Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-11
TRIBUTE T0PAST0R
OF FORTY YEARS
Friends of Rev. Dr.. Samuel
H. Greene ExtoI His
Iona Service.

The auditorium of Calvary Baptist
Church was filled last evening for the
nnal event in the celebration of the
tortleth anniversary of Rev. DR.. Sam
ue! H. Greene's pastorate. DR.. George
Otis Smith. director of the United
! states geological survey, presided and
introduced the speakers. Rev DIR. Jo-
seph T. Kelly, pastor of Fourth Pres
Dyter!an Church, pronounced the in
vocation.
! Rev. DR.. Randolph H. McKim rector
, of the Church of the Epiphany, the
| hrst speaker, emphasized DR. Greene
spirituality and calm, quiet methods
free from all sensationalism-repr
sent1ng not an outworn creed but the
old gospel that men will always
need"
! DR.. James Y. Aitchison. president of
the board of promotion, Northern Bap-
list convention: said: speaking for
the great Baptist brotherhood. north
] and south. I want to say that this
! paStorate represents a triumph of di-
vine grace. There have been divisions
between the north and south, but
| there are no divisions between north
and south when it comes to DIR.
Greene. Our hearts have always
united in him"
Congratulations from Many Sources.
Prof. Louis d. Bliss read many tele-
! grams of congratulation and extracts
| from letters from prominent Bautists
and others all over the country-lead-
! ing clergymen. college presidents. pro-
| fesSional and business-with a letter
/ of regret from John JOY Edison, who
! was unable to participate in the even
! ing'S program.
| DR.. Cove G. Johnson, pastor of I'm
manuel Baptist Church, and DR.. ]. J.
| Muir. pastor of Temple Baptist
lists and the ministerial conference of
the District of Columbia. DR.. john
son said of DR.. Greene: Here you
have held aloft the beacon light of
wisps of modern speculation are draw
ing so many away to the swamps of
darkness and despair. DR.. Muir said
he was glad we are living in an
age when the flowers. are not all
| happy to place his bouquet in the
hands of the living"
| Ri Rev. DR.. John w. Hamilton.
chancellor of the American University,
said that. although a Methodist, he
had great sympathy with the Bap-
lists. and further: 81 congratulate
you. my brother pastor. on these forty
years of holy, heavenly. blessed tri-
umph. What is the meaning of forty
years so often recurring in the Scrip
lures? You have it here tonight"
Justice Wendell P. Stafford, speak
| ing of DR.. Greene's broad capacity
and varied gifts. said: Trader. doc
| tor, lawyer, politician, any or all OF
| these this man might have been-and
yet he chose to be a parson. He did
so because he was willing to- lay all
his gifts at the feet of poor. suffer
! ing, sorrowing. confused. laundering
humanity"
The response by the pastor was
brief and characteristic. He said
This has been a week of very sweet
! embarrassment. 1 should be either
more or less than human If my cup
| did not overflow. The great major
| ity Of those who welcomed me here
forty years ago have gone over to
! the other side, and the years are laden
with precious memories. I think
nothing has touched me more pro-
foundly than the voices from the city
I love so well. They have made me
feel how broad is the comradeship OF
the cross and how close our hearts
come to each other when we are one
| in Him."
| The benediction was pronounced by
Dr. j. E. Briggs, pastor of the Fifth
| BAPTIST Church.