The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1867-06-19

Mn. EDITOR; In your paper OF the 1lth,
in giving the account Of the proceedings Of Pres.
byteTy relative to certain charges against two
elders Of the Seventh street church, your 70.
porter gives q partial and unfair report, mas.
much as he did not state the whole truth.
Whether from design or not, the great central
light Of the PIesbytery was entirely obscursd,
and these Christian and sterling words below OF
the Rev. DR.. durloy, photographing this whole
case were entirely suppressed.
REMARKS OF NV. IN. auRLEY.
a Touching this whole matter, have been led
to tho following conclusions .aI. D.. no.
LIST In view Of all that had passed between
Roy. W. W Campbell and Mr.. Page, respecting
the property In question, and especially In view
Of the fact that Mr.. Page, after much oonversa.
tion upon tho subject, had expressed to Mr..
Campbell his purpose to give to the Church what
REMAINED Of said property, after all loyal claims
upon II had been satisisd, and more especially
In view Of the fact that Mr.. Heron had been
appointed trustee Of Mr.. Psgs, that the busi.
ness connected VITA said property might BE- con.
Quoted with duo regard TO the interests Of the
church In the matteri II was natural that Mr..
Campbell and others. whom thsy found that the
property had been sold TO Msssrs. Heron and
Church on forms which only secured specified
sum 70 the church, aud that sun an amount far
less than the real and prospective vaius Of the
property, over and above all demands against II,
should experience a feeling Of disappointment
speak OF the subject and.inquire how such re-
sult had come TO pass-and there ID no reason 10
doubt that when they requested that the vhole
matter might be submitted TO the Judgment Of
unprejadiccd and disinterested persons, they
we're Influenced In 90 doing by becoming re-
gard TO the honor Of religion and the welfare Of
tho church they protested TO love. In thsir con-
k..st H.. 4.
acted and spoken nj al times wisely aud pru.
IDENTITY; but that they have been mainly prompted
by sense ofduty to God and his oause Ia our
calm and arm pcrsuasion. org
I'd. As TO the course pursued by Mss.rs Heron
and Church. We think Is was wanting In prudence
In ono important particular. II seems 10 mo
that before they purchased the property on their
own account, they should have reported the ex-
act state Of the to the Seventh street church.
and given the church an opportunity to decide
what course II would pursue, or instruct them to
pursue In Wow Of the urgent necessity that the
property should DO sold, and the urgent peril
that the church's interest in II might thereby be
sacrificed. This would have removed all ground
for subsequent complaint, or even suspicion,
touching the propriety Of their conduct. But
their omission to do this, connected with the
fact that they purchased the property for them.
sSipeJ and not for the church, puts them, TO say
the least In position Of peculiar delioacy, with
respect to the whole matter, and exposes thom.
however pure their motives may have been, to
the suspicion Of having improperly secured for
thsmSsiUcs what they might have secured and
were eIp,cisi to secure for the church and cause
Of the Redesmsr. In view Of this peculiarly
delicate and perilous position, md In view Of
the fact that the proceeds Of the property, be-
You'd all claims against IT, are likely to be pretty
large in the end, we think Il is a serious ques.
ton for Messrs Heron and Church to consider,
as Christian men and church officers, whether
they will retain and use tho property for their
own purposes, as they are legally entitled to do,
or whether II would be wiser and better, in the
to tho interest Of the church, and thereby still
the .whisperings ofsuspicion, avoid all appear
snce Of evil, and secure for Themselves, beyont
doubt, the continued and unqualified conf
denco Of their brethren, and oil tho entire CON.
munity.