The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-29
BRETHREN VINO DTsAoREE.
The Other Side Of the Trouble in the Rev
Mr.. Fulton's Church-Accusina the Pastor
81 Falseh0od and softenIna Of tho DrnIn.

MT. fuUOnA thurch-Accuetna the Pastor
81 Falsehood and softenina of the Brain.
Mr.. Amos F. Learned, one Of the con-
splcuous members Of the Hanson Place Baptist
Church, Brooklyn, handles the assertions made
by the Rev. J. d. Fulton in Yesterday Sun
without gloves. They are tissue OF falsehoods,
he saws, and especially remarkable for a display
Of that monomania which leads Dr. Fulton to
accuse every one who opposes him OF being an
open COMMUNICATE. "There IL no such thing
in our church." said Mr.. Learned to a Sun re-
porter, " az an open communion deacon and
Or. Fultons assertion TO the contrary is entirely
untrue. There is no faint OF open communion
ism In any deacon. and out OF the $50 members
there are probably not twelve open commune
cants. believe that amajority Of our members
are disguised with DR. Fulton Disguised Is the
woodland want TO get rid OF him. I was in.
strumental In bringing him from Boston, and
the people who knew him there talked Of ten
dorinR me a vote Of thanks for my services In
Kidding the city of nrcbrand. lie has Injured
our church materially A year seo we had an
1000; now we range between $50 and $50; and
this Is due solely to lack Of confidence In the
pastor. Our pecuniary status has fallen away
too. The members won't pay their dues while
Fulton occupies the pulpit, and general de-
pnpH psryades the church Pr Fulton
mona with personalities, and talks so much
about himself that II one OF his discourses was
reported verbatim there wouldn't be enough
capital Is In the case to print II ALL He preached
an entire sermon on Cakes Ames, and another
upon Jay Cooke. Tbeso men, he said, were
'God-like monuments OF public virtue, worth y
70 be Initiated by every young man In the land. :
He was hired TO preach the gospel as 1t IL, and
We don't care TO hear II according TO Cakes
Amea and Jay Cooke"
Mr.. Learned added that one night DR.. Fulton
said from the pulpit that a member OF the
church had signined his intention Of attending
service no more until the pastoral charge was
something should be done about II. The church
TOOK no notice Of this request, and tho clergy
mans assertion that committee had been APP
pointed to wait upon the dsanected member
was untrue +" But tue fact Is" said Mr.. Learned,
DR.. Fulton's mind grows so bewllderod at
tlmes that u mixes up one thing With another,
and It 10 not at all Improbable that he was think
ing OF some entirely different committee. i9
1 IhSs next day pc called a, my once.
calling US little fellows he said he had not
used the expression. lie asked me op the same
that did SO because thought he bad outlived
his usefulness as far as Hanson Place Baptist
be better for him to resign, or the people would
certainly drive him out. lie said he would stay
while the Lord had work for him to do, aud
talked In would-be heroic style. You know
what stun THAT is when It comes from
map whose word r you . sant believe, ,s,S
was distinctly said to Dr.. Faltc" that
| II would be for his own good, for the interests
OF the church and for the cause Of religion. that
he should resign his pastorate. The request
was from deacon and a trustee, who were the
chosen mOuthpieces OF the majority of the
members; and a resolution was adopted en-
bodying these sentiments, and requesting the
clergyman to tender his resignation. The next
sunday he endeavOred to pack the church
with persons who he knew would support hun
whether he was right or wrong, and at the close
OF the morning service he called upon the con-
gregatiOn for vote as to whether he was want
ed or not. As no business meeting could be held
after the morning service, the vote could not he
legally taken. and several members expressed
themselves pretty strongly as to the pastor
conduct, after which the congregation went out
And thus" said Mr. Learned, DIR. FultOn's
attempt to obtain u snap judgment failed"
MI Learned asserts that during the past six
weeks the church has been at very low point,
| both as regards finances and attendance at wOr-
ship, and thls has given to the deacOns and Uus-
tees realizing sense that something must be
done at once III IL Is TO be saved from complete
| wreck, and last week committee of Deacons
| ardson and Scovil waited upon the pastor md
his friends To urge the necessity OF his handing
| in his resignation. Dr. Fulton abused the com.
mittec, called them bad men,, and told them
| that he was 20 his people what Moses was to the
| children Of Israel, that he was Christ To them
and continued Mr.. Learned, ION last SUNDAY
| be said IN his bll sphcmous way from the pulpit
| that he was TO the members ~ his church what
God was 10 the universe. The determination Of
the hest portion Of the people Is that DIR. Fulton
must leave the church. They built the edince
themsevei.and they own 1t exclusively they
look upon IT, four walls NJ sacred, and will not
allow either their spiritual or material interests
TO be DESTROYED by man who they believe Is
falling in his mind"