The New York herald., 1871-02-14
JERSEY CLERICAL ETIQUETTE.

How English Doctor OF Divinity WINS
Treated by His Newark Brethrcu-They
Invite Him TO Speak and Then Want 60
Know IL Hc is an Imp0stor-Salt as a Hin.
manizing Agent.
The clergymen Of Newark are great sticklers for
etiquette, but the etiquette is OF very peculiar
character, type that the French would probably
term omtre. Yesterday, in accordance witg pre-.
vious invitation, Rev. DR.. Gather, an eminent
English divine, and agent OF the English
Christian Moral Science Association, met tho
clergymen of Newark in the lecture room Of
the First Presbyterian church for the purpose or
giving them his views OH the association he repre-
sented, and the best way Of advancing the objecrs
thereof. Besides the cergymen there was present q
sprinKling of prominent laymen. Scarcely was the
meeting organized when Rev. DR.. Flndley. who .or
several weeks past, along with DR.. Fish, has been
SILENT PARTNER
in the Hammond revival movement, arose and sug-
gested that the correspondent of a religious paper
In Belfast, ireland, had stated that DR.. Gather was
not what he represented himself-the agent OF the
English association. Dr. Fish then jumped up ana
said that it seemed to him very wrong place their
visitor in such an unpleasant position just then.
He thought the best thing to do would be TO appont
a committee to examine the Doctors credentials.
To this DR.. Gather responded that while he appre-
ciated the kindly motive OF DIR. Fish, and was WILL
mously preferred, at any proper time and place.
either before individuals or before committee, he
could not regard this assembly as court OF judica-
ture, with authority to pass upon him, and ha
thought that the charges should not have been
alluded to in his absence when he could just as well
havd been sent for ana an explanation asked for.
He did not recognize the authority OF the meeting
to make
A PERSONAL MATTER
OF what was not u personnel matter. and said that
even II the charges were true, which he Denied that
the principles he advocated were the less vau-
able. After some further discussion the Doctor ad-
dressed tine assembage He hoped that those who
had not lost faith In fellow worker would pray for
him. His object w0s he said, to bring Christian
moral science into New Jersey. The way things
were done In England was to bring people together
at q social meal. He thought
EATING SALT TOGETHER
had humaniZin0 influence, and 1t would have
made him happy II he had eaten salt with some Of
his audience. so that he could have found himself In
sort under the protection OF their hospitality.
This timely rcbuke was hugely relished by the ma
jorty OF those present, and applause might have
been INDUCED in but for the sOmore religious cha
racter Of the building and most OF Its clerical 0ccu
ings of the association In England and delivered
himself Of an address that pleased all DR.. Findley
again rose and brought forward the
UNPLEASANT CHARGES.
insisting that the accused should be afforded op-
pOrtunity to defend himself The Doctor himself
after Others had protested against bringing the mat
ter up, said he would not DO tried by miscellaneous
meeting. but asia clergyman OF the Methodist Church
he could alone be tried by his peers, and to theil
judgment he would willingly submit thus brought
the meeting to close.