Rev. Moore receives prestigious Appointment - 1900

Rev. Samuel Moore, D.D.

Utica Saturday Globe, April 1900

 

Rev. Dr. Samuel Moore

1836-1911

Norwich [Chenango Co., NY]:  Among the appointments made at the 49th session of the Wyoming Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which closed at Owego last Monday, was that of Rev. Samuel Moore, D.D., to be financial secretary of the Wyoming Seminary at Kingston, Pa.  For four years just past, Dr. Moore has been pastor of the Broad Street Church in this village and at a meeting of the church prior to his going to conference the material and spiritual affairs of the church were shown to be in excellent condition and a resolution was adopted asking for Dr. Moore's return for another year. The church is free from debt and during the past few months, 80 converts are reported.

 

The appointment of Dr. Moore to his new and responsible position is by the unanimous request of the Board of Trustees of the seminary, most of whom are personally acquainted with Dr. Moore and believe him peculiarly fitted for the place.  An effort is being made to reach an endowment for the school of at least $200,000, during this closing year of the 19th century, as a 20th century offering. The seminary is a flourishing school of 400 students, with an equipment as to buildings, apparatus and faculty second to no other preparatory school in the country.

 

Bishop Foss, who presided at the conference, remarked when making the appointment of Dr. Moore to this work:  "I regard this appointment of the very highest importance and second to none that I have made in this conference."

 

Dr. Moore will make his home in Norwich for the present while he will travel at large throughout the bounds of the conference visiting the churches and speaking in the interest of the school and privately soliciting funds.

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Chenango Semi-Weekly Telegraph, April 25, 1900

 

Revs. C.H. Hayes and Samuel Moore returned from conference this Tuesday morning.  The many friends of Mr. Hayes will be pleased to know that he is to remain another year in Norwich as presiding elder of this district. the members of Mr. Moore's congregation, however, and his many friends outside of the church, will regret very much that he is not to remain another year as pastor of the Broad street church. He has been an earnest laborer for the right in our community for the past four years, and is popular with all.  His new appointment is that of financial agent of the Wyoming seminary, and he will devote his time to traveling about the conference district, speaking in behalf of the seminary and collecting funds for its endowment.

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Note:  Rev. Dr. Samuel Moore died 25 November 1911 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Norwich, NY.  His obituary, plus another photo, was posted to this blog on December 7, 2015.