A Pastor Resigns

A Pastor Resigns. 

He was a Successor to Rev. Frederick Schmid.

The German church people, of Ann Arbor, have always taken much interest in the St. John's German Evangelical church in Detroit. It was first organized by the late Rev. Frederick Schmid, as one of his early home missionary enterprises. The Detroit News last evening contains the following interesting notice of the well known pastor:

"Rev. Charles Haass, pastor of St. Johns' German Evangelical church, Russell and Chestnut sts., has resigned after nearly 40 years of service. He submitted his resignation to the congregation last Wednesday evening, and stated that it was irrevocable.

"I discovered I was not strong enough for the task," he said this morning, "so I decided to give it up and turn the church over to a younger man. I am too old for active service. The time has come for me to rest, and my people have graciously agreed with me."