Evening star., 1867-05-22

cen 9, asion that it was q hopeless case; On
the gath of September be mir. Herron) told
Mf. Church In q few days the Corporation
wepld give to J Jamss Frazer deed for IA tots
sofd for taxes. n ten days the Marshais sale
would take place, ana in four days tue note
secured by deco of trust would he dua aud II
something was not done the whole property
woula be nsed np G snd ID thousands OF dollars
Chereh taking the property and payiag OF
ihe debts, but he would not agree to . so
uDiess he tMr Heron agreed goin with
fsm. The claims legatnst iae property were
.bsut SI2,Al0, aLa 81, 600 70 Dir. Foley on the
s5th OF Se tteEloer; thew dr. Church and Mr.
htiron) went 10 see L.. Page and he said if
yGH- pay all bills, judgments, and claims
az aus the properly viii take three thou
ssusd dollars il YOU Will pay the church
S%U02g This was agreen supon and setsied
"a 'hs press nee OF Mr. Il RlchHrtson, his n-tn-
law. A tier short CO nsul t.ien they (Nessrs.
Church and Hsrron) agreeo 30 divide the
sstt0 equally between ;Re church aud Mr.
Page. ave-
Oa the oaak Of this papfr is the foiio wing
e. doTsemeut: TIE with statement so lar as
| krow, ana so far espseIalGy as it refers 10
ihe'utie and my eennectErn with tue spne Is
strictly true. (SIgnet) YM. II. WARD.p
Mr. Heron then ssid, N The I7th OF March
the pastor, VIM. Gam pbeil, preached bis
tcrieat sermon, and the 18TH OF March an
article appeared in th- Star signed IT. +. e"
They, Messrs' Church ana Heron, asked to
have the whole' matter II vFsrIyated. and were
anxious 10 have the in tigapon.
Mr.. HERON then offered 10 read the report
OF Rey Dr Suriey, Rev. A. L. Taylor, and
Rev. ID Chester. |.t
a paper to be read as evidence, when Mr.
Fow ier hsd simply referred 10 evidence, but
had not yet offered any. They should simply
reply TO the charge and evidence he produced
on the investigation.
The Moderator overFuled tae point, and after
debate an appeal was taken from the decision
tanned.
Mr.. Heron then read the will of VIM Page,
dated June. 1866. bequeathiDg 10 the church
S50G0. He next read a letter from Mr.. Page,
deted April 22d, 1867, addressed 10 the Board
of Trustees, Justifying Msssrs Church and
Heron in the course pursued by them.
Mr.. Heron then read the answer of himself
and MIR. Church to the charges OF Mr.. Fowler,
stating certain persoss in the congregation had
used expressions which were calculated to in
duce the msmbers Of the church to believe
that O. b. ChIrch and J. II. Heron had been
or might be guilty OF imm orality or fraud In
purchasing square 467, of Captain George
an investigation was held on the 22tn of
March. before the Session Trustees, Rev. DR..
Gurley, Rev. DR.. Chester. and Rev. A A. E.
fully vindicatne Messrs. Oh urch and Herryn.
fTheir report was read by Mr.. Herron.J About
two weeks from this time pamphlet, entitled
"The Wedge of Gold," was published. and
on the Attn of April, they (Messrs. Church and
Herron) replied 10 the same. and requested
the pas tor, Mr.. Campbeli.) TO read the same
from the pulpit, but he refused. On the same
day member of the session left a notice on
the pulpit, calling a meeting of the session
after service, bat it was not read gMr Camp.
bellhere stated the q office was not signed, and
it was not the custsm to read notices having no
signature.] After service, five mem bers of
the session remained, and requested meet
ing, but the moderator refused to moderate
the same. Finally, it was agreed that a meet.
ing should be held on Wednesday. March 27th.
with Rev. p. ID. G GurIey as moderator, but said
meeting did not take place ON account Of the
sickness of DIR. Gurley. meeting was held
at the house Of the pastor on the evening or
March %. and Elder Davidson offered reso.
luton calling for q congregational meeting on
Monday, the 29th of April, for the purpose Of
hearing all the facts in relation to Capt. Geo.
Pages donation to the church, and re-
questing the pastor to read resolu tion from
the pulpit, but the moderator refused
to entertain the resolution, and Elder Heron
appealed from his decision. The appeal was
sustained and the resolution passed, but the
moderator did not read the resolution next
morning from the pulpit. In conclusion, Mr..
Heron said he and Mr.. Church had made
every effort to have this matter in Investigated,
and were ready now to do so and answer any
charges that any one had to make. They de-
manded that any facts In possession of the
pastor or any member OF the congregation be
produced Immediately, that they might have
an opportunity OF proving their integrity. and
showing to the congregation that the charges
were malicious falsehoods.
After some further debate, a motion was
adopted referring the whole matter to the
Presbytery of the Potomac and a session of
the Presby terry be called to meet in that church.
Adjourned. a.