Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-30
THE ChssOF THE REV. N. /. p. THOMPSON, -
Late Pastor Of the Second Presbyterian Church,
l.f - I'D - Cincinnati.

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Action OF the Prcsby tery-Dr ThOmp.gl
SOP Found emily Of ImPuriIy and
FalSsBOOd - He Is SOIemnIY Sus.
pended. ,iH'l 81
b. Alta meeting Of the Presbytery of Gin
cinnati, held Dec. %, in the Second Presby-
terian. Church, the following minute was
unanimously adopted, viz; ~. ae l
In consequence OF reports unfavorable to
the ministerial and Christian character Of
M. l.. r. Thompson, a member Of this body,
the Presbytery Immediately proceeded JO
investigate the ease, 'aBd,T after having
prayertully and deliberately, in, several
sessions, considered the charges made
against the accused, and for which he was
summoned to,answer, have come to the fol-
! lowing result, to-wit; 9b e.. sl.73 3i 800 10;
!, That no evidence of his own, confess
| sion Of extreme crime with which he was
| charged by TumOr, appears; but that on
the contrary, the witnessesdtoi whom said
confession was reported to have been made,
unanimously testify that, 50 far from con-
Tossing, he always and unqualilielly denied
it, .y.Joil 9jiNh h"''''"' ''''''
2. That although no evidence presented
to this Presbytery, or which they are able
| to procure, sustains the charge above al
luded to, yet the Presbytery, by his own ,
confession, find the accused guilty Of the
sin of impurity. ,yidu9%sL f11H3
g.. That they also find him guilty of
falsehOod and deception in the statement
made to the Pfesbytery, at the time he
asked fora dissolution OF his pastoral rela-
| tion, E.a 5Yg g9uE..r it i'6 a-nnlI ,n' Io
4. That Notwithstanding the professed s
and apparently unteigned patience of the r
accused. the Presbytery, il view of conduct
| so highly eulpable in its own nature, and
so palpably inconsistent with, his Ordina-
ton vows, aud with the purity requiredby
| the Christian profession, do sOlenInly sus-
pend the said M. l.. u. Thompson from the
gospel ministry; earnestly exhorting him
to true and deep repentance, and to fruits
meet for the same. ,....- Il brG .5iplibn li 4
A true extract from the records ofPres-
bytery. J.. t.N -.
| I9al "a g. M. MAXWELL, Moderator.
Attest; j. CHESTER, Stated Clerk, hsN 81
lis CINCINNATI December %, 1865. .H Il q
After the above action, the Presbyteryl
passed the following resolution: ~, -
ResoIUed, That the Presbytery of Cincin-
natl communicate to the Second Church,
which has been so deeply grieVed by the
condHct of its late Pastor, oureordial sym-
pathy; our sense of the honest endeayOrs of
its several officers and members, who have
appeared before us, or whose statements
have been made to the Presbytery, to act o
4 from the outset, in the difficult circum-
stances in which they were placed, justly,
| prudently and eharitaby;; and that we af-
fectionately eShort the church to exercise
wise and charitable fOrbearahee toward
each other, and to cultivate the unity of I
spirit in the bond of peace, y,
IA true extract from the records Of the
PresbyteFy.a1 sEt IHl ,la3lN-i fI-i5A 4t
g5I GIN. MAXWELL, Moderator. fiii
| Attest: j. CHESTER, S. Clerk. ,sq, sif,il
T December 20, 1865. a '. =. 900