New Britain herald., 1929-10-10
CALLS PASTORATE ONE SWEET SONG
Rev. Robert (. Hugsins Resign, Praising His Flock

The resignation of Rev. Robert G | iug8ins of the Second Advent ! church was not accepted at meet { ing of church members last eve ming. The meeting was held in the 1 church on Church street with c. FL mer Watkins presiding. The resig nation of Rev. Mr. Huggins was re- l Jected and instead q three months ! leave Of absence was granted. MT Huggins will deliver his final sermon here November before leaving for Cleveland, where he has accepted another pastorate. His | pariShloners here hope that he will l return to New Britain early in the year.
 The resignation as submitted by Mr Huggins was as follows: To the people Of the Second Ad- vent church. Church street near stanley, New Britain. Greeting:
 Through your secretary, Brother Samuel Emerson. I now offer my | resignation as pastor of your church 10 become effective some time dur ing the month of November, 1929. "A call, an urgent Macedonian call of Come over and keep us (2cts 16;19) has come to me from the Church of God at 10G23 Lee av- enue, Cleveland Ohio. At this church I had been pastor for II years before l came to you. Tt appears that they are in a grave crisis, so grave that the life of the church is imperilcd. Having converted and baptised many. in ! deed, most Of them, their cry of distress and entrraty for held in this emergency comes to me like the cry Of a child, troubled and help less; and after protracted efforts to dismiss the imploring voice, it per sists in ringing necessarily in my ears, seconded by conscience, which says over and over again, duty.
 "A statement by Grover Cleveland describing life with his beautiful wife, aptly describes my pastorate with you for seven years, It has ''S'4A b4AE E anu SN F'L SOIlE. l 0 IIE extent of your power and beyond your power e Cor. S:3) you have mini5tered to my wants. Like a husband and wife we have mutual ly shared our sorrows and joys Both preacher and people have been under the pupilage of God. At times when unpopular truths were presented you have had grace enough to consider, reflect. mediate and profit. With the keen, double edged tools of Gods own providing, we have dug deep into you, only to find that the deeper we dug the finer and finer the gold.
 We do not recall having q prayer offered since coming among you in which the petitioner omitted an in- tercession for the pastor; we have not heard from one of you an un- seemly word, or seen an unbrother- ly act, not one quarrel has bcsicged upon the mind to disturb our love feast.
 "The resignation of my New Brit ain pastorate, now rendered in deep est regret, was the happiest and best pastorate of my life, and I re- sign it with the full persuasion that either God will make this resigna- tion provisional or give you a suc- cessor much better than myself.
 Tn the love of the truth which can never die, and in the bondage of the tie that binds us together as one forever,
 Cordially your brother in
 the Lord,
 "ROBERT c. HTGGINS."
 Asked to Reconsider
 Following the resignation and the vote not to accept it, the following resolution was adopted by the con- gregation;
 Be it resolved. that We, the mem bers of the congregation of the Ad- vent Church of New Britain, gath cred in body at a special meeting held in the church on the evening of Tuesday, october 1, 1929, for the express purpose of acting upon the contemplated resignation of our pastor, do hereby in unanimous ac- cord, request that you reconsider the matter of your contemplated resignation.
 During the period in which you have very fittingly dedicated your labOrs and services to this religious group, helped us to understand and fnllnJG- iIj. ttprEjnc- Iao steadily grown for you on the part of your congregation, Q deep re- gard of utmost respect and affection, deep rooted in the conviction that your leadership is indispensable to the welfare of this church and vital ly essential to it's further and fu- ture progress.
 Tt is felt that your loss at this particular time would indeed be ir- repar2ble and would have far reaching effects, being one which would not only be very kccnly felt congregation, but also by the young people, whose interest plays so i'm portant a part for the future of our church. The continuance of this interest demands that the young people receive the understanding guidance and leadership which you have always shown. Therefore. be It further resolved, that the young people make known that they do herewith join in the unanimous re- quest that you reconsider your con- tcmplated resignation.
 Your fine sermons. by virtuc of