Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-25
PULPIT CHANGES
To MARK SESSION
OF ME7HOD|STS
One Pastor, Health Poor, to Re-
tire-Another to- Take
Two Parishes.

Two important pulpit changes which
are destined to be made at the Meth
odist conference session, held In the
Central Methodist Episcopal Church.
in this city, next week will be the re-
tirement of the Rev. William c. O'Don-
nell from the passionate of ST. lauPs
Church, in Broad street, where he has
been stationed since 1897, anu the as
sienment OF the Rev. DIR. w liam w
Vanderhoof. OF st. Andrews Church, in
Sussex ven TO a new charge, on &C
count of the consolidation OF the latter
congregation with Trinity Church, in
Warren street.
DR.. O'Donnell. of ST. Pauls. sue
ceeded the Rev. DR.. Lincoln A. Ferris,
four years ago, and has been most
successful at the local charge. 1t is
said that his health has o been as
robust as formerly. and that he was
anxious to be relieved of the active
pastorate of a large city church.
AT the opening of the new a Dr.
O'Donnell said: 1.-The life-work of a
minister of the gospel today is becom-
ing most strenuous, and only men Dos
sessing the qualifications to adapt
themselves ofttimes to unusual condi-
tons should train for the calling.
This is especially true of the d.
vine who is ministering to a church,
that Is located along the main thor
ougnfare or In the heart of the city.
The shifting of the populat on that
is made imperative by the encroaeh-
ment Of trade has a most decided ef-
feet on the congregation of a down.
town church The pastor must be
qualified to adapt himself to these
conditions and be able to adjust the
work of the parish so that he cannot
only hold the old members of the
church. but be resourceful enough to
win new souls to Christ"
1t Is said that he will be transferred
to Woodbridge, in the Elizabeth dis
trict. and that the Rev. George P.
Dougherty. now pastor of the Wood
bridge Church. would be assigned to
st. Paul's, this city.
The Rev. DR.. Vanderhoof. who is
slated for a change of p~astorate, on
account of the abandonment of the st.
Andrews parish. and the merging of
the flock with the Trinity congregation,
is still at sea-" regarding the charge
he Is to assume.
I'll dOSOuit u IN PoOI lONdliOn vi
st. Andrews Church the members have
for the past five years faced a most
difficult problem, in an endeavor to
make the parish grow and prove self
sustaining. The uniting Of the two
fiocks, it is believed. will solve the
: question and prove acceptable to both
congregations. The present pastor of
Trinity Church is the Rev. Enoch
Meachem, who succeeded the Rev. Win
field S. MCGOWAN last year. coming
here from Elizabeth.
Other Changes Possible.
Their is a possibility of other local
changes being made, Notwithstanding
the desire of the churches to retain
the present pastors.
The divines who expect to be re-
turned are the Rev DR.. James C.
Howard, at the Halsey Street Church:
the Rev. Dorr F.. Diefendorf, al the
Roseville Church; the Rev. DR.. Will
lam H. Morgan, Central Church.; the
Rev. James. H. Mcdonald, st. Luke's
Church: the Rev. Warren r. Neff, De
Groot Church; the Rev. Frederick C.
Mooney, Union Street Church; the Rev.
DR.. George G. Vogel, Centenary
Church; the Rev. Melville Y. Bovard,
Franklin Street Church; the Rev. Ar
thur Lucas. and the Rev George D.
Whitehead, at the Montgomery Street
Church; the Rev. l.. F. Bowman,
Eighth Avenue Church; the Rev. Julius
F. Maschman, Summerfleld Church,
and the Rev. B. T. Dickson, at the
Vailsburg Church.
The pastors and churches in the dis
tricts outside of this city who are also
on the anxious seat" comprise the
Rev. Frederick Clare Baldwin. Cal.
vary Church; the Rev. Bergman H
Mccoy, Sanford Street Church, and
the Rev. w. w. Youngson. the Parf
Avenue Church, East Orange; the Rev
DR.. A.. H. futile, Summit; the Rev
P. H. Murdick. South Orange: thu
Rev. C. ]. Hoyt. Of Mendham; tn,
Rev. John H Egbert. of Chatham
the Rev. John II. Timbrell. of Hilton
the Rev. Wallace B. Fleming, Of Maple
wood; the Rev e. NJ. Carton, Grac,
Church. Arlington; the Rev. c. e. Scud
der, Be1leville; the Rev. Warren L
Hoagland. Nutley; the Rev. Robert NJ
Aylsworth, First Church. Arlington
the Rev. George Fountain. ~Irvington
the Rev. w. M. Nesbit, Basking Ridge
the Rev. Ralph B. 'Urmy, Morristown
and the Rev. F. B. Curry. OF Spring
field. At several of the above churches
no official action was taken by tn
respective church boards petitionin;
for the return Of their pastor.
An exceptional feature attached t.
the holding Of the conference sessions
in the Central Church this ear tn,
second time in twenty-eight years, i
the fact that the pastor, the Rev DR.
William H. Morgan. who has serve,
the local church for fourteen conse
cutive years. the longest tern RECORD
in the Newark district, will be absen
from the meet, as he is visiting tn
, Holy Land AMI will return home Oh
May 1. !
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