The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-11-05
FORT
WORT

Fort Worth, Texas, Nov, 8. 1921.
Mr.. Editor:
Please allow space upon the face
of your column to say a word to the
public about our pastor, Rev ]. H.
VIM, d. d.
He excepted the pastorate of the
st. James End Street Baptist church
the Sth day of Feb. 1921, and have
already served us ten years and
eleven months, and during this pc
riod of time we have found him to
be a man of high spiritual adapti
bility. a great adviser and counselor,
one that believes in doing what the
Lord requires of him, in the home,
on the streets, in the church and
denomination, as a pastor he al
ways leads to pastures of sweet
meditation, as an advisor his ad
vice is safe, morally, his life is
worthy of emulation, as a financier
his plans never fails.
During a period of ten years and
eleven months, he has raised
one hundred twelve thousand five
hundred dollars and seventy-nine
cents. This money has bought a
half block of land paid thirty-five
thousand dollars for a brick church
edifice, and meet all the denomina-
tions causes, and paid home eX-
penses. He is the one great cause
of the pride and dignity of church
building all over the state. Over
thousand souls have been saw
ed and united to the church, families
have been cemented together family
alters have been reared and the en-
tire city has been made better by
his presence in it, great man in
deed is he, all that knows him is
proud of him.
We thank God for such a parents
that has raised such a son, and such
son has made such a man, and
such a man has made a great leader.
His leadership is so suspicious un-
til other churches desire his service.
Some months ago the Mt Rose Bap-
fist church of Dallas called him, and
he thought having built and paid
for present membership, that he
could leave the pastorate here with
out a great injury 10 the member
ship. We all thought for time
that this could be done then we eX-
cepted his resignation and he eX-
cepted a call to the Mt. Rose Bap-
fist church. We soon detected our
mistake having come to ourselves
realized that we already had in our
midst a pastor in the truest sense
of the term and set ourselves to the
work of getting his retention. After
much prayer and help from other
ministers and citizens of the city
we succeeded in showing him the
imperative injury that would come
to our church and city, this pur-
suaded him to ask the Mt. Rose
Baptist church to release him as
pastor for the above mention and
other reasons.
Let this SUFFICE to say pastor had
no intention of flerting or injuring
either of these great churches, he is
loud in his praise for the future
possibility of Mt. Rose Baptist
church as well as his love for st.
James Baptist Church, our sincere
wishes and prayer go up with Mt,
Rose that the Lord will give them
a shepperd after his own heart and
they go on lovingly together doing
his will and we will look forward
for a greater st. James.
AS token of respect to his re-
turn the church called him into their
bankuetting hall and spreaded her
banner of love over him and asked
their friends to come and help her
to rejoice and we wish for him
long and happy life with us and
you.
REV. S. NJ. MONTGOMERY,