The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-11-20
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

AT $3.50 q. m. yesterday, the congregational
religious exefcises and considerable debate,
. .sSt iSfR IN .ssoransss SS ,Ss
The following charges, signed BY Major
bcrs OF the church, were submitted and read;
CHARGES OF THE MINORITY. ...
Grave difficulties, general dissatisfaction,
body, showing deplorable state. socially and |
barrassment, and threatening the very exist |
These difnculties, dissatisfactions, and dis |
agreements are believed by those calling this |
council to be mainly traceable to the course |
pursued by the pastor OF the church. with q |
deep solcltude for the welfare OF the church,
and with an earnest hope that the council will
log evils, the ms%Sers calling the eounsii sub.
piaint: They believe that the pastoral relation
elected pastoral and ministerial duties-First.
10 not Waiting his people, especially the siek.
Second. In not visiting or recommending the
tanning the monthly missionary coneerts, and
not taking up collections for missionary pur-
poses. Fourth. In not visiting or aiding weak
'n H. A. has Sisressssi congregational pru
eipies and us.ges, first, by at.empting to con-
troll sn S govern the church through the des-
bcrs admitted on the recon endAtion OF the
deaeons alone, without giving the church an
and encouraging the suspension OF Bro. Daily
without charge or hearings dfth, teaching that
our church should take stand Independent
Withholding from the church letters addressed
to ~; seventh, refusing to call church meet
Ing when formally requested BY twenty-five
citing members OF his church to adopt schemes
and measures for preventing aggrievei mem.
bers from calling council, ninth, after a
for It approached, In declining to send for II,
on the unfouuded pre;ext that two OF the com.
Offering his resignstion, to take effect more
tending It. should take effect at all; he with
acceptance; tenth, In discriminating gtinst
several members Of his church removing their
names without authority from the charter OF
the society, after 1t had passed the Senate,
substituting others therefor.
lie has IeRss,edly .sed the Interest
the church TO indorse the sentiments there ex
pressed; second, IN making partisan support
Of himself a criterion OF admission to the
church; third, In urging harsh measures against
members OF his church, and alternating those
to whose aid and cooperation we look for
fSo % sas
hostile manner Deaeons Nichols and Bliss,
In not seeking to be reconciied to them; sixth,
in presiding at church meetings, against re.
monstrance, when the question was OF his re-
himself; seventh, In converting a communion
season Into an occasion for Standardization,
and then and there making bitter complaints
against members OF the church.
DR.. Boynton, the pastor, was here expected
10 present his answerto the ohargesI but he de-
sired leave to present, on the part oil the church
q protest against any action by the sr pdrie
The following is brief abstract of the pro
test, which was signed by the pastor and the
committee Of the church;
PROTEST OF THE CHURCH.
BY the rules and usages OF the Congrega
councils Without careful deliberation, and ar.i
communicating with the church interested,
which has not been done BY those now repre-
:ny case ~ the those selIo~in St Sonsrssaou"
ussge until a mutual council has been re
s Ssen tesay the ehah
only discovered by chance that move was 10
progress for an or parfe council, and no oilcia
Impossible TO communicate with the ehurehe,
Invited. The church fully believes that
very few persons have caused all this din
% %hy na's slsyaicn es sh.' aSd fhs
proper notice had been given Of the Invitation
OF a council, the churches could have been In
formed of the facts. and would have seen tina
there was no cause for an er pdrie council.
A statement, OF which the following Is thu
substance, was then read by the pastor; -,
faction, Il Il eonined 70 minority, and III,
social ties OF the church were never strongo
more frequent and satisfactory.
Regarding the hrst charge OF not performing
ministerial duty, the pastor stated that Il hal
to do much outside work to support himself
because the church was unable to pay a larg'
salary, and that this left but little time 70
with his church. The Sunday school had bee
In the hands OF his bitter opposers, and visi!
Ing It would only hsye been unpleasant ss 4, to A.
cumstances attending the Irregular admissio
Of members, with the names OF the personi
showed that AZ thus admitted were brought !
pended at their Instance, and by their vote,
and the applicants received. Guarding ncArl
simse sell Win R0 msPsy s 70 he s"tsmsH
OF tho church given below, and signed by cor
sidetably ever one hundred Of the leadln
The charge regarding disturbances at con
breadth, but the church statement below PR
Hents the matter In still stronger form,
Regarding the charge of sacrificing the II
terests OF the church by y eaching ccrtal
aS ae ns
had been wholly misrcpresented by the mino
ity, and the Misrepresentation ersistently ei
The charge u declining to oaiciate at q pr
paratory lecture Is based upon these fact
Some ofthe men IN the church protested then
tion OF somewhat timid woman, and d
manded that she should then and there be o.
amined 10 The presence Of the church; &c
Howard took the chair by no vote, and viii
the pastor was presiding, apd those who su
ported him created great disturbance and di
order, The pastor had got on alex bed to a
az attack Of ague. And when from weakne
he WAS unable to control his voice, dener
SSa S BIZ SS
from pure physical exhaustion end sufefll