The Topeka state journal., 1919-10-31

| Known the world over as an author
| a writer, a lecturer, minister. Doctor
| Sheldon finally has found it necessary
to<retire to his home in Topeka. Re-
spected and loved and admired in all
nations. he has reached the point in
| life where he must first consider his
health-and hts six months illness has
! brought the seriousness of this neces-
| sity to his attention.
You don't mean by this that
you
! This question was unfinished. when
put before Doctor Sheldon today.
| mo, sir not at afl," he replied
quickly. II must devote much time to
regaining my health and strength but
I haven't quit work. 1 am up and
around today-and L have my type
| writer before me- 4
This welcome news to Topekans ana
Kansans and men and women all over
America will be read with great salts
| faction. Next to losing Doctor Shell
don the worst blow would be the loss
| of his writings.
Only this morning he mailed to the
Saturday Evening Post an article on
THE Ministers Strike" Not that
| there is a walkOut among~the clergy
but that this probably is the only class
| in America today that is not making
demands with force.
THE average pay to the minister in
this country today is only $500 year.
Doctor Sheldon says. 'I know of jan
|
pastors"
It all indicates that Topeka's most
| renowned author is still welding the
pen that has made his home city IA
nous in all parts of the universe.
His Great Church Work Here.
Thirty years ago when Charles NJ.
| Sheldon came to Topeka there were
81 members of the Central Congrega-
| tional church-an outgrowth of the
| First church that desired place of
| worship in the southwestern part of
the city. The first services were held
! above grocery store at a corner near
Lincoln and Buchanan streets The
building still stands. Six months later
the congregation moved into new
| building at Huntoon and Buchanan.
In 1910 a beautiful edifice of stone
was built and with this valuable pro-
pertys h Central Congregational
church now has 1000 members-en-
| thusiastic followers of DR. Charles NJ
| Sheldon.
at is with great regret that I leave
the active pastorate." Doctor Sheldon
said today. 1--WE have a church of
young people, wonderful organiza
tion in all departments and our men,
bers are one great family But it has
physically unable to carry on the
work. It is unfair to the church to
keep me Under these conditions"
The church at this time is under the
|
Rev. Edward NJ. Umbach, young
man of ability and former war
worker. For three years, from 1912
until 1915. while Doctor Sheldon was
on lecture tour, DR.. Roy B. Guild
was pastor.
The board of trustees has appointed
a large committee to arrange for the
future pastorate.
From a Family of Religion.
Charles NJ. Sheldon comes from
! good old English ancestry with a tinge
of Scotch-Irish on the maternal side.
He was born at Wellsville, n. Y, in
1857. His father, the Rev. Stewart
Sheldon, a native of New York; was
a congregational minister of note,
having spent more than forty years
in the pulpit in New York, Rhode
Island, Michigan, Missouri and South
Dakota.
Charles NJ attended the public
schools of South Dakota and then en-
tered Philips academy at Andover,
Mass. where he graduated in 1879
In 1883 he was graduated from Brown
university, receiving the A. B. degree.
He matriculated in Andover Theologi-
cal school in 1886.
His First Passionate.
His first pastorate was at Water
bury, VT. where he was ordained No
vember %. 1886. In less than a month
Doctor Sheldon would have been in
active work in the pulpit. thirty-three
years. In January, 1889, he came to
Topeka TO take up the work of the
new Central Congregational church.
Doctor Sheldon's pen has produced
contributions to sacred literature that
have attracted, most deservedly, world
wide attention. His great work, I'm
His Steps has been translated into
twelve languagez 1t has been sent
out by fifteen publishers and more
than 10000, 900 copies haye been read.
Other boeks of popularity are: ''The
High Calling y How to Succeed - His
/ Mothers Prayers The Wheels of the
| Machine, . Malcolm Kirk His
Brothers Keeper Born to Serve" :"
| "The Miracle at Markham John
Kings Question Class Edward