The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-06
1HE hEAT MOVE.
MR.. hi0ulton's Charges Referred 10 the
Church Examining Committee.

Mr.. hiouiton's Charges Referred 10 the
Church Examining Committee.
Nj BcCcheT las l. night in his Friday night
talk. .ftcr a private consultation with Thomas
q. -hcaIman and Benz. L. Tracy IN the trustees
! .,ln. spoke OF bloody and SanNey, anu sad that
hc Wa au interested observer OF and a proiOund
sympathi1,r with the movement. lie consid-
er,d Mr. Moody singulaily earnest man, ana
thought thnt his great power lay in the concen-
trafinn of oil Of his faculties on one end, aud
steldfa,u5 pursuing that end. lftnis c1ucen
tfatrd individual pressure was pernittra to act
Ia the qHichehcd atmosphtre Of rehsiuus
rpumublty. he thought 1t would le very strange
VI tue cOmmunit, WAS not moved.
Attor the talk Mr.. ohearn IN He'd church
meeting to order, ana Brother Ely was
made Chairman. Mr.. Beecner TOOK a seat
near the platform steps. ana covered hls face
with his hand Mr.. shearn an read the minutes
Of the church meeting ~ whlcn B +. Blair was
elected member 81 the EKamiulng Committee,
IN place of Ross kiSmond. hen he read tine
minutes Of the IhuIsdav mght meeting at
winch the names oi Deacon W est anu Alrs.hnma
{. Moulton were dropped from tue church roll,
on tue piea that tney uad abandoned their con
DectiOn WIN the church. The motions were
made by B +. Blair, the neWly elected member
of the EAJmining Committee. Mr.. Vests name
WIS dropf ed 10y vote OF q to r. Mrs, Muul-
tons WIS dropped by the un- -ninOus vote of 3d.
On the minutes was also recorded the ta,t that
Hrs MoultOn presented paper, through Gen.
Pryor giving certain reasons, which were not
lU,ed for ncr action also, tntt on amotiOr hav-
ing teen III de to require her to al. swer certain
questions she mad refused 10 make answers.
The fact that the document which she
submitted had been referred 10 the Ex mining
Committee, to be acted on as the committee saw
M. wa also recorded. As Gen. Pryor had dts
tnctly .uuounced in the church meeting that
the plper WAS IN fact charges, there Was unusual
" crest exhibited in the announcement that the
sDcusattuue II adultery had been recommitted
g tue oncial consideration Of the Examining
Committee Of the church. The minutes were
adopted, ana ON motion OF Brother SnedIuan
the church voted t. admit four women and
three men To membership tomorrow.
Mr.. -heArman then read req tests for letters Of
di-missi II from Ambrose l. Onard aud his wife,
aud request from Miss Florence liltOn for u
letter OF recommendation 10 any evangelical
church. No comment was made on the re-
quests.
Sir. Beecher arose to oppose the projected
union prayer meeting which the 10 tTd VI Dea-
cons had been instructed To begiu, after consul
tatiun with MIR. Moody III the church on Mon
day lie said that he expected To he absent
week after next and as Moody and Sankey we're
10 he in the city only IA fortnight more he
thought II better now to concentrate all EFFORT
ON the central grounds, and after the evdngelis Is
we're gone to take up the work Individually,
A member Of Plymouth Church said last nisht
that the church meeting which had exUeed
Nrs. MOultOn and Deacon West was Illegal and
that there was much complaint about II. Nc
previous notice had been gwen from the pulpit
~ the church rules required, ana the trick,
little MIR. onearman had avoided strong censure
BY planning the action for an adJ burned meet
Ing.