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Show OR. GEORGE E. DAV1ES 1 FORILmiSMLED Pastoral Relation Is Be stowed at the First Pres j byterian Church SERVICES INTERESTING Four Ministers Tal'e Part in the Pioceedmgs, Congrat ulat'ions Extended The morn ng ser ce e& e da at t e Tl st Presbj terian c ch as of more tl an ordluar uteres be! g t e oc caslo of tl e n ta a on o t e Re George Fwln Da e D D as pastor of tl e cl u Mthou D Da es has bee c age of the cue fo several mont s the fo mal bestow a of e pas toral relation was no made until yes terday The serv ce was n a ,e of he Pe Charles B Murphy pas o of t e V est minster Presbj te an c urcl Vs mod erator of the presb tcrv c p -oposed t e constitutional questions and consumma ed the pastoral relat on The se mon was preacl ed by the Re W II I earns D D of M nneapo Is d strl t secreta -y of the Presbyterian Hoard of Hon e Al ss ons and a o g time fr end of Dr Da es D I earns took s text from the bu Id ng of tho wal of Jerusalem bv .e emiah lajin special stress upon the met od of wor bi wh ch pastor and people can most successful!) build up the church He dwelt upon the impo tance of un ted ef fort each man do ng h s part faithful y upon di ers ty of wor each one do ing the th ng for when he s best ft ted and upo the necess t of t e en t re c urch being banded o se e t e w or d in the best possib e f as on Charge to the Pastor The c arge to the pastor was given by the Re H W Reherd D D pres ident of W estn lnster co ee Dr Re herd emphas zed the importance of both the pr vate and the pub c 1 fe of he I min ster saji g that n no othe p o fess on were t! e two Interdependent He encouraged the pastor to ake care t at h s bod y strength be kept at ts great est eff clencj b rest and exerc se that h s mind be fed cont nua not o ) 1 the preparation of the immed ate ser mons but for futu e drafts and that his soul be given constant chance to feed upon Christ He counse ed that as pas tor he be faithfu In getting nto a kinds of homes w th a me sae for eac and that as a p eacher 1 e proclaim the w hole counsel of God wl h enthus asm constructing his sermons so as to recon ( struct men The Re Jos al McCla n synod cal miss onarj of Ltah gave the c arge to the people saying that he had worsh ped w th the f rst c urch fortj years ago and that this was the fourth nstalla tlon n that t me. Advice Is Given ! The Be Mr TicC a n urged tl at the people form a c ose and personal ac qua ntance wit the pastor in order that he m t be of tl e grea est service to then He ad 1 ed t em to gi e h n the most cord al encouragement not by flat terj nor o er muc by criticism because so few were able to J e the latter wise ly but bv loyall co operating n the plans of the chu c He counse ed that they fo ow the r pastor as a eader not b nd ) but w th the conv ct on that h s leadership was w se and wou d bring t e des red resu t wl en t e people followed At the c ose of the service the con gregat on gat ered to give the hand of fe lowsh p to the newly nstalled pastor Whi e Dr Da les has been at w ork in the city a comparatively short time he 1 as made many warm friends and the members of his flock feel confident that I the power and usefulness of the church will be enhanced under h s pastorate |