Freshman Serves as Pastor for Three ChurchesBy ST. CLAIR A. SULLIVAN

• The' first member of the fresh-man class to play a major role ina wedding was not acting asgroom. He was performing theservice.

Virgil Miller Newton, a dedi-cated 18-year-old freshman, is cur-

rently the minister for threesouthern New Jersey Methodistchurches. He conducts three ser-vices a Sunday on the ImlaystownCircuit and has the right tomarry, baptize and bury.

Licensed to preach as a seniorat Sewanee Military Academy,

Newton has gone through inten-sive training to reach his presentposition.

Must Be CalledThe Methodist Church feels that

a man must be called to the min-istry. Newton said, "I'm just assure as I'm sitting here talkingto you that I was called to preachthe word of God." He felt this asa sophomore in high school.

Last summer he got his first

practical experience as a preacher,filling in for vacationing ministersin the Tampa (his home town)and St. Petersburg, Florida, area.As a student supply pastor, New-ton preached an average of twosermons each Sunday.

He was so enthusiastic aboutthe work that his district super-intendent, the administrative offi-cial under the bishop, wrote to theTrenton district superintendent,

saying that Newton would be gladto help out in this area while atPrinceton.

Special DeliveryA special delivery letter from

Trenton in the return mail ex-plained that there was an urgentneed for a pastor in the threesmall rural churches on the Im-laystown Circuit.

Newton took on the responsibil-

PRINCETON FRESHMAN: Virgil Miller Newton preaches to his congregation in the Clarksburg, N.J., Methodist church. Newton likes to "put across sermon with my hands."

STUDENT: Newton prepares his sermon for next Sunday.. He baseshis 35 minute talks on scripture, draws illustrations from reading.

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ity for these parishes and thebishop gave him a special certifi-cate giving him the right tomarry, baptize and serve com-munion.

He now performs three servicesregularly each Sunday—9:30 atClarksburg, 11:00 at Emley's Hilland 2:00 at Imlaystown.

One WeddingNewton has officiated at four

funerals of members of his par-ishes. He, has christened three in-fants in the service of Holy Bap-tism. And he has performed oiiewedding.

The 18-year-old pastor marriedhis first couple who were 19 and 17years old this January.

His regular duties include youth

group meetings each Friday nightand visits to his parishionersevery other Saturday afternoon.

Newton occasionally takes his"young people" as he calls them(many of them are almost as oidas he) bowling, swimming and iceskating.

The high points of his threeregular Sunday services are hisdynamic, sincere sermons. Newtonpunctuates these talks with fluent,unpracticed gestures. He says, "Itry to put the sermon across withmy hands."

Newton never writes out hissermons which last anywhere from20 to 40 minutes. He uses sketchynotes and changes both the lengthand general direction of the ser-mon to fit the individual churcheson his circuit.

All of his sermons are based onscripture. He decides on a text and

has a skeleton of the talk workedout in his mind by the Wednesdaybefore he will deliver it. On Fri-day he fills out the skeleton withillustrations from his reading andis prepared to speak.

The young minister says thatallthis work for the churches doesdetract a little from his studieshere, "but not a great amount."

This work does not keep himfrom participating in campus ac-tivties. Newton is a member ofWhig-Clio and is active in thespeakers bureau of that organiza-tion. Newton would like to par-ticipate in sports but he cannot

afford that much time.Newton emphasizes that he

"wants fellows on campus to real-ize that you can be an activeChristian and still go along witheveryday life . . . and that thereare guys of our age who will workto spread the word of Christ."

Two of Newton's small ruralchurches were founded in the mid-dle of the last century. The third,the Emley's Hill church was builtin 1790. It is believed that the firstMethodist bishop in. the UnitedStates preached the first sermon

Rev. V. M. Newton '60

'IS THE WICK OF YOUR SOUL LIT?': Newton delivers sermon toClarksburg congregation. He gives sincere talk from short notes.

YOUNG PREACHER: Prince-tonian greets the young and old.

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to the original congregation of thischurch in a barn nearby.

Though the attendance at thechurches is small—the largest isan average of 55 at Clarkstown—the number of 'Sunday worshipersat all three has increased sinceNewton began preaching in Sep-tember.

His parishioners are all im-mensely happy with their youngpastor. The circuit was formerlyhandled by a student from theDrew Theological Seminary.

Newton receives a salary fromhis churches which, though not

equivalent to that of a regularminister, helps to defray the ex-penses of his position and educa-tion.iBoth of Newton's parents are

active in his home church, theHyde Park Methodist Church indowntown Tampa, Florida. His

father has served as a trustee ofthe church and been active in localorgans of the Community Chestand Red Cross drive. His motheris on the alter guild, missionarysociety and used to teach SundaySchool.

But Newton was not brought upto be a minister. Though his

grandfather has taught SundaySchool throughout his life, thereare no ministers in the Newtonfamily since before the Civil War.

He made the decision to serveGod on his own and his parentsare-proud of his decision and hiscalling.

Newton was one of three Prince-ton students involved in a Virginiaautomobile accident which causedthe death of John L. Robinson '57in late January. Robinson, thevice president of Prospect Club,was killed instantly in the crash.John S. Kuhlthau '58 received aconcussion while Newton sufferedlacerations. They had been re-turning from a ministers confer-

Picture CreditsThe photographs for the ar-

ticle on Miller Newton weretaken by Richard F. Fennelly'60 of the Princetonian Pho-tography Board.

ence at Asbury College, Wilmore,Ky.

Feeling that it would not be fairto leave his circuit for the sum-mer, Newton will stay in New

I Jersey over the vacation to work

' in his parishes.As to future plans, he will go to

S a Methodist seminary after grad-uating from Princeton with anAB. Newton has taken one course

jin the religion department andjplans to take others. But he willInot major in religion. Undecided,as to his major, Newton is inclinedtoward the history department.

Calling himself an "ardentSoutherner," he plans to attend aseminary in the South to betterprepare him for his life's work in

that part of the country.The young pastor sums up his

view of Christianity in a pamphletentitled "Light for the Lost":

"Jesus is the true light, a greatcandle with a perfect flame. Asteady flame, one that never wav-ers even amid the stofrns of con-

flict, evil and falsity. His flame3>is one of pure, white light. . . Heis the light of the world. Where 'there is darkness, .His light willconquer . . . Warmth is love. Hisgreat love for each of us onlywants the best for us.

"W6 are only required to askfor his light.

"IS the WICK of YOUR SOULLIT? if so 'Ye are theLight of theWorld.' "

PASTOR: Newton greets trus-tee head of Clarksburg church.

ALL SMILES: Newton receivescompliments following service.

'I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU MAN AND WIFE': Pastor Newton per-forms his first wedding. Groom is 19 years old; bride is 17.

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Princeton Freshman Was Not Brought Up to Be Minister,But Parents Are Proud of Newton's Dedication to Church

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