, 1874-06-27

vas ovcr ho CIR. W. meant to c!to mo botoro
tho Church oil tile charge Of circulating scandals
against tho Pastor, -deolarihg, IN Mr.. O.'a prcs-
ported scandnlona :tales 2wero tr,io rather than
falno, aud urging that owed It to myself md tue
truth. to go forward mud become. \ willing
wltncss IN an inyeat'gstion. !, 'porcnptori-
proposed investigation, aud; declared tlaat. as
had not boon member OF plymouth
Church for soyoral years, I oonld not DO induced
10 return to that Church for my purpose What
over, lenat Of all for 90 distaAtefnf apurposc az
while discovered that my namo still remained on
tho Chureh.roIl; from which circumstance he
determined to assumo that wua Htsu member,
aud to .'-,o',
,....,,., ToHuE NE TO TRIAL. .:,t !. :: ;.
Accordingly, a fow woeks Inter, hc brought for
ward charges which wore nonlinnly against my.
self, but really :against tho. Iastor,-ohatgos
which, II may ohpsactcrlAe them by The rncent-
~ published language Of tho present Clork OF
plymouth Church, waro y m indirect md lnVln-
core method Of Investigating ono man undor tho
false pretenso Of investigating: anotaer.' -
Sumo loading. metnbars,' inuludtng' especially
BIr. WeBt, aud / chcorfuly gayo It. 10 this onl,
| Irroto-with thblr pra-knowlodgo. aud at thofr
urgent 1esite-n lotter declining to accept copy
Of the ehargaa addressed to me- ~ q mo,nber,, on
| coasod my connection with tho Church. For
| this letter, rocolyot, on thc next day aftor
aending 1t, tho PASTORS prompt and hearty
| thanks. An understanding was thon ,had bo-
at tho rcsidonoo Of Mr.. Moulton, that Mr.. Woat'e
intlicttnont against mo vas to bo diBposod
Of in tho following way, namsly: by a
simple resolution to tho OBJECT that,
my nss s ana Sn a
roll therefore, resolved that tho roll bc
amended in accordance With the fact. This was
\ to nut btr. Wost's caae quietly out OF court
witnou. bringing up tho scandal.
TO NJ SURPRISE AND 1Np1oSlT1oN, =
l learned, on tho morning Of Oct. ", 1885,. that
tho report Which was TO ho proaaitou at tho
ohnssoS I'M It, to- ns S9 ss4 on sst ys,y sy1ng ing
| Gated, but would doolare that, whe,eas had
.besu charged with slnndoring tho Px.tor aud
,yhorens / had boon cited before Tho Church to
meet the charge; aud Whereas had pleaded
| uo1-member4hi, "a an excuse for not appearing
for trial therefore, resolved that hould 10
Ttnss Thls gross imput.tion, thus foreshaaswoa to
mo- led me to appear In person ut tue Ch1reh On
that oyon1ng. thors to await the roading OF tho
Forthcoming report. Thia report, wlon i oa1no
10 bo rcad, brought mo the. following: uorel in
toltigouco,. namely: " Whereas q. copy u tho
otlaigos was put into tho Lands OF tho sad Til
ton GU tho fifth Of October. and a rc7.es! made
Of hin, hat he should ans.csr ate samo BY tho
@oT 10 10 not know to this day whose hand L vah
that drew tho above report, and therefore I an
happily sa1o an onenays T;, personality ~. "eon
ia tiametrically the opposite OF tho truth; for,
inatond OF my having beou requested to ansuer
tho charges, had bSon requested no: to answor
| them. "a '''"," -
aroyo ia tie meeting, anl said, in alr: Eaech.
er's presence, that II I had slandered hun, I
would answer for 1t to his facc to which te re.
plod, in IN equally public manner. that he had
| IL 1T
VI. Next, growing gu toll tho Church's singi,-
lar. proceedings in tho caso came the Congtsga'
tiounl Council OF which you,wero Moderator;
! Who aburo facts aud, eyenta-which Il hsyo
meut!ouod as briefly as posablss onissng the1,
work ,whereon to baso the :. corroctlon o.
thoI unjust and injurious statements whici
You hava unnittpelx given Of my participatlor
and responsibility In the caso: .a,1 Witn Tue Ion G
10 ably discussed, hare no concern ,yon art
nrohably right about them. But Is to all. tht
ossontial fuuts growing out OF nv relationship
to plymouth Church, you haTe boen wholly mis-
informed, a. you WILL 500 oy tne 1ono"'nl
/. You; ssy, that1 retired from tho Church
Giving no announcement Of my 30 doing to AL!
nronsr officer; in other worda, that l atolo ou
secretly, letting no ono IN anshorlty knoN o! NJ
! purposo. Your language concerning mo ia
III, poson MAS that he had terminated bis mssnbc!
shp four yesp pIsy,ousy'St eg rs94sst1a M, q e
nanse yroM ii rq!1. etc.
| vor t,i.,, ,,k !.
~ sa.a s....., .,,r-.t,ano.ncv ri tbs co,on.r
j. IN. tne ~ thst Ohurch viii Ii
which connees tas melo@ sa VIII sort nf covanank
ho!y 1nd WIN eacn o,Ios Il moi mere
j by mutual conaen nor. by olthnr party giving nost
to s;,nss -: stA'f, 0o'l'' 'A'D' '''1 '''' ~
Tho aboTe IL ,ax,,r>,,
: 4 THOROUGH MissTATENEsT 1,,.:.r r,....,
| of the manner ip which lett plymouth Chnrcl
IN tiie ,yory frat OCCASION Of my meetlng tt
chiof officer Of tts Church after my ret'romsl lei
from it,. 1 ghyo notice to him OF that retlromen
At = later period, repealed this notice to othe
of1icen.of that bodr. In evidence OF TINS fao
} I saducs tho following extract from Ieeol M
J. card by Mr.. Thomas s. shoarnan: CLERK Of piJn
:: outh Church, published in tho Independent
Juns Is, 1874. H.. says: ..,
Long befors charges wars preferred hsl
A1r. Titon distinctly informed tas oeIk o. no
.na ysrlon. oses u sod ,esinara.s and hxt Ia a,
. euGou} nh" Z ~ sa takt" ~ Of ~ liz roL :.
saqns 70 % aNs *. y ~ r,,.~. .,+.r "s ,o,1ic1o
0 II. You aay Ipa.. 1s,,na .,a 1nmn,";