Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . ADDRESS REV. R. R. BOOTH, D. :EAR friends : I feel like Josephsjbrethren, in respect to penitence, asI stand here to-night. They said,when they were in trying circum-stances in the matter of Joseph, that they remem-bered their misdeeds that day; and I am in ameasure afflicted and humiliated as I stand beforeyou, to realize that really this is the first timethat I have ever stood in this pulpit, or lookedinto the face of this noble congregation. I dontknow how it has come to pass, certainly not inthe years gone
Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . ADDRESS REV. R. R. BOOTH, D. :EAR friends : I feel like Josephsjbrethren, in respect to penitence, asI stand here to-night. They said,when they were in trying circum-stances in the matter of Joseph, that they remem-bered their misdeeds that day; and I am in ameasure afflicted and humiliated as I stand beforeyou, to realize that really this is the first timethat I have ever stood in this pulpit, or lookedinto the face of this noble congregation. I dontknow how it has come to pass, certainly not inthe years gone by for the lack of cordial invita- Ill tions,—several, at least, from your pastor,—but soit was. And I feel especially grateful and gratifiedfor the welcome given to me in such kind words,as I now stand in this beautiful edifice, and be-hold so many evidences of the prosperity of thechurch, aside from this centennial is indeed, I believe, a unique occasion inthe history of the Presbyterian Churches in ourcity. Our brother. Dr. Chambers, tells me, withthat sense of self-possession which
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