, 1869-04-18
THE REV DE-. PRESTLEY,
Sentence OF Dcposttiou By n Pitts.
buTKh Prcxby1cry-AppeaI Of Dr.

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buTKh f'rrxby1cry-AppeaI Of Dr-
FrressIey to tho sy nod.
Tho Rev. d.. frestley wns before the Pittsburgh
fnesny1e,. Tuesday, tho following paper being
The P1e:css sesy OF MoaonsaAe,a would make a
statement of tie following essc md ask the advice
o's9e sS t. ssS 4 1876 ,os, against Ro7 james
Presley, b. D., was preferred 6efore u In tnis
ens aud esaei slrasnsas q ns fs1nay. nc T1a
III es 'ss 70 e nm von Tie
tlfAl he Was found 6 tty Of the thtngs charged m
me leei, and was s-,pended from the ministry
guard against mkaapfehens,on, It ma decided
thai TIC '{reshJtefJ aots not dnd pE. Prestiey
guilty Of adultery, Of tha1ge him with thas s.n'
" Sou Alttz hts trial suti 6us7ens1on bis Nife
sued for and ohtatncd m absoluta s!t1orce. Dr.
P7eEtcJ not resisting. but faTonuc, Tits step, and
persuaded 70 withdraw aes petition for tirorce
diseree
asa!n entered into the marriage Eelation, though
Non, a. the BOOK Of Government enloins
prfsbttetaes 10 setk the x4stce Of higher court
before II proceeds to any glayer censars than sas-
pvas.on, re ast yopr adsiee ia the case. saonld =
the purity Of lhe Church :"
TT. rsrsr - I'd % TIC table with the view
tzrshJier Tier vent Into extra -jamcia confer
ence, Rev. J. c. Bod IN 1he cna;r ,Taerp 1as
quite an e1ttnded discussion - to the course to
be pursued. It Na1 considered desiraoic hy so4p
to fefel the matter At ONCE TO tha General 1ssetn
bly, In order that The c1se int3hr pc moft speedily
11y, hoEeycr, Il the csae, accnr,1n9 TO tho Isopk
Of Government shoLd be referred nFst to tae ne4t
higher 5udscstorr, which y the sJnol The r1zt-
Gfas<J and hfovn, aul Ne.srs. Pat;etson. ReiI
Boyd md otherA
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Icy tew of hi usaest isupsnsteae foe Tic rrine.
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"a .he e e. 1 % ,he s1e'o Of hI' naity
q And, fossauch u there seems to be aous
donh. a 70 Tue meaning Of Article :, sec:lon .,
ment, the presaJtery wouid respectfully refer the
mater @ 70 ne .Iao. nsfoEe proceeding to cas11
Tht Conference then sosc und reported to pres-
hgteIT. The nrst part o< the paper was adopted.
~ afssr zone discussion. the seeoa41 part was
The committee, Dr. Gz:ar In the chai., reported
~ following form Of seatcacs. which w4a
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to DE- P1tsileJ, md aake.t h:za II hs Submitted
Dr. PEv.tle! ses7nnded snss T. ~ evident from
could rot. and would rot, submit The great din
cut,y IN the esse thzt hts fn7zuEt brethren.
eeilsfed be VISA Al Htpn4,-aad b. wx4 CONVINCED
noFe soiemu and tr5tn9 circumstances tn his ufe
He never. he bel1esedy was present., where auch :
sentene- was carried tatn exseutton- He Wkx
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what he did not believe lie Tonld resoec1oRT
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conduct the csse before the asnnd, ne1 I'll