The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-08-18
CENTRAL UNION
REGRETS LOSSES
IN ITS PULPIT
designations of Doctor Scudder
and Reverend Mr.. EbersoIe
Accepted With Regret
TREASURER TRACY ALSO
SURRENDERS HIS OFFICE
'ev. Frank L. Goodspeed, DID,,
Of Oakland, May Come To Ho-
no!uIu As Supply Pastor

Central Union Church last PvPnin,
ormally accepted, with regret. the res
gnations Of its minister mud associat
minister, DR.. Doremus Sruddcr an
rev. Amos A. EbersoIc. TO suecee,
hose two temporarily, as supply mil
stcr. it will endeavor to procure tn
.crvicPs Of Rev. Frank Lincoln Good
Pred, D. d. Of Oakland, formerly pa.
or of the First Presbyterian church o
hat city and one of the foremost ellen
'ymen on the Pacific Coast.
Action was taken at II meeting !
'entral Union parish house, attende'
" nearly two hundred members Of tn
congregation. The standing committC
the church body, which consists 0
IS executive officers, dcnrons and dee
OncsSes, was authorized to formulat
"ttCrs which will be sent to DOcto
Icudder and Reverend Mr.. Ebersolr
'xPressing the congregation : regret j
he loss of their assistance and guiC
nee.
treasurer Also Resigns
The resignation of Clifton Tracy, VIII
ras been serving as church treasure
lsO was received and accepted Trac,
is understood, will depart next wee
or the East, to enter the Yale la
choOl. As his successor the member
unanimously chose Stanley Livingston
anager of the real estnt" department
the Hawaiian Trust Company.
The business of the selection Of ..
ornament pastor for Central Unio
as referred to joint committee cor
isting of the standing committee an
he board Of trustees. the special bod
aving authority to choose a sub-cor
rittee which shall undertake the ~
ual work of selection Eventually III
Oint committee must report back
he church body. which will take fine
ctiOn on the choice Of permanent
minister
fr. Goodspeed Is Wanted
Meantime the congregation, having
eceived information that Doctor Good
peed is available as. u supply pastor
uthOrized the standing committee
'ndeavOr to obtain his services. Actor
to be taken at once, and eablegran
vas to be sent to him either last nigh
" early today. His reply may com
oday or tomorrow.
Doctor Goodspeed is well known il
honolulu. having served as supply pas
0r at Central Union in the summer o.
9l2. without doubt the highly ia
orable impression he created at that
me and the many friends he acquired
'as a direct bearing on the frank
agerness of the church leaders to
ring him back to the Islands now.
Doctor Goodspeed, as pastor of tho
irst Presbyterian Church in Oakland
as instrumental in the construction
here two years ago of one of the fin
st church edifcrs in the bay district
he region adjoining San Francisco.
las Notable Church Record
ecclesiastical circles to obtain recOgni
ion in "WhO's WhO,' when disclose,
he following facts concerning him:
He was born at MooretOwn. Yer
1Ont, in 1861, which means that he i
fly five years Of age. He is a grad
ate of Harvard. from which he wor
is A. b. degree; Of Boston Cniver
ity, from which he obtained the de-
rec of Bachelor of Sacred Theology
nd of Paramount College, from whic|
" won his degree AZ Doctor o
Divinity.
He was ordained q Congregations
minister in 1887. He has been paste
I MattapOisctt, Amherst and Spring
teld, massachusetts, and of the FRS
Presbyterian at Oakland. The las
AIMED parish he accepted in 1908. HI
90 h"en college, preacher at Amherst
Williams, NnSsur, and other similar in
titutiOns.
FILLED Pulpits in London
He also preached in London six diff
crent summers. He has been cor
porate member of the American BoarC
II Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Congregational organization; mem
'er Of the executive committee of tn
National Congregational Home Mis-
dOnary Society; president of the Mas
Hchusrtts Christian EndeuvOr tniol
n 1896.
He was president Of the Connection
alley congregational Club in 1896
assistant moderator of the NatiOna
congregational Council in 1907, an
delegate to the international Congre
;ntiOnal Council, held in Edinburgh i
"OS. He Was commissioner to til
Presbyterian General Assembly j
1911. In 1902 he wrote volume or
titled Palestinr-A Fifth Gospel. -