The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-26
REV. DR.. JOWETT ACCEPTS CALL
UIII tOWE IO TUI FIFTH
tIE. PRESHl JERIt\ ~ IPIT.
WIN Receive Sa,arI OF Si2.W0 Year
and a House l'hurch Has Hrcn try
ing 10 Get Vim for Wore Than n
Year VI. s.rca, success In England.

ing 10 Get Vim, FOR Wore Thah II
Year NJ. Great success In England,
TN" Rnv John Henry Juw"tt, II. ID 4.
VI \ vino has been described a TN"
greatest living preacher IN England,
cablnd yesterday TO tn, elders of tn"
Fifth Av"nua Presbvterau thurch tha'
he accepts their offer of si2, coo year and
homo. and that he will begin hls pastoral
dut,'s the lG't'r part of March or tn" first
part OF April
Sine" December 1909 th" Iiflh Avenue"
Presbyterian Church had been trying to
got Dr jowait a. tn" successor of the
Rev DR. J Ross Stevenson. who re
signed IN June of tha' yea lh" call
aroused extraordinary interest in Eng
land Peopl" from all parts Of ,h" island
wrote to Dr Jowctt advancing reasons
whv Ii" should not leave l he city maglS-
;ra'"s of birmingham mo- and signed a
document appealing to tn pr'ach"r
MOI To go Even Bishops Of the Is
tablish"d Church Indicated th't they
would like him To Contlnu" his work in
England Tin" greatest pressure was
brought to bear. and for long tim" III
Jowctt remained undrcil' I'd
So il was with great pleasur" ilat We
heard from Dr Jowctt this afternoon,
said Elder Edwin j Gilh"s yesterday
He will become in this country a. he has
IN England one of tn" foremost SPEAKERS
and thinkers | raa. this of him tho
other dpy. With ~ Jowett preaching
ls no, a profession or an Occunation, IT is
a =dcr vi passion which phsorhs all his
energy and dominates hi, whole lif.
His Winning mann"r his wonderful
voice" his compelling personality. his
keen sliritnal insight and his wealth Of
Illuminating phtasrS max" him a very
prince of thu Iu,it lu au age Of mdteri-
alism. indifference" and rrCti'ss frivolitv.
h" has no difficult" IN gathering multi
tudes to listen to ihr "vaNg"licei mes
sage
lh"rr Will br no need for y Congr'ga
tonal meeting to con -id"r tn" ma't"r
lh" special commit" appointed 10 deal
with III" matter will report ia tho general
committed Of tha church Dr Silas B
Hallock i the chairman of tho special
committee and Ia" other members ara
Edwin J Glll"s SilaS Is Brown"ll. DR.
Moor head Frederick 4 Wallis. G.
Wheeler Barnes James II Schmsil-l and
Dr Charles + Darlington Tn, call
carries with il salary of Sl2 Geo and n
hom" Formerly tn pastors of tn.
Fifth Avenue Preshvterisn Church occu-
pied parsonag" next to the church build
ing, but the parsonage went to make way
for business binding, and IN. church
will supply To DR. Jowett a hous. in a
street not far away from his pulpi,
Dr. Jowett Is a few months more than n
~ years old He was born in a York
shire town and was educated at Edun-
hurgh University and in Mansfield Col
lega. oxford. While at Edinburgh h.
came under the innuenc. of Prot
Henry DrImmond ana Dr. Alexander
Nhvte ne has been IA" minister OF
only TWO churches. :. Jlmes's Church
Newcaat e-onTyu". wher. ne settled il
lSs9 and Carr : Lane Church, Birmingham
, He wa@ al NewCastle-ou-Tyne s.ven wear.
years ard succeeded the celebrated DR.
Dale al Carr's Lare Church. Or .Jowet,
founded and supervised the Digbeth
Institute an Institution in u poor part OF
the city. At his call the tarrs Lane
peopi. raised Sl25To to found Digb.th
Institute
Dr JoN,.ii was heard IN The. Filth Ave.
nu" Church ard in the Plymouth Church
in ia" summer Of 1899. the only visit he
has made to this country. He Is rather
small of statur. and dress, convention
ally. III. was made president of the Ere.
Church Council last year one Of III.
highest honors a NonconfOrmI-' minister
may attain, He has written several
religious works. among them Apostolic
Optimism" From Strength to Strength,
"M"dititlons for Quiet Moments. Brook
10y the Travellers Way" "Th. Passion
for. Souls "Thir,ting for Springs" and
Silver Lining"
The Fifth Avenue Church is known
very broadly as the church Of the lat,
DR. John Hall. and * one of the larg.s,
and strongest of its denomination in thi.
/ country. II has a membership of > ,252
and ther. IL an enrolment OF !, ,ai8 IN III.
sunday school.
BIRMINGHAM. Jan. IS DR.. ,Jowett an.
nouuCed his acceptance of the call tC
! tn. Fifth Avenue PRESBYTERIAN Church
to "a llrge congregation At the Cars Ian,
Congregational Church this evening Tn.
congregation, although extremely re
! gr.'ful. unanimously approved his ac.
ton. Dr.. Jowett told them that the
strain of his sixteen years ministry haC
caused him 10 grow old too fast and h.
hoped To find refreShment of body in a
change of pastorate, He added
Il have accepted the call on condition
that the salary shall not exceed the eQuliva
lent of what ! am getting here. | hav.
got to do the work If money comes L
me shall give it away"
DR.. Jowett furthermore said he had
never been a money grabber His peo
pie knew he had refused increases in hi,
stipend and he had given to the utmos
limit from his own resources. The salar,
reported in the newspapers was gro
tesque eXaggera ton, No such figure ha6
been mentioned.