, 1874-08-05
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
Tho Trial Of DIR. Dandy Bcgun---
IIo Pleads Guilty to Using
TObncco.
TRIAL OF DIR, DANDY.

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Tho ooiobratoa Theological contoat be.ueou
Pfol' iat1on ana .,, aao'' SWING naa peon a''poo'
forgotten tho Iflton. .Beeclor Bcandal Is now
uppernost In tho public mind; but that will
sonn pass away and bo succeeded by tho case
e".'u w.. s ""1s ,'.,.' ."o 1ao,,,,.no,
"al ot cooAHae''on. no'n'ps Do'ne ao'o'ou ..,'
hut "iufant damnoston,' ana the heoona ~ NUT
full In fmproprlctlos, the last proinlsoa to bo
apicy III a uuiot wny. aul tntcnsoly amusing,
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,r Tim h,,,,dino co,,trnyorav h. n. d. Garland
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Secretary of 'llo board Of Trusteos OF tho Ada
Street NJ. L. Ghusch, Of which tho Rev. W. @.
Duudy ;s pastor, but tho instigntor Of Gle pro-
coc,,in,. and t,,o author Of the c)areoa ID In.
49,, - "Au 'a ~ A." 1sa nrn,s, t,,a !, n,onn.", ~
4'ovou 10 no mr. Ii nto"n' NV 1oneyea
man " Of tho congregation, WHO III now on tfial
before committee Of his fellow-churchmUn for
tIs BOOK Of Iiycipllne, 49,:
The preferring Of oAargos against hIr, Brown
by AIR. I)antys friends provoked tho iro OF Tho
''maiustay # Of tho clit,rch, and lie forthwith
Bct nbont preparing allegations to provo TINT
Dandy vas not competent to hayc charge Of q
A1na!l curnor Of the Lords vineyard. ue WAS
remarkably successful, aa
uEsualE or TIE CHARGES
will show.
Tho iirst ono ia Lying" hTr. Dandy having
said that Brown "paid 725 for u1inisters' dlnnera
ut tue lust annual Conference to lnAueuoo tho
brcthrcn not to vote for uts (Dandy,s) appoint
filing their stoulaolla. =
Tho SECOND IL s' dishonesty" in thai 10 bad
scourcu the records Of tIo church Gy pro,ulsug
to returlt them and failing To do so /; and
had resortca to t'lov cunning aud strategy,
through false pretennes," to luiure tlo Socro-
tary by aepriylng him OF tho mrans Of making
reports Of the collections taken ", during tho
L.
Tho third IL - patti oniziug dancing-sohools, -
hc having. An allerotI. sent Ills tauahtor to Mar
tines hcatomy.
The fourth is HHmoking and II chewing y
in prlyato and in uublic thereby setting = Ind
exa1npio for tue cuildroL in tho sabbnth-school.
and uopratiug tho purity OF tho church.
The fifth ia q running tue church into debt
by Inducing the Board Or Stewards to h1 bis sal
nry ut 100, when le "well know" thRt the
congregation was not able TO puy moro than
R1. 1.800
Ino sixth ia yintlictiyeness," ho having
ileclayed that tile female members had right to
vote ut Oh election for Irusteea, and they, III
oorduuco Herewith, depusitug their ballots fog
their fayorito candidates.
THO seventh is ''lnollloionoy and eocular pur~
SUITS" Untler thia head, it ID alleged that wleu
Atr, DANDY took charge OF the church it had
regular attendance OF Detwoon 600 aud 1,O00 but
through his s'perBonal conduct aud manago-
menth it has lwindled to from III to 18a: that
lie has used his Influence to array pnrt OF the
membership against the remainder, thereby
causing hard fuulingH, aud spirit OF division
which has almost .'o1tinguished" tho church .
that hO is engaged III cnrrinee-tunkiup.
selling patent lights, and speculating
in bouus mud real ostntp to 8ucl IN o1tent that
he canuot give llis pastorato the time necessary
to make tho church prosperous that bundny
CATION into hia study " III order to smoke his
cigars and induce them to 20 into roal-estate
speculations with him."
,nx.1,u Aarfp RSkE
will deprive Mr.. Dauly Of his functions Az 4
Methodist miuisior. Inoy woro lanued to Pro-
siding Elder JutLlu on tho 9Th OF July, and Lo
subsequently appointed
TIE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE
to determine whether they wora based upon auoh
grounds as would warrant their beng cntur-
tuiucd DR.. Minor Raymond, DR.. Hooper Crews,
Sanford WasLbu,n, Horny Hill, and Aaron
Carney,
Yius Committee vii! not try Mr. Dandy They
merely net us . sort of Grand Jury, honri1,s.
howeyar the eyileucc Of both sideH. aud deter
mining whether that for the prosecution 10 Of
auch oharacter as 10 sustain The charges, II
their decision ig Affirmative, they report their
action to tho no4t Annual Conference, aud SUBJ
NIT tho charges to TINT body ior formal Invests
cation and Judgment, the accused, in tho meal.-
time, hoing depoHod aud suspended from dis
charging bis accustomed duties, aud deprived Of
his salary.
The Committee held
ITS FIRST SESSION
in o back room OH the thild ioor OF tho Book
Coucern yesterday morning. Elder Jutkin pre-
Committee. Mr. Bro,,se, who ropresented the
prosecution, und DR.. Pike, who is iu HOMO way
Interested IN tho result.
Alter prnyer for Divine guidance, the charges
wero taken up.
nn. RAYMOND =
expressed his views OF them in nonowhas
lengthy speech. He considered most Of them
frivolous and that tho othors wore groundleeg
thof ftnr 70 Ia ~ L,,k