Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-27
LEAVES NEWARK
CHURCH TO TAKE
WASHINGTON POST
Rev. Charles E. Granger Receives
Call from Capital City and
Resigns Here.

The Rev. Charles Everest Granger,
pastor for eight and a half years Of
the Central Presbyterian Church, at
Clinton and Belmont avenues, has re-
signed the pastorate in order to accept
a call to the Gunton Temple Memorial
Presbyterian Church. of Washington,
d. c. He announced his resignation to
the congregation after the sermon at
the morning service yesterday. 1t was
a surprise to the people.
The Rev. Mr.. Granger received the
call to the Washington church. n Of
the most influential churches in the
capital city, last week. The call was
unexpected, and unsolicited. He will
not leave Central Church until Ooto-
Der 1.
In rendering his resignation the Rev,
MIR. Granger said:
Eight and one-half years ago when
l became pastor of this church my fam
lily and l were welcomed with a hearty
and sincere Christian cordality al
once both delightful and assuring. Hav-
ing left a most affectionate and blessed
passionate 1t was not without some
trepidation that we took up our min
istry among you During the years In
tervening the relationship between pas
tor and people has been one continued
labor of love and cooperation. The
anomaly has actually occurred of an
administration of unalloyed love, conf
dence, goodwill. The hearty and sin
cere cordially with which the present
passionate began has continued through
all the days, months and years of Its
duration, and much good work has
been done and much good accomplished
by the cooperation Of pastor and PEG
pie.
THE time has come when in the
providence of God this happy relation
ship must draw to a close. After much
prayer, consideration and consultation
/ am persuaded that 1t Is the divine
will. The opportunity presented to me
has come so unexpectedly and SO volun-
tarily, 1t is so unanimaus and hearty, II
presents such vast possibilities for USE
fulness to the kingdom of God, that the
Masters voice can clearly be heard In
1t, saying: This is my plan for you
I'm accordance, therefore, with these
circumstances and these convictions, ]
tender my resignation as pastor of the
Central Presbyterian Church, Newark,
in order to accept q call to the Guntor
Temple Presbyterian Church in Wash
ington, d. c., said resignation to take
effect October 1, 1910. And furthermore
/ request that q congregational meeting
be called for a convenient date to &c
cept such resignation and to unite with
me in the proper solicitations to the
p~resbytery to dissolve the pastoral re-
lationship, If the way be clear"
The Rev. Mr.. Granger told the ses-
sion of the church of the call to the
Washington church and his resignation
as pastor Of Central Church before he
made the announcement to the congre-
cation. An old member of the church
said today that the members of the
church regret it very much, but realize
that the call to the Washington church
is a great honor to so young a man as
the Rev. Mr.. Granger.
Mr.. Granger was born in Brooklyn
N. Y, where he attended a public
school. He studied in the POLYTECHNIC
School to become a civil engineer, but
later went to Centenary Collegiate In
stitute, Hackettstown, where he studied
three years. He then went to Yale Uni
versity. He was ordained in 1896 and
served one year as assistant pastor of 9
church in Brooklyn, and then as pastor
of the First Congregational Church al
Bay Shore. l.. l., for three years. After
being four years pastor of the Third
Congregational Church of Waterbury
Conn, he came to Newark.