Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . Address REV. John Hall, d. d., ll Y DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS:I was laboring under a slightmistake as to the hour when thismeeting was to begin, and so Icame in a little late, a circumstance for whichI have to apologize, for I like to be at thebeginning of every good meeting. Then Ifound that my brethren were under the samemisapprehension, I presume, and it was suggestedto me by my brother, the pastor of the church,that I should change places and make the firstaddress, and I confess I accepted that idea with 87 88
Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . Address REV. John Hall, d. d., ll Y DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIENDS:I was laboring under a slightmistake as to the hour when thismeeting was to begin, and so Icame in a little late, a circumstance for whichI have to apologize, for I like to be at thebeginning of every good meeting. Then Ifound that my brethren were under the samemisapprehension, I presume, and it was suggestedto me by my brother, the pastor of the church,that I should change places and make the firstaddress, and I confess I accepted that idea with 87 88 a little secret satisfaction, from the feeling thatI would then have the responsibility lifted fromme, and be able to listen without any reserveor anxiety about what I was to say myself,after the admirable addresses that I knewwould be delivered by my brethren. They havecome in, however, and taken their places, andso I come to be at the close of this very pleasantand very significant meeting. There is one little drawback to my enjoymentin being here. I had a letter this morningfrom Mr. George H. Stuart, of Phil
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