Centennial history of the First Presbyterian church of Easton, Pennsylvania : 1811-1911 . aw the man. Well do I recall how whenjust after he began work among tis, he found efforts were be-ing made to dislodge him, he came to me as his friend, to con-fer. He evidently was not a little discouraged. I begged ofhim to keep straight on preaching a vigorous Gospel in he said he believed it would take two generations tolive down the opposition and thwart the machinations of hisenemies, he said he would w^ork hard and do his level best. Ina few years he was the most poptilar, because the m
Centennial history of the First Presbyterian church of Easton, Pennsylvania : 1811-1911 . aw the man. Well do I recall how whenjust after he began work among tis, he found efforts were be-ing made to dislodge him, he came to me as his friend, to con-fer. He evidently was not a little discouraged. I begged ofhim to keep straight on preaching a vigorous Gospel in he said he believed it would take two generations tolive down the opposition and thwart the machinations of hisenemies, he said he would w^ork hard and do his level best. Ina few years he was the most poptilar, because the most logicaland instructive preacher in Easton. I myself heard one of hismost persistent opponents when he first came, and who had leftthe church, say to him at the meeting of the Presbytery whenthe pastoral relation was dissolved, I have been twice sorry—sorry when you came and remained stemming the tide againstyou and now much more sorry that you are going to leave out-town and Presbytery. Mr. Millers methods were peculiar1 feel it would not be irrelevant to tell how on a time when. Rev. Wm. A. Kerr1867-1871 37 there was no morning preaching in the College Chapel, andhis strong and instructive preaching drew many students, whofairly filled our gallery of 34 pews, he having repeatedly suf-fered annoyance from a student stretching himself in a semi-recumbent position, stopped short in his sermon—his head ner-vously moving by rapid jerks, from side to side, betraying hisexcitement; he said I want that young man who is loungingin the gallery to sit up and remember that this is not the Col-lege Chapel. Whether the sermon he hears is always worthhis wide awake attention or not, it is always worth while to bea gentleman. Some of his fellow students felt aggrieved atthis caustic remark; but no matter, Mr. Miller did not care astraw for anyones presence and patronage, if to get it, thedignity of the service was to be compromised. In the samespirit he rebuked the men who here and th
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