Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-27
Correspondence of the Herald
New LONDON, May %, 1870
Strange Doings dozen East-Schism in the Church
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NEW LONDON, May ~, 1910.
Strange Doings dozen East-Schism in the Church
Intolerance among the Children of Zion.
SIR,
Permit constant reader of your valuable paper.
whGn Is now receiving very extensive circulation
IA TINS community, to call the attention of the
r,enas Oh Zion" to the spirit displayed by GER
tain leading members ofthe Baptist Church. in this
place. In excluding or through their influence caus
ing 20 De excluded very respectable portion of
he.oers, Tor the objectionable SIM of cOnfyi-
Church.
The Baptist Church, about eighteen months since.
settled the Rev. Mr. Williams, and, soon after the
commencement OF his labo they were visited with
refreshing shower of Divine grace matters went
smoothly, until the Rev. gentleman at their ANIMAL
meeting in January last, informed them that his ex-
penses tor the year previous had exceeded his salary
seine fifty dollars and requesting them at the same
time, to make an addition of fifty dollars to his sa-
larry the succeeding year, if agreeable. This they
refused to do by small majority, und imme lately
engaged the services Of Elder Knapp, who had been
preaching to the pious people of Essex.
The friends of Mr.. Williams, aided by the bre-
thren of other denominations, and others not be-
longing to any particular denomination, have raised
the necessary funds for the building of new church.
and have contracted for its erection. The eek
cluded members" are now told, that il they will but
cease their operations, and abandon the project of
building new church, they can again have the glo-
rious privilege of sitting with them at the table of
our Lord, and commemorating Savior's dying
love. Ii being generally understood that Mr.. VIII
completed, some of the pious brctheren of the old
school, fearing that more of the members would
leave them, and consequently draw upon their purses
heavier for the support of the ministry, resolved to
make sinners Of all Mr.. WIS friends by excluding
them at once, and thereby, if possible, prevent
others from following in their footsteps.
Accordingly Deacon w, Uncle Isaac, Brother
B., and few more bright patterns Of piety,
through the medium of their modest brother c.,
introduced the resolution above referred to- and ex-
cluded from the church all who were known to ia
vor the building of new church, except some two
or three ofthe more wealthy, whom they considered
COED Christians, as they could not conveniently be
spared. Mr.. Williams being present at the meeting,
when several others with himself thus sud
denly converted from Gods marvellous light to ma
lures darkness, arose, and was about te speak in
his own defence, when simple Brother Abram, or
Abraham, interrupted him (havng previously re-
ceived his lesson from Deacon Wy, and object
ed to his speaking, the ground that he was under
censure. Truly this spirit is worthy only of the
dark ages. 7 he chairman decided that il was per-
fecty " in ORDER for any accused person to speak
in his own defence. Mr.. w. commenced by ear
nestly enreatng the brethren TO proceed cautious
ly, for, said he, in attempting to cast out much
chat, there may possibly be some wheat among to
And, he might have further added with perfect pro-
priety, that if they disposed of much more wheat
they would be entirely destitute Of the article.
HARPooN.