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Vol. V. No. 46 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1907. 
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20 Pages ‘Three Cents. 
PASTOR INSTALLED. 
Rey. Mr. Ruge instalfed Pastor of the 
Manchester, 
‘Rev. Louis H. Ruge was _ installed 
pastor of the Congregational church, 
Manchester, Wednesday evening, when 
an interesting and impressive program 
was Carried out. 
Mr. Ruge has been acting pastor of 
the church since September, coming 
here from Steubenville, O. He is a 
native of New York citys where he spent 
his early life, and is of German descent. 
He was educated in Lafayette coilege, 
Easton, Pa., and received his theological 
Rev. BD. D; 
CuHarves H. WILLIAMs, 
Of Gloucester, who presided. 
training at Drew Theological seminary, 
Madison, N. J. 
In the afternoon the council met and 
aside from taking act on Mr. Ruge’s ac- 
ceptance, gave a formal dismissal to Rev. 
C. Arthur Lincoln, who resigned _ his 
pastorate last March to go to St. Louis. 
The council was called for 2.30, but 
owing to the lateness of arrival of some 
of the delegates the meeting was not 
called to order until 3.20. Dr. Clark 
of Salem read the call. Dr. C. H. 
Williams of Gloucester was elected 
moderator, and Rev. Mr. Tarr of Lanes- 
ville scribe. 
The records of the church and parish 
bearing on the resignation of Rev. C. 
A. Lincoln and the call to Rev. Mr. 
Congregational Church in 
Wednesday. 
Ruge were read by E. A. Lane. Mr: 
Ruge read a paper on his experience and 
theological beliefs after which he was 
questioned by the delegates to the coun- 
cil. Having passed through this ordeal 
he was passed upon as being ready for 
the installation to follow. 
His Beliefs 
In his paper Mr. Ruge told how he 
was fortunate in being born of Christian 
parents, who in their day, had an un- 
questioning faith in God, in the divine 
nature of Christ, and in the sanctifying 
and empowering presence of the Holy 
Spirit. The infallibility of the Bible 
went unquestioned. ‘‘ That strict ad- 
herence to the orthodox beliefs, that 
strict observance of religious forms and 
rules, b6th in the church and the home 
are the fundamentals of my christian ex- 
perience,’ he said. 
. He further said that his only motive in 
the ministry was to attract the attention 
of men to Christ, “‘and if here and there 
I shall draw some soul to keep me com- 
pany in gazing upon Hin, if | can leave 
them gazing, | am satished with my suc- 
cess.” 
“* My religious convictions and con- 
fession is a simple one, but one that un- 
folds so profoundly to my thought that it 
stretches away into infinity. I believe 
in God, the creator, and sustainer.of all 
things and in his eternal existence and in- 
finite power. Ibelieve in Jesus Christ 
as the only begotten son of God,— 
human in all that that implies without sin, 
and divine in all that that implies of 
divine perfection, the only Saviour of the 
world. 
‘*T believe in the Holy Spirit as emi- 
nating from God and Christ as the com- 
ing of divine life to the soul of man in 
the re-creation or re-generation of hu- 
manity. 
“*T believe in the Bible as the inspired 
revelation of God and the only true 
teachings that contain the full principles 
of human perfection. This is my con- 
CAND 
GATALGGBE', 
fession of faith. How farit is imbedded 
in me as an absolute conviction [ do not 
know. 
‘““ There was a time when men _hesi- 
tated and feared to state their faltering 
faith in the old orthodox doctrines and 
creeds of the church, dreading the charge 
of heresy. We have the strange sit- 
uation today of men fearing to acknowl- 
edge unswerving conviction. and’ loyalty 
Rev. 
DEW irr ps, CLARK. LD: 
Of Salem, who preached the Sermon. 
to them, dreading the charge of being 
narrow, ignorant and unscholarly. 
‘I am not afraid to read the writings 
of all philosophers both ancient and mod- | 
ern, I do not fear the most radical ques- 
tionings and investigations of the most 
critical, for they had unhindered power 
upon me in years gone by; I simply do 
not care for the dogmas of negation; for 
dogmas they are, as much so as anything 
the church can produce. Ido not care 
for them because I am convinced that 
no man can answer the questions in- 
volved while in this: period of human 
life; questions buried in the musty tombs 
of ages and centuries of mental despair, 
and I refuse to set my soul the task of 
beating the air in continual defeat and 
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