A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . ssionstation to an enviable position of far-reachingspiritual power and usefulness. I^oyal menand women, many of them already long andfaithful workers in the field, were to rally withrenewed zeal about these leaders and to give tothem the help and encouragement withoutwhich the ablest must fail. Moses had Aaronand Hur to hold up his hands when the battlewas going against his people, and successfulmen from that day to this have not gainedtheir victories by fighting alone, for somewherefaithful hearts have strug
A history of the Harriet Hollond Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, Pa. . ssionstation to an enviable position of far-reachingspiritual power and usefulness. I^oyal menand women, many of them already long andfaithful workers in the field, were to rally withrenewed zeal about these leaders and to give tothem the help and encouragement withoutwhich the ablest must fail. Moses had Aaronand Hur to hold up his hands when the battlewas going against his people, and successfulmen from that day to this have not gainedtheir victories by fighting alone, for somewherefaithful hearts have struggled for them andwith them and helped them to the beloved church has been no leaders have been successful largely be-cause of the brave-hearted workers they havehad to cheer and to support them. Dr. J. R. Miller succeeded Dr. Sharpe. Hepreached his first sermon in the chapel on the2d day of January, 1881. His first letter tohis new charge contained suggestions whichwere faithfully followed, and which not onlygave to the work many of its distinctive feat-. Rev. J. R. Miller, D. D. HOIylvOND CHURCH ORGANIZED 69 ures, but were also largely instrumental ingiving the right impulse to much of its subse-quent development. He wrote, in part : You can help to make this chapel a warm,loving place, into which the weary, the sor-rowing, the poor, the friendless and the stran-ger will love to come. It costs but little to bekind, to reach out a cordial hand, to speak afew welcoming words ; and yet whole familieshave been won by just such simple courtesiesin church aisles. Do not wait for introduc-tions. Those who enter our church doors areour guests, and we must make them feel athome. I desire to have a place in your confidence,and in your affections. The work of a truepastor is more, far more, than the faithfulpreaching of the Word. He is a physician ofsouls, and his work must be largely desire, therefore, to become the close, per-sonal friend of every o
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