The Denver star., 1918-04-27

| OF worship he has endeavOred to show
that God Is an intelligent Being who
is not deaf. neither is He thousand
miles of, but He Is ever present to
interpret even a sincere sigh; and
that this God knows our thoughts, be
they uttered or unexpressed. Again.
he has shown US that the money which
we pay into the church is an act OF
worship without which offertory our
worship to Almighty God is incom.
plete. And that this money should
never be regarded as a side issue, as
so many people think. Through him
we learn that the church was never
intended by God to be run by enter
tainments, as 80 many would have it,
but rather by the Biblical method of
regular. individual and preportionate
giving that finds expression in fuller,
more complete, richer and more ac-
ceptable way than even the tithing of
the Old Testament economy.
Rev. Thos.- HAZEL has adopted that
form of worship which lends solemn.
I ity and dignity to the service. Those
who worship with us go away greatly
impressed end feeling that truly they
have been to the House of God and
not to q theatre or some similar place
OF amusement. They realize the Lord
is in His holy temple, let all the earth
keep silent before Him" Through
plans initiated by the pastor the debt
of $4,000 has been substantially re-
duced to $1,000 in nine years. Through
his plea before the Presbytery of Den
yer, that august body of churchmen
have commissioned DR.. Chas. G. Will
liams. retiring moderator OF the. Den
yer Presbytery and a member of the
National Home Mission Committee of
the Presbyterian Church, U. s. A.,
representing the Rocky Mountain dis
trict, to visit New York City next
month and appear before the Presby-
terian Board of Church Erection for
the purpose OF securing cancellation
of the 81, 200 Indebtedness. Rev. Thos.
HAZEL has invested by way of gift
hundreds OF dollars for the help and
development OF the work of the church
of which he is presbyter He has sac
rificed his health by living in quarters
damp and cramped beneath the dig
nifty Of presbyter OF the church.
isolated, II you please, from compan-
ionship. This, II you please. was in
order not to incur any extra expense
upon the church. His one desire and
thought was to uplift and enlighten
the new that none be left in ignorance.
Rev. Thos.-Hazell has been preacher.
teacher, choir director, moderator
secretary, organist organizer, initia-
tor OF ways and means. janitor. visitor
of the sick and those in distress.
Rightly speaking. he has been brains
for the whole church. Aside from all
of the aforenamed duties imposed
upon him he has prepared and
preached regularly two sermons a
II
enc, and that by request. II that is
not enough to make one sit up and
take note 1t is because you haven't
all that is due you. This man has
under his dictatorship built up a we'll
organized choir that would do credit
to any church. They prepare and sing
a class of music that the average
church does not and cannon appreci-
ate. Being a man OF refinement, edu-
cation, culture and ripe scholarship.
a noted Bible student who is well
versed in all things pertaining to Pres
byterianism and parliamentary usages
la peer of his white co-presbyters.
the Presbytery OF Denver deem 1t a
pleasure and honor to elect him mod.
orator for the Presbyterial year 1915
16. and thus bring honor to the church
and to the race. The honor did not
stop here, however We were made
to feel even more proud OF him when
he. with Elder Willis S. Evans. were
elected by the same body OF men as
commissioners to the 121st General
Assembly Of the Presbyterian Church,
U. S. A., that held its sessions at
Atlantic City, N. j., May. 1916. that
being the highest court OF the Presby-
terian Church. There 1t was these
brethren had the opportunity to dis.
cuss and vote upon the great issues
of the day. 1t was in this assembly
that Elder Evans, the only Negro OF
the fifty elders. served the elements
of bread and wine to 1000 partici-
pants at the assembly communion
service. 1t was there our pastor put
up the fight to abolish the existence
OF the Freedmen's Board and merge
the Freedmen's and Home Mission
boards together. The result being that
DR.. Lee, presbyter of the First Afri-
can Presbyterian Chmurch of Phila.
delphia was rendered the Office OF
field secretary for the Colored work
OF the North. All OF us undoubtedly
have read our pastors wonderful ad
dress delivered before the Presbytery
of Denver at the Hyde Park Church
in the winter of 1917, on the PROPOSE
tion of the merger OF the colored and
white boards. His retiring modera.
tors sermon. delivered in the First
Avenue Presbyterian Church in 1916,
on the subject, THE Church in Nor.
tai Conflict" quickened the conscience
of the Presbytery to action OF righte
BUSINESS where the Negro question was
involved. Rev. Thos. HAZEL puts forth
every effort as benefactor of the
race in and outside OF his church. He
ia found here and there, preaching.
lecturing, giving sympathy and advice
to those who may ask of him. Last
but not least, this minister is farmer
of unusual success. To the pew I will
say, give credit and honor where IL is
I due. All OF us have not been loyal
We have been knockers rather than