The morning journal-courier., 1908-10-01
TOOK PLACE IN BROOKLYN
Notable Gathering Honors Former Pastor of the Davenport Con- grcgational Church in
 This City.

merry or the Davenport church, New Haven, was formally inducted into of- flee by an ecclesiastical council. The council met In the afternoon to ex- anime Mir Pierce with regard to his Christian experience, his call to the ministry and views of doctrine.
 At the afternoon session the Rev. Dr. Robert J. Kent, pastor of the Lew Is Avenue Congregational church, was elected moderator and the Rev. Charles J Allen. pastor of the Beech CT Memorial Congregational church, scribe, The churches represented by pastor and delegate were the Church of the Pilgrims, Clinton avenue, South Plymouth, Central. Tompkins Avenue, Lewis Avenue, Bushwick Avenue, Beecher Memorial, Flatbush, Park and Church of the Evangel, Brooklyn; Broadway Tabernacle, Pilgrim, Man haitian, of Manhattan; the South of Brockton, Mass, of which Mir Plerce's father Is pastor; the Davenport Congregational church of New Haven, where Mir. Pierce was minister when called to Brooklyn; the First Congregational church of Canan- daigua, N r.. where the Rev. Liv- ingston l.. Taylor, formerly of Puritan church, Is pastor The individuals present were the Rev Charles w.. Shelton, superintendent of the Congra- gational Church Extension society and the Rev. Samuel Colcord. The Rev. Dr. C. C. Creegan, district secretary of the American Board of Commits sioners of Foreign Missions, attended the evening service.
 After the council had been called to order the call to Mir. Pierce and his acceptance were read, together with hls credentials. and then he gave a clear, bright paper on his Christian ex- perlence, which attracted much atten- ton for It's convincing statements. In executive session number of the ministers spoke in high praise of the points brought out In the paper and i, was voted to unanimously sustain Mir Pierces examination,
 Between tho sessions a fine dinner was served hy the church to the min sters and delegates.
 At s o'clock the evening session hs. gan with tHe handsome church wei filled, pr Kent spoke few words regarding the happy issue of the coun' ell ana the fine statement given hy Mir Pierce, The scribe. Mr. Allen, read tho records of the council The choir dur. Ing the evening sang number of SC. lections and led the hearty congreEa tional singing The Scriptures wer' read by the Rev. Lewis T. Reed of thu 1 Flatbush church. The installing pray CT was offered by the Rev Dr. Alber' J. Lyman. senior pastor of the soutl Congregational church following tn, sermon. The sermon was preached h, the Rev Dr. Albert F. Pierce, pasto of the South Congregational churcl of Rrockton. Mass. father of th' young man being installed Dr Pierc took IS his text Acts lv;20 For ", cannot but speak the things which " saw md heard" Dr Pierce said h. knew he was Invited tn tho council b. cause of the special personal relation which he bore to the one who was {, he their pastor. "hut I am not ol, enough" he said. "to be his father. S, I shall speak as though he were m. younger brother" Dr Pierce eloquent ly emphasized the thought that n, man had a right to preach unless h. had a message and that message mus come from his own personal experl ence or else lt is not a message. Tn, experience must limit the message N, man must ro beyond his message. Ev cry man can, and must. live tho truth Every man who has message vii have a hearing no matter where it i lelIvered
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