Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-11-09

p~arscnages etc., we're mover before tb'
United States, IN litigation. Hence, al
the title. or claim she holds to said prop
erty, must accrue to her By virtue of th,
bogus Plan of Separation. The deed
for most Of HIS property are yet anchang-
ed, and the infamously sectional wore
South has never BEEN added. In some
cases the original properrv has been sold
and the proceeds Of such sales have beer
invested In other properties, and in thest
cases, of course, the titles are made to the
Church South. And as my brother hA
particuisrized, so viii I. The Church in
Joneshoro was, in part, bplt,by funds re
sulting from the sale of property original.
" decided TO the Methodist Episcopal
Church. The same is true of the Greene
vile Parsonage, shout which my brother
~wails'' SO ~pitiously. But now let us see
how the NJ E.. Church has rtseized al
this property from the Church South
And, first of al, during the rebellion, the
Holston Conference Of the Church South,
expelled q number of her members solely
because Of their Eoydtty5 to- the Federal
Union. Their ministers, also, eaFeHed
4 CualCu ulCMDCLcy 94&RJS& CfC4 &c o&lOH VI
an ecclesiastical drumhesd-eourtmaItisl
trial. all the grave sin of loyalty to the
Union lszI dare you to deny this. sir. and
/ will bring the living witnesses to prove
| what i say. Go to Rheatovn, rGrsene
County, Tenn, and ask old brother Fra
ker and his aged companion if they were
not go expelled. And. also. ask father
Fraker if he did not aid largely in build
ing the parsonage at RheatowH, about
which you complain so bitterly. Has he
no rights that are to be respected? Must
be be turned out of the church as though
be were a dog, and then kicked out OF
tie honse he helped to build out of his
W hard earnings? * suppose if he
would 90 on his k1lecS to this immacu-
late virgin of the Sosak, and humbly ask
her pardon fer the sin the mortal sin, of
fealty TO the Union, then he eoald be re.
stored to his rightsI Also, ask old sister
Dukes. Of the same place. if the Rev. j..
G. Hyden did not expen her for the same
oTense, and che was. perhaps, a member
Of the church before Hydsn was born =
Such was the sad spirit of intolerance,
quite generally manifested throughout
E. Tom, during the war, by the preach
ers of the Church South. and all this had
the episcopal sanction OF Bishop Earlyl
Ga the approach OF the Union army into
Z. Tenn, il the fall of 1868, large num-
bers of these preachers fed the country,
some Of whom have net get returned, and
al OF those who did return. came back
slowly and with great caution. So it was,
most Of these preachers either in part or
In whole, abandoned their laboTs and
their hocks. and many of thsm tried their
fortunes, IN various capacities, in the re-
bel army. OF course, the Union people
were glad that they were gone, because
they had no confidence in their piety, and
M use for the church and the cdass they
represented. And, hence, when the war
was over, the loyal Methodists in the
bounds Of the Holston Conference, found
themselves compaTatively destitute of.the
Gospel. for they had determined not to
remain il connection with the Church
South, nor would they, at that time, hear
even the Gospel from such a questionable
source. They soon began to think seri-
onsly about their future church relations,
and they as quickly resolved to return to
tie folds of the old mother charch. The
II. 2. Church WIS earnestly requested to
take the spiritual oversight, and to exer-
else episcopal Jurisdiction over the coun-
try. And In response to the Macedonian
cry of more than tsoeaty thousand loyal
Mcabodists, the great and beloved Bishop
Clark, came and organized the Holston
Conference of the NJ. E. Church, at Athens
Tenn, june, 1865. From this Confer
ence the ministers went out to their Ia
bors full of zeal for the cause. Nor went
they alone. God and Jesus, and the
great power of the Holy Ghost went with
them. The people focked to their minis
try, glorious ~revivsls filled the land, hun
dreds and thousands of souls were con-
verted, aud thus God set the seal of His
appreciation upon the glorious mission of
the NJ. e. Church into this Southern
whole church, Trustees, class leaders and
all came trooping to the grand old stand
ards of Metbodism. And more than this
many Leading rebels casae. Preachers
and laymen same. Some joined, others
gave us the right hand of fellowship, and
boldly affirmed that they wanted bat the
one Church IN the land. They evsa went
% far IS to gay that they would diseoun-
tenance the return Of Southern preachers
10 the country! Thus were We welcom-
ed here. The people gave Us one grand
ovation all over the land. And this is
the way We "scizcd'' the hearts, the mem
bcrship dnd the property Of the Church
So&thH Where do we, this day, hold
one single church, or parsonage in E.
Tenn, and now claimed by the Church
South where the original membership
does not largely belong to our ehurch?-
And, more, IN hundreds of cases this pro-
perty is decided to the d. E. Church,
Yet We are denounced by the South
Church as ''cifurch s~tealers," ';ehurch rob
bers' etcI / think there is a reason for
all this. The thief, as ne strives TO es-
cape the hand of the police, or les, With all
bis might, step Che thief stop the thiefl
when be Is the only thief on the street |
Now, it ia stated, on good authority, that
the SoEtb Church, holds mere of our pro-
perty in the States Of Maryland and VIM
ginia, than we hold of property claimed
BY them in Tennessee. They nail the
doors, they lock us cut, and do other
naughty things. Now. do they of Hol-
ston cry, ssThiief' "tbief," only to cover
up their villainylin Maryland and Virgin
ia? 1t looks so. Physician, heal thy
There is one other point IL the
gentIenans article. to which wish to cali
attention. He tells US that son of the