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hefore his visit to the International council
/ mads him free Of British COnsregai ionaliam.
during the seaaions II the council
Z Or Bradford was correspondent Tor
/ tho Now York Inde psndeni and he con-
| tribaIted during tho next few years 10 the
4 Boston CongrSydiiOadhd. BY this time
] two other booka had cone from him.
} "Old Wine, New Bottles appeared In
/ lS0l. and Tho PilErims In Old England.
study q EnGliah COngresationAtsm.
came out a year later. since than many
I of his hooks have besn published. Tho
last was in 1917. The Ascent Of tho Soul.
Some of tho others have been. 'Horedity
and Christian Problens. The Growing
Revelation Tbs Sistino Madonna,
. The Art Of Iiving Alone. and Spiritual
Isasona From tho BToWninRs-
In addition 70 his books thsre are ether
wava in which hs has BEEN made proGni-
nent in ths religious world He vas
one II the dsputation ssnt BY the Con
I EregAiionAl Foreign Missions Board 70
/ Inspect the missions OF Japan, and h
was moderator of ths National Council
I ol Congregational Churches in ip0i. His
! iniiuenco in organizing the American
Institute % Christian Philosophy led
90 his election a. IL frat secretary and
| ts second president. In 1905 he was
| president Of the American Missionary
| Association
Many people knew DR. Bradford best
a. associate editor Of the Outlook. For
! period Of eight years hs conducted
I department devoted 20 religious tOpics,
which was merged with the general nsws
Of the publications not long after ha
severed his connection seven years ago,
/ DR. Bradford felt Whsn his church had
~ increased In numbers that be had 20
choose between the two.
However active DR.. BradfOrd has bean
in his work outside Of MontclAir his friends
here think that he has been thu loader In
every reform and educational movement
I that they have undertaken. 1he sug-
gestiOa made BY him In relation 10 a club
Of reform found a Response Immediately
I That was thirty years ago a. about the
I time that q Citi1ens COMMITTEES Of 100 was
organized under his direction Rhsn the
town had a population Ot 1000 has
now something more than 1000 there
were twenty-eight saloons within in
limits Some Of them In the opinion Of
d Bradford were pretty bad The Re-
form Club formed the nucleus Of What
later became the MOntclair branch of the
Y NJ C. A Now there are only eight
saloons and in 10 far a. their behavior goes
one of the residents Of MontclAir said
to-day
i don't believe there has been an excise
arrest here for more than twenty-five
years. The saloon keepers watch one an
other and they aren't going 10 get into any
trouble
The Childrens Home was another in
stitution about the starting ~ which a
writer of MOntclair has said. 1t remained
for Dr. Bradford 20 evolve from IDLE wishes
end unfruitful sympathy a practical work
ing force and 10 direct Il IN the proper
channel. and be can truthfully b. called
the founder % the home There orphans
have a permanent place 90 live and every
summer a osrtain number Of boys and
girls from she city are brought out for q
period n fresh air recreation. The home
has bseu supported by voluntary subj
scription since lts inception m ls-l. When
is doors wero first opened boys ~ the town
carried 70 II wag0nloads of, toys. the
butchers and grOoers sent supplies and
gave bread from their oWn
ovens Tho MOuntainside Hospital. which
reolycs patients from .the whole neigh
borhoOd round about MOntclalT. - another
institution for the support 0t which con
trhutions pay the larger part and In The
opening ~ which Or bradford was largely
While these projects were we'll under
way DR. Bradford went 20 London again
iu 1894 TO preach for a time during the fall
iu Westminster Chapel. That church in
James street hei wcen the House Of Parlia-
ment and Buckingham Palace was with
uut a pastor. and soon alter DR. Bradford
mad delivered a series of sermons he re-
csiyed a call
That was the only time I ever came
worry near TO leaving Montclair. he said
to-day with n duiei smile L ~ = re-
wafaat.r church thr one Ui which Dr..
Camuteh Morgan ts nov the PAS. oT Plain
ari urdrcpra ed a. !. is Ihavp never seen
a finer audisnce room l,s beauty n from
It's formation There Is ruom Tor 3.OO in
that church and % offered a wonderful op-
p1r'unity
Bradford smiled when he was asked about
Inc Nork tha: be has done IN forty years IN
M0ntclair
+ think anv one could have done the
same thing he said The peopie have
made II easy | remember a good many
years ago an old clergyman over IN
Orange was asked in my presence how
he was getting on He was a witty old
gent ieman. and for my benefit he ra-
marked Well. n I accomplish anything
70 will b. by hard work and the conditions
haven't helped me a. all. Nov. over
there in Montclair II DR.. Bradford makes /
any progress is no credit 70 him In Z
a community like that hs couldn't help .
If And there was everything In what
he said Any one could have done 70
The things have done themse YES
i venture % say that ~ have more .
educated persons in this town than there
are IN any other Of its size ] heard
tho other day that we have IN our church
fity-.even graduates of one university
Perhaps thst isn't true. but you should
49, tho undergraduates. boys and girls.
troopinR home for vacations. There is
a host oi them
Dr Bradford was a little more willing
n talk about tho Outlook Club than about /
the other organizations IN which he has
an interest This comprises both men
and women. ami IL has had a. - speakers
the most eminent men obtainable
I remember one night said DR.. Brad
ford, when We were going h have Sen
atDr Lodge and Seuator TillmAn on the
For Bufne reason senator
Lodge couldn't BE- there and Just 10 let
the show e. On I volunteered % speak
Tor him The clergyman smiled at the
recollection A good many II my COO
EreRatiOn we're very much disturbed
when senator Tillman walked aGross
the platform and shopk his fist under
my nose Bat ! knew he wasn't going ~
hi me
The Outlook club started in the church.
but its growth made u necessarily non.
se~tarian
TD-mOrr0w niRht there ere ~ be exer-
r'ses IN the Wilde Memorial Chanel
Wr.rh was added - the main edifca 4
in I.a2 Addresses are 20 be made Upon
the subject -Mnntclnir - Yesterday (.
nd To-Day On Saturday afternoon
Br and Mrs Bradford and the original .
members 4 the church will have "A re- (
reptiDn On Sunday morning. the ami
vcrsary d1y proper the Rev DR. Wash
.ugt1n GIsiden n Columbus. Ohio. will