Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-01-23

We have received the following for

We have received the following for
publication. Personally, we know
nothing of the. merits Of the case.
Church quarrels we do not propose to
discuss, believing that such difficulties
should be settled BY those protesting to
"be Of, the fold" -Es rFg Qn
,Inthc lat issue Of 1.-THE Reno Crescent
1 noticed an article in relation to
church difficulties In Reno, In which
the writer assumes to know all about
the matter. In that article the writer
states reasons for the withdrawal OF
Rev. A. F. Hitchcock from the NJ. +;
Church which those better acquainted
with the circumstances will be slow to
believe. It may be and doubtless Is
the case that the writer Is Ignorant OF
the real cause Of all the difficulty now
existing between Rev. A. +. Hitchcock
and the N. E. Church. My design In
this communication is not to establish
the guilt of the one or the innocence Of
the other, but to place before the pub
lie facts as they now exist. 1t Is we'll
known that Rev. A. F. Hitchcock was
appointed by the last Annual Confer
ence to take charge Of the work at
Washoe, and that i was appointed by
the same authority to take charge OF
the work in Reno. 1t Is also we'll
known that the Rev. A. f. Hitchcock
refused to 60 to the work assigned him,
and that I voluntarily offered to ex-
change appointments with him, pro-
vided we could get the consent OF u
Presiding Elder, Rev. G. Anderson.
It Is also known that our Presiding
Elder gave his consent, and 1t was
duly arranged for Rev. A. F. Hitch
cock to take charge of the interests Of
the NJ. E. Church In Reno, and l to
take charge of the church In Washoe.
All this | consented to, because l felt
that 1t would be more satisfactory to
the people Of Reno, and not that l
thought that it was easier or less ex-
pensiye for meNto 60 to Washoe than
TO preach In Reno. TO this change Of
appointments, 1t Is but just to say, our
Presiding Elder reluctantly consented,
and with the express understanding
that Rev. A.F. Hitchcock vas to look
after the spiritual interests Of the
people Of Reno, and to have nothing
to do whatever with the building Of the
church ediflce, then In process Of erec-
ton. l am not aware Of any difficulty
between us In relation to the building,
though report says he has ipsinuated
that money collected for building pur-
poses had not been spent rs 1t should
have been. This is u matter that any
one interested in the building can
easily satisfy themselves about, and If
any assertion of this kind has been
made, the person making 1t is willfully
ignorant or maliciously untruthful. 1t
Is asserted In the Crescent that the
charges were made after he withdrew
from the church, when the truth Is,
that he withdrew from the church rs
soon as he learned that charges were
to be preferred against him, and
that he would be cited for trial
before a proper tribunal. He was i'll
formed on Saturday night, Dec. 3lst,
1870, and withdrew January LIST, 1871,
the next day after receiving the infor-
nation. Now, | propose to leave 1t to
n candid and discriminating public to
Judge Of the motives for withdrawing
from n church which had been his
choice for fifteen years, and with
whose ministry he has had no difficulty
las he acknowledged himself the night
he withdrew. think it must be evil
dent to all unparalleled minds that
the motives lie deeper, and that the
real cause lies deeper than that given
by himself or the writer In the Ores
cent. II, as he asserted. he was not In
sympathy NOR never had beenl with
the NJ. E. Church, then he Is con-
demned for his hypocricy for remain
ing twelve or fifteen years I'm the min
istry of q church with which he had no
sympathy. and for taking charge Of
the church In Reno apparently in
good faith), when he intended all the
time to betray 1t aud the confidence |
placed in him, the first opportunity.
If he did not leave the church rather
than stand a trial, then the only con-
clusion that the candid and rejecting
can come to Is, that he is a very unsafe
man with whom to trust the interest OF
any cause where betrayal Is possible.
Had he withdrawn without making
any effort to monopolize the Sabbath
School and all the interests of the
church, | could say. as did the -Adrocate,
the organ Of the NJ. L. Church OH the
Pacific coast: ave regret it more on
his own account than on account of the
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