Franklin's paper the statesman., 1912-01-20
DENVER
PERSONAL
MENTION
Social News and Personal Mention
Continued on Pages Two,
Four, and Five
RECEPTION TO PASTOR

The program as rendered at Central
Church on Wednesday night welcom-
ing the new pastor, Rev. A d. Will
liams, was heard by large corcourse
of members and friends OF the church
The speakers were at their bes. and
the response by Rev. Williams was
striking. DR.. Huff acted as master of
ceremonies. He was happy in his re-
marks giving the occasion the JOYOUS
turn which becomes such events. On
last Sunday the congregation really
welcomed the pastor when it heard
him deliver two addresses, one morn
ing and one evening, both of which
i were listened to with rapt attention
by large congregations. Rev. -,lsil-.
hams is man ripe in years and ex-
perlence. His sermons have an indi-
viduality, which shows MIN 10 be
wide reader and a student OF human
nature. He is graceful in gesture and
fluent in language. He speaks with
out manuscript and holds his audience
easily. The auspicjous beginning
which he made of his pastorate On
sunday and the warm reception given
him Wednesday augur for him sue
cessful ministry at Central.
One of the addresses delivered at
. ID NJ
B. Townsend who said N part:
Master of Ceremonies, Ladies and
Gentlemen, and Rev. Williams.
Pastor Central Baptist Church,
Denver.
You have been fittingly welcomed
to our city by representatives OF the
several churches; you have been fit
tingly welcomed on behalf of the
members OF the church: you have
been cordially welcomed by the Sun
day school, an auxiliary of the
church; and l now welcome you on
behalf of the laymen or citizen con-
ttngent of this church, which calls
you TO preside over its welfare. On
behalf OF the citizens l welcome you
in our midst and to your new field OF
labor in a new and different state.
You come to us from the sunny
South land, where the magnolia,
| Sranditlora, like the white stars.
glow IN a armament of green; where
crystal lakes dot the green sward,
and the sofest summer breezes dim
pie the wavelips into kisses from the
lilies on the shore; where the air is
resonant with the warble melody of
thousands of sweet-voiced birds ana
redolent of the perfume of many
/ flowers; whence TO Colorado. when in
winter you are greeted by the snow
capped peaks of the mountains.
when the shoulders of the noun
tains are wrapped in the garments OF
ice, and in summer when the gentle
rays of the sun impinge the skeleton
ribs OF the desert.
This is but faint description of
the home whence you came, and the
one to which You have come. You
will find here a different state to that
which has been often pictured to yol
at long distance.
1t is true that we live in what is
called in the parlance OF The day,
the wild and woody West" but you'll
find no material difference in the
people as they all migrated from the
South and East. You'll note that the
Indians and buffaloes have been
driven back, back to the confines of
the wilds of other sections. and that
the proverbial cowboys have been
subdued by the refining influences of
society and law; that our once bar
rem plains have been converted into
fertile and productive fields; that
civilization and religion have taken
up their abode in our midst, and the
school house supplants the dance
hall, while the many church spires .
point majesticallys towards the
heavens in every community, where
once sin and crime reigned supreme,
In this state, every church a what
ever denomination finds hearty vel
come; while they may difter in
Continued on pass five.