, 1875-01-19

DisCOrd In The First German Prebby.
terian Church,
Ministeria. Meetings.


Immediately after tho adiournmens Of t11o
meeting OF the Presbyterian Ministers meeting
Yesterday morn!ng, : Inoesing Of tho Board OF
Home hlihsIons OF tho Church waB hald to con-
aidor the relations Of tho 1ey. Mr.. Wisner and
the First German Church and Hnnday school.
which waH referred to that Committee BY tho
Proshytcry at itB last meeting. At the time of
tho reference report nh. gwen Of tue difficulty
al it then appeared, but tho meeting Of sestor-
Jay showed that all hhd not becn told.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND DIFFICULTIES
in brtel appear to Ia that about two years ago,
Mr. WiAner was oallod from lis labnrs tn 1liune-
soth to this city to do duty as I missionary, in
connection with mlason-school on tho North
Side, in some way connected with Prof. Swings
church. He CAME reluctantly. aud, alter labog,ng
short while, living promises, ho yearned for
richer aud more plentiful fields. snl hH intercst
III the missionary Or Sandsy.school cause, it
Hoams. aoon began to haK. lIo thon turned
his attention to the building up
Of tue First German Church, With the hope Of
dlawing ftoin It what the miHsionary field lad
failed to supply for hts ,snrport, lle soon gath
ho devoted, It socr.1. too much attention to
please llis friends of the missionary work. who
ind KumtnolIcd him to Anericauizo tho youthful
Ieutons. to tho exclusion Of everything else.
until, at tho cnd Of tho good brother's frat year
separated By ~ ''-''' "
TERRIBLE cIAsN.
At this juncturr, Mr.. Wisner was invited to
shake lands by tho fathers Of tho Echoo1, but
refused, uo in return asked tho school to como
and drink at his fountain. teachers and nil. but
| without accomplishing anything. lie wanted to
.ize lin! This IL tho rock upon which they
Nplit, and this is what has divided tho
! First German Presbyterian Church against
Itself. Mr. Wianer was soon Giveh q
] stnrvo him, % to stop down and oat's s Gnt, fo1 @
so1ne reason, 10 did not lake 1t. He did take,
! however, donation from tho Doard Of Home
Missions for Lis support. and was 40 we'll pleased
that ho il anxious to do the same thing agan.
| BorH SIDES HEARD.
| At the meeting yesterday there appeared Mr.
| Wsner aud oro Of his church DcaconA on tue
one side, hua the Superintendent and several
| teachers of the sunday-scllool on the other.
Tho representatives Of tho Sunday school iner-
est told the Committee that b1r. Wisner WAS a
| good, clever fellow, but that ho did notknow how
| 10 ruu Sunday school, and that they had told
him to quit the field several times, and, ns per-
s1lasve measure, had reduced hss salary for tue
| Committee that their object Was and had beor
] 10 get rid OF Brother Wisner, with view to fur
nisIiug tho school and church with instruction
which would tend to Americanize them.
|
teress, set up strong defenee, stating that, oi
| the forty members Of tho church, not one whs
acquainted with the English language, and that
in tho 9unday-school tho children preferred tt
10 educated ip tho ulother-tongue.
| Following these two statements, the Eealous
| interaats claHHed aavereIy. Pastor, Supc1i.l'
teudent Deacon and teachers found OCCASION tc
call ono another ugly names and to make man,
| unpleasant tutmattous.
Oil Was poured continuously upon the troubled
| wators by the several members ot the beard
but to no avail Ihe animosity Of tho contend.
Ing elsMepts Was beyond suppression, eacl
battling bsllshiy for rights they imaguud the
general Church was about to wrese from then.,-
the one wanting the Sunday school presided over
by Americans. snd the great Nibto truths ex-
pounded by most any other tongue than Mr.
Winners, ,-tae other side wanting Mf. Wlsnet'a
| miniatry i'll tho German language OF nothing.
THUS tie war waa continued fos soma time, VIXEN
tho board adjourned to end tha wrangle.
| The whole question will DO submitted to the
| pexs meeting OF tle Prtsbysery. whose duty 1t
| will be TO determine whether the German or En-
| giisI language ia most effective in peryuadlng
And winning souls, and whether Mr. Wisnei
| shall 1eays the church, or tho church the 1rcs.
bytary. II will require calm deliberation to set-
| t!s tho vexed questions at issue, AID, in tie
] meantime, great deal Of forbaarauoe 4nd
| Christian fostttula-f not high fauoe-to koep
tho church and bunday-eclooi from . conflict o1
I Afn8.