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PASTOR ORDAINED. 
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during his course in the seminary. 
Other well known men in the de- 
nomination who took part in the ex- 
ercises were Prof. Alexander R. Mer- 
riam, of Hartford Theological Sem- 
inary, who gave the charge to the 
pastor; Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, D.D., 
of Salem, who delivered the charge to 
people; Rev. Edwin H. Byington, of 
Beverly, who extended the Right 
Hand of Fellowship to Mr. Lincoln ; 
Rev. George E. Lincoln, of East Gran- 
by, Conn., father of the new pastor ; 
and Rev. A. A. Berle, D.D., of Salem. 
At two o’clock in the afternoon the 
pastors and delegates from the vari- 
ous churches invited assembled in the 
church in council to examine the can- 
didate. 
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
The ordination and installation ex- 
~ ercises were held in the church at 7 
o’clock in the evening, at which time 
the program printed in another col- 
umn was carried out. 
Impressive and interesting were the 
exercises. Rev, A. A. Berle, D.D., 
of Salem made the invocation and Rev. 
F. J. Libby, recently installed as 
pastor of the Magnolia church, read 
the scriptures. After a hymn, Rev. 
Dr. Parker preached the ordination 
sermon and this was followed by the 
ordaining prayer, by the Rev. George 
E. Lincoln of East Granby, Conn., 
father of the pastor. 
The Right Hand of Fellowship was 
extended by the Rev. Edwin H. By- 
ington of the Dane street church, 
Beverly. His remarks were brief but 
well chosen. 
was not the fellowship of convivial 
gatherings, of social functions, or 
simply the fellowship of mutual organ- 
izations, but rather the fellowship be- 
yond that,—the fellowship that comes 
in comradeship and service for some 
notable cause of common interest. 
Rev. DeWitt S. Clark, D.D., of 
Salem, delivered the “‘ Charge to Peo- 
ple.” He said in part :—- 
‘“Two precepts dol get from the 
oracle consulted as to what should be 
said to this people : — First, Give this 
pastor the best you have. 
He emphasized that it. 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Rev. DEWITT S, CLARK, 
Of Salém, who took part in Manchester Ordination. 
‘‘Remember, he has given up all 
things that he may serve you. That 
is to be his one business. Decent 
appreciation of that fact would require 
you to return to him in full measure. 
You will give him a suitable home and 
a living salary, for you don’t wish to 
have him regarded as a mendicant, or 
one whom you can afford to treat with 
contempt. You will give him your 
best support by being always present, 
if possible, at the public service, at 
the social meeting, and at the various 
gatherings to which he calls you from 
time to time. 
“You will bear him much in your 
hearts in prayer. You will make him 
feel that you regard him as the most 
desirable minister in the land for you. 
You will not be ardent to attend the 
charch alone, but will bring others 
with you, and that steadily. You will 
go out and try to put in practice in 
business, society and community, the 
things he commends and asks you to 
do. You will give him the best you 
have and your homes, viz. : your time, 
your interested attention, your warm 
welcome, your open-heartedness. You 
will make his calls so delightful and 
so genuine, that he will want to come 
very frequently to see you. 
‘Do you know that is the best way 
to insure his being often within your 
doors? Make a confident of him. 
Tell him why you hope or fear, believe 
or distrust. So he will be (and only 
so) what is called, a ‘curé of souls.’ 
Second,— Expect of him the best 
he can give you. Let him understand 
that you can appreciate the choicest 
products of his study and training. 
Thus will you be most likely to get 
them. Let him be personal and not 
spending his strength and time in gen- 
eral exhorting. Let him have all the 
time necessary to fit him for his public 
speech here. Don’t hinder the effect- 
ive work of the pulpit by demands 
that he be anywhere else, during the 
week. If he is a sort of fire driver, 
don’t let him run himself to death, 
while you are enjoying the exhilera- 
tion of his rapid pace. Curb him 
rather than spur him, for he is new to 
the harness and the road. 
“Treat him like the man he is be- 
fore ever he became a minister. Let 
him be a neighbor —a citizen — with 
interests in public affairs just as im- 
portant and sacred as yours. 
“Do not try to make him your 
mouthpiece or distrust him if he does 
not always vote or think as you do on 
matters of common concern. Allow 
him liberty of speech and action. 
Never fail to give him your confidence 
as he has openly given you his. Ex- 
