The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-05-28
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The Baltimore. San of 23d inst. sums up
the proceedings in The case OF Rev. DR.. Huston,
Of the NJ E. Church South, as follows. The
vote in the general Conference, setting at Lou
isvisle, on the question ofeSpuAsion, stood 26
efersan(l against. The SIR says;
The committee Of the General Conference OF
the u. E. Church Soath,. in session. at Louis
vile, to whom was referred. the appeal III the
case Of Lorenzo ID. Huston, charged with gross
immortality, &C., Whilea pastor in Baltimore
has submitted report, sustaining the acton or
the Baltimore Conference on the 18th Of Marcia
l1S73, expelling him from the Canreh. The
fcDminittee Of the General Conference, VINO
have now acted, is composed OF delegates from
nearly every confsafanta represented IN this
/ ttle highest BODY OF the Church, with Bishop
keener chairman. Che papers in the case were
laid before the committee ten days or two
weeks ago, SO That they had plenty OF time to
90 to the bottom Of the iaeritsof this stubborn
Wv contested NATTER The verdict found by the
1 trial committee at Baltimore, OF which Df.
/ Register was chairman, was as kolloWs: 'sIhat
after calm and patient Investigation, they iind
/ the charge OF iamorality unanimously sustaln-
ed, and that, therefore, the said Lorenzo D.
Huston is solemnly expelled from the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South" This decree Of
the committee was aal, SO far as The Baltimore
| Conference was concerned, and. as the patci-
/ ulent y or license Of Dir. Huston to PREACH had
4 been sent by mai froiI IN unknown source to
the tiseli presiding elder, Rev. Sr, Rodgers,
the end OF the matter was reached. The
parchment was deposited among the ar
4 chiyes Of the Baltimore Conference. It is pre-
sunled the verdict of the committee of The Cen
4 eral Conference Oh the appeal is final, ana IN
the nature OF tllejidginsnt.of an ecclesiastical
couft OF appeals, just as the verdict OF the Bal
timorc Conference committee was in the ma
t'slt OF decree of q court below.
The case OF Or. Huston came mp first before
the Baltimore Conference in 1872, at Warren
I'ton, Va, as sgaich Or. Huston was present, in
obedience to summons, thongh he had previous
" gone away from his charge in Baltimore
The WarTenfon Conference turned the case O.
4 YER to Rev. Mr.. Rodgers, who appointed 8
comnittee Of five to make the preliminary ex-
animation. This committee was not to pass
upon guisJ or Innocence, but to determine
whether the evidence was sufficient to warrant
suspension until the next meeting Of confer
ence i'll 1873. The committee sat in Baltimore
nine days, and took the testimony Of d young
Sunday school girl of his congregation WHOSE
ruin was attributed to Dr. Huston, and tbs
testimony OF OF other witnesses as to repeated
Eaets OF adultery AMI tatnperng with the NOR
ais OF other yossag girls on the part OF the pas
tor, &c. This committee decided that there
should be 10 suspension and the verdict viitu
ally cleared D3, Huston until the 1873 confer
ence met in Baltimore, when DR.. Register
committee gave tic charges through and ina
partial sitting. The investigation was com
, piete, and every opportunity was given for tn
Development of all the facts in the case, ant
the result as stated was a verdict OF guilt
, and decree OF expulsion, which is now rati
fed and sustained by the highest body OF tin
Church ~