New-York tribune., 1908-03-26


of this city. the son of William c. Hail. head Of
firm OF importing druggists. and was born on Sep
tember g. 1852. He received his early education at
New Windsor the Hudson, where the family
made its home. and prepared fer college by
tutor, entering his sixteenth birthday He was
graduated Williams College in 1872, and then
attended Union Theological Seminary. In his boy
hood he had planned 10 enter the ministry, but his
voice failed him in his year college and he
then decided on the newspaper profession But his
voice was restored before his graduation, and he
was able to pronounce his commencement oration
with ease
In 1874 he licensed 10 preach, but spent
year in study the Presbyterian College in
London and the Free Church College al Edin-
burgh before he ordained. in 1875. His
first pastorate the Union Presbyterian
Church in Newburg, n. Y, succeeding DR. Wen
dell Prime. where he remained two years In
1877 he accepted call the First Presbyterian
Church in Brooklyn. where he succeeded the
Rev Dr. Daniel H Carroll. He soon became
leader in the Brooklyn pulpit. then having such
widely known men Henry Ward Beecher, Dr..
Richard S Storrs. DR. Charles H Hall and DR..
T. Dewitt Talmage. DR. Halls church, on the
Heights was the oldest Of the Presbyterian de-
nomination in the city, and had a large and
wealthy congregation The popularity Of Dr.
Hall great that when he was called to
the chair of sacred rhetoric at the Andover
Theological Seminary, in 1894. the church raised
$4,000 for the extension of mission work after
Dr. Hall had decided to remain with II. But in
1897 Dr. Hall called to Re president of
Union Theological Seminary and decided that 1t
in the line of duty TO accept, and so re-
signed his Brooklyn pulpit, TO the extreme re-
gret of his church.
DR.. Hall was regarded as a polished pulpit
orator, profound student OF theology and lit
erature, and a of much executive ability.
He well versed in hymnoIogy, and collab-
GRATED with Professor Sigismund Lasar in the
comp. pi.ation Of The Evangelical Hymnary." He
in much demand a lecturer. and deliv-
cred many courses. His course as Carew Iect-
urer a the Hartford Theological Seminary, in
1894, published in volume entitled Quail
fcations for Ministerial Power" In 1902-'03 he
TO India and the Far East the Barrows
lecturer, and again in 19O6-'O7. He the Cole
lecturer Vanderbilt University in 1906 and the
Noble lecturer at Harvard in 1906.
The degree Of D. D. conferred upon him
by New York University in 1890, by Harvard in
1887 and by Yale in 1891. That Of Ii. D.
/ conferred him by Union University in 1905
He was permanent trustee Of Williams College
and trustee Of Atlanta University Before he
was chosen president of Union Theological Sem
mary he had been one of the directors for ten
years. In the presidency he succeeded DR..
Thomas s. Hastings. DR.. Hall also occupied
/ the Skinner and McAlpin chair Of pastoral the
oIogy and mission work al the seminary.
In an address before the Religious Educa-
/ tionaI Association in Chicago in 1904 DR.. Hall
( directed attention 10 the deterioration of moral
standards in this country follows:
In the hustle and hustle Of everyday activity
we have astonished the world but morally we
are rapidly going astern-so rapidly that is
dumfounded at the contrast after visit to some
Of the countries OF the Old World"
Among DR.. Halls works Into His Mar
veIIous Light" Does God Send Trouble?"
Christian Belief Interpreted by Christian Ex-
perience' and Redeemed Life After Death
DR. Hall married in 1877 to Miss Jeanie
Stewart Boyd of New Windsor. n. Y. and they
had daughters and a
The funeral, which will be held in Adams
! Chapel tomorrow morning will be private only
the immediate family, tie faculty of the semi
nary and students there and few specially in
viued friends being present