New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-01

first time. That Is why / thank God FOR
placing this book before me-
In 1851 the doctor began 20 preach as a
Methodist minister. About this same time
he married Anne Armitase ia Bradford,
Yorkshire
My first sermon was divided into three
parts he tells as The Hrs,|aud lastly
were my own. but the secondly I had
taken largely from sound Scotch divine.
When / came 10 this discovered that /
had forgotten II. but / managed to get
through somehow. Then / realized that
my text should nave been Thou shalt not
steal
That same year he came TO America.
lie began working as a hammer maker at
shocmakcrtown. Penn. The doctor still
continued 10 preach on Sundays and TO
hammer away al his forge on the othe'
six DAYS. During the first ten years In
this country" said the doctor, Il re-
ceived on the average OF 70 cents year.
and I got that for three sermons
preached FOR the Baptists." tie expe-
rienced great difficulty with the language
and IL was "a long time before ne was rid
OF the old YORKSHIRE burr
Then. in 1853. came an important crisis
I'm his llfe when he was led 10 turn from
his Mother Church. OF this event he
says:
For some years had been studying
the doctrine and dogma OF my Mother
Church. and doubts az 10 the Trih'ty'
eternal punishment total dcpravity ana
the like entered my mind. so potent be-
came thes. doubts that | resolved 10 re-
sign al the conference IN January, ls1s. !
was accused of preaching In az lnhdeI
pulpi,. and speaking from inhdel plal
forms. I resigned, of course an" so II
G. tnc 10 pass that I became a tultaFlaA'
with a FUN belief IN tho unity Of God ana
the saving grace OF the Lord Jesus
Christ
Fairly in 1859 he dealt his last blow on
the anvil, and In February oil t'aI !''i
ne went 20 Chicago. where ne was I'S'
engaged in missionary work Tor the '"'-
tartan Church. with the aid OF te" P'o-
MIC he was instrumental IN building the
i,r,tv church. Of which he was the pastor
from 1860 10 1919.
Durine the civil War Dr. Collyer was
,omporarily relieved Of his pas'ora'e %
~ First Unitarian Church so that nc
n,t,h, serve upon the sanitary cominls-
sion which had been organized oy ~.
Bellows pastor OF All Souls Chulen' III
New York. He went to Washington AFTER
tho Rattle OF Bull Run and had se'er"'
remarkable experiences I'm and ABOUT the
capital. -
Dr co,lyer came here in 1879, and was
tho regular pastor OF the Church OF tne
Messiah for seventeen years, put III lo'O
bo turned over the active work OF the
church 70 the Rev. DR.. Minot j. savage
the present pastor, and became the se''iol
associate minister. lie preacheu mann
,imes after 1896, appearing in his oiu
nuInlt az recently as last spring.
Dr Collver was the father OF nine chl'-
| H.. Com NJ whom survive him. during
his life he was frequent anu hoe' a.
contribution 10 magazines and periodicals
and he was also the author Oh huinoel
~ hooks Among his best puDiished
hooks are Nature and LIE. 1871 ne
Iife That Now Is 1871; Ihe Simple
| Truth a Home Book" 1873 Talks 10
Young Mon" 1855: History of Likely IN
| Yorkshire" 1883 and Things Ne" anu
o,d " 1899. He was member oi '"S
| Century Association.
"Tbe world is'gettng better every day
no said recently. "Tf that were not true
we would stu be living In the darkness
~ tho middle ages. Humanity cannot
stand still. but it advances steadiiy' ana
in its progress toward the great soai SET
by the Almighty the work OF purihcst'oh
proceeds increasingly Ultimate pertec-
tion of the human race Is not impossipie'
and while we are far from that stage
to-day. we are much nearer 1t than we
were thousand and even NIFTY years
ago. Let as do our share to that end
and God will do the rest.