Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1823-05-03
EXCOMMUNICATION.

, nave received irvm friend ~ New.
YORK, small pamphlet, containing Ger.
TEN oocuIaent' rela Ing 10 III excommnnica
n'cation Of Mrs. Townsend f. n, he Brick
Ffss'Ysr'isn Church In that city, for '.uerse
'rrns disbelief 10 the doctrine o, he eysrl,.
ting punishment of the wicked The frat ;. a
letter from the isdy to her minister she raya..
end Gardener. Spring, giving an ,ccn,,,, 81
her faith, end the reasons on tyA;oh !, :.
grounded, ana respectfully requesting a dis,
'o'utIoD of her connection win .he ch,rch
without public trial. This is fol,ow.d ny
the copy OF 'ummons, dernandns her a,
teHnesce bsiuse The church N an, mo,
me charge of Persevsring dis6elscf.,, 8.
Nrs. Y. declined a,pes, Is SUNNI. oh,
her letter to che minister, which rSotsias
ed ell he had To ias,'' would be ,si h-for.
the se'sion The following letter. will ,b.w
tie result
New York, Feb. l6.
Mrs. Mary I ownscnd.
Aa6Gn1; am diIcts by The Sc sion Of
the Pf sbyterisn Church to transmit TO Won
oe following sxtract from ,helr minutes.
n me. ing Of iie Session of The
Brick Presbyterian Church,
Monday, February
@ 4, 1922
The Moderator laid before the Session F,
wr'reu communication from Mr.. Mil
io"nsend, dated Jasuaiy 81 1928, in hnl,
she attemPed.'o defend he er.or .h b,.
embraced; aoknuwleGg d the RECEIPT of t,e
c'' stie' bot declining to appe.r personAAy
before TIE Session, observing that. In this
communication, .he had expressed TO Oh.
5essi.n s!l ene he'd 10 s,y.
WheTeunon,
ResOiued. 1'hat Mas. Townsend he ,na
hereby Is, sasssn6ed from the sealing ord,
Rapces of -thi. Church.
ReSoivea- That tie ca.s Of Mr.. Town,
sens Sc be refeF'ea to the Pee.tytery of Nsw
( rk, Tor theiF advice.
AN, uads'n, respectfully, ycur obscieat
,rrVSnt. 81, w BULKLEY,
Clerk Of Sessioa of 3. p Church ". Y.
NEW YoRH, JUNE 90, 1922.
3irS Maria To7cnssnd,
MADAM: Il has become my duty to trans,
n'it 20 you the following extrac. from ths mi.
cues OF t6e Ses ion OF tbs Brick Pre.hyteIian
Church In Bsskm@G.street.
wy reYec.svily your obedient servant.
RI. w BULKLEY, Clerk of Session.
At meeting ct lhe Session o, the Brick
Cbu' oh, Beck iran slree.. held in S.s.ioa
Rom, Friday, June %, 1922
The Committee IN the case Il Mrs. Maria
~ f"'ISu, nav Ft"fN Dau Calts0
on Mrs, 7. and made is, effori 20 convince
her Of her error, and they regret 90 say, tha,
their forts were without sny ,airtary effect,
Whsgecp n,
4. ResOtuea, That Maria Townsend he ~
communicated from TN, Church, and that
toe hfst euoiic aHnunci4tion uf this sentence
be m de The ensuing LORDS Day.
OToerfG, That the following minute lee
made III The above ca,c.
Whereas Maria Townsend hath been by
sufficient proof, convicted Of pef,evering dis.
btlisf OF The duct'ioe OF the everlasting uun
ishriert ct he wicked end aftsr much admo
milton erd prsyer, ohstlna ely refused 10 hear
he Chur n. aud hath roaoisesLes 20 evidence
oi rePertance therefore, in the name, and
by the authority Of he LORD Jesus Christ,
ihs Dc. 10" pronounce her to ne excluded
iron. th' communion Of tb' Church
Ordered, That the Clerk furnish Mrs,
q w"rend with copy Of the above proceed.
int. hei Case.
Is there man, whether Jew or Pa
gan. Dfdel or hristian, whose heart
does moi sickcn within hun when nc
reflects on such proceedings?
[GalaTy,
Worry late from 4I,o Doo;G