Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-06
CHURCH PROPERTY,


On Sunday morning last, Robert Ioskfn-
..s0n, Thaddeus Hatcher. Leaiftlas Peugh aud
Thos. :HOskihsoAs residing Ia the. vicinity
OF Hamilton Church, In this county were ar
rested by ale sold;ers and bf6h lit to Lees
burg upon the charge of removing from said
Church, the Bible, Hymn Book, Sabbath
School Library and d pine table, Belonging
to the congregation that week or Two since
was dehied the use Of the building by rniiitarr
authority. The parties were placed II the
guard house and detained until Monday
morning, when three of them were released.
The fourth, Mr.. Thos. Hosktnsou, is, We
understand, still in L0ucIoua
Mirror.
The Alexandria Gozette contains an acs
count off church meeting in that city of tho
Northern Methodists, to combat the positions
assumed in the pastoral address of the Balti-
more Conference, in Ifs late session there.
The congregation was small Rev. Mr..
GLENN, IN some remarks, spoke of the ras-
toral address as F'unchristianlike and nm
charitab4e." He was followed by JxdSe
Bond, of Baltimore,
HeSaid that the history Of the Tinted
Stares and the history Uf the Methodist
Church in the United States were par.,Ilels :.
that as there could be no peaceabfe secession
OF State from the Union, there could be no
peaceabie secession OF one portion Of the
Church from another-that If n member of
firm did not like his association he could quit
lt-thcre was no law to compel him 70 STAY.
but he could not take the property of the
firm with him; the Church property in the
Valley Of Virginia belonged to the Baltimore
Conference, and that Conference meant to re-
tain Unsupported by the whole power Of the
Northern Church, 50 called, and assisted bv
the sheriff s writ, if necessary, the soldiers
sword, if essential
lie read extracts from the Pastoral Address
commented upon them severaIly, and said he
was AFRAID the ID was leading its authors
into the unknown paths of the wilderness
and It they persisted in their course they
would Sc. The end of Christian forbearai,ce
and brOtherly love, but not OF the strife thew
were engendering; that peace was the mission
assigned to all true Christians, and that its
turtherauce could lie effected more ef6ca-
ci0usy by other means than following Gill
mours r'liders when they stole greehbacks on
the line OF Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; us
one OF the preachers just appointed to Eli Il
pulpit i'll his town; had doue.
In aiiusion to the paragraph fT66f the Pas
torai Address; wtich t6ntatns the words.
They take Otr churches by force; aud install
their ministerial agsnts by flies Uf Soldiers.
They iiuperiouslE order our families from
their homes, aud bring strangers to occupy
them: They exIude Congregations, aud
torcc them to comfortiess rooms, aud to, wood:
and fields lie said no instGucG Of tile Kind
had Occurred-to his knowledge lie related
an anecdote of member of his Conference
who once told another member, afflicted with
hiatt had Int
the negro he sold two or three years ago"
and concluded by assuring those present that,
liked or disliked, appHauded or condemned.
The Baltimore ConIerehce meant to preach
the gospel iin the Methodist Churches In the
Valley Of Virginia
Mr. GLENN then announced that commit.
tee would be appointed to draw up an adj
dress i'll answer to the Pastoral Address, to
be distributed throughout the length and
breadth OF the land. and, after singing the
Doxology, the congregation dispersed.