Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . Address Rev. John Thomson, d. Y dear friends : I think it is ajgood thing for me that the clock pointsa Httle beyond the time appointed,for the refection so kindly providedfor us in the lecture-room. This hour has verypleasantly and profitably passed; indeed, in sucha way as to lead me to think that it is not withinmy power to add anything to the reminiscencesof those dear brethren to whom you have beenlistening. I cannot, at this late hour, go back toother holy memories, but I may, in a sentence ortwo, put som
Centennial services of the Fourth Presbyterian Church of the city of New York . Address Rev. John Thomson, d. Y dear friends : I think it is ajgood thing for me that the clock pointsa Httle beyond the time appointed,for the refection so kindly providedfor us in the lecture-room. This hour has verypleasantly and profitably passed; indeed, in sucha way as to lead me to think that it is not withinmy power to add anything to the reminiscencesof those dear brethren to whom you have beenlistening. I cannot, at this late hour, go back toother holy memories, but I may, in a sentence ortwo, put some of my brethren in mind of how andwhen I came to be pastor of this church and suc-cessor to that worthy and excellent man, the Rev. i6s i66 Dr. Andrew Stark. I had come from a poorprovincial city, on what I may call a privateeringexpedition to rich New-York, of which expeditionI may just say this, that it was successful. GoodRobert Carter, on the platform beside me to-night, had heard me conduct the service at theweekly prayer-meeting in the Scotch Church here,and he knew my errand. He was applied to ata la
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