of the board of appeals
of the organization. AS Mr.. McCord
has been doing special work for two
years along social and labor lines this
position would open a wide field for
advanced study.
The proposition that has been put
to Mr.. McCord is one that will be
hard for him to turn down, and yet
there is another side that he seriously
considers, and that is the fact that
he is in the midst of building a new
church here. His decision, however.
must be made within a week or ten
days, as the vacancy on the New York
board cannot be held open long.
Sounded. Him Last Spring.
When DR.. Deyine was west last
spring to attend the commencement Of
his alma mater, Cornell he met Mr..
McCord at Mt. Vernon. McCord is also
an alu1nnus of Cornell, and was there
for commencement. Devine was at
tracted to the young minister and,
knowing that vacancy would come
before many months in the board Of
appeals, sounded McCord along the line
of entering charity work. McCord told
him of his special study, and Of the
fact that he was anxious to become
better acquainted with social condi.
tions, to know men, and to view condi-
lions from the standpoint of the class
with which the charity boards of the
big cities deal. At that time, however,
there was no proffer of any position
nor was 1t even intimated that there
might be. A letter has just come to
Mr. McCord from DR.. Devine, in which
a formal tender of the position is made,
and an answer is requested within the
next ten days.
Partial to Cornell Men.
DR.. Devine is naturally partial to
Cornell men, in finding out positions in
the big organization that he heads,
and connected with the work at the
present time are several Of Mr.. Nc
Cords classmates and one professor.
In taking up the charity work, should
he decide to accept the offer, Mr. Nc
Cord would probably not remain in the
work longer than two or three years,
BY that time he would consider HIM
self better fitted to resume pastoral
work, and to understand many condi-
lions that he would expect to meet In
religious work among people.
The church here, and many outside.
who have met Mr.. McCord and grown
to admire him, would very much regret
seeing him leave Marshalltown. At
fairs are most harmonious between
the pastor and his people, and Mr..
McCord says that never in his life
as a pastor has he enjoyed the work
Of a year and a half as he has the
past eighteen months here. He con-
siders. however, in view Of the fact
that the financial affairs of his church
are in good shape, and the money for
the new church is practically raised, 1T
would be an easy matter for some
one to step in and complete the work
with but little, if any, trouble.