Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-17

Council opened on iue>daS aiteii'Ooii
Delegates from 40 churches were
nressut. Mr.. Beecher addressed the
assernblage. lie said that this Is tbs
largest Council ever held in America
to discuss church matters. Plymouth
Church, he. said. was still united not
rithstandinr the wiles and assaults
of its adverSarieS- Its membership
Amounted 10 more than 2,:lI0 souls,
He concluded his address is follows:
81 assure YOU that you come into 4
house of prayer. You have been re-
membered IN PRAYER IN many thouS-
and households. and we have reason
10 believe that yOUr staying here Will
be not only to our benefit but TO Your
own greag spiritual edincatlon- Hoa
are called not To personal question
or church question. but 10 . Joint one
which has long seen many sequences
The roots OF 1t run back 10 4 personal
Question. We studied 20 make the
letter nI!ssiNe SO Nou could make ali
and every inquiry which You see hi.
Whatever question you see nj 10 pro-
pound You Will act on your own dis
creiion and method without any re-
striction on the part OF this church.
For myself wish To say fear no sde-
cua,e and Jus: stigation and that
I mos. earnestly give my consent 10 II.
We believe i is possible for God to SO
pour GU; his spirit upon You here that
you Will 90 home with more ardent
power, with more faith iii God, and
more success in saving OF souls we
heartily welcome you to brooklyn
Every member of the council j. fur
n!shed with a printed statement OF the
case of Plymouth Church vs.. Mrs.
MouIton. This is the matter To he
determined. Doctor Bacon, OF New
Haven. WAS chosen first moderator.
This clergyman then stated the Object
Of the council clearly as follows:
The moderator then said: 1t is proper
TO remark at the outset that we are not
or its pastor. If they need whitewash-
ing they should have called others
than us. Second-We are not called
to- revise and correct the judgement Of
auy former council. Thirdly-Not 10
amuse the public by drawing of their
attention 10 side issues. Fourth-Not
to decide or try the main question
which has agitated not only brooklyn
but all English speaking Chrlstendon,
for three wears. We have nothing 10
do with that question. 1t IS not sub
United to us: it would be prepos.erous
TO submit such question as that IN
anv assembly like this. Why, we are
more numerous than Presbyterian
synod and more unfit for any judicial
function than general assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church Itself. We
are not here tor the trial of such case
as that. Let 1t be understood at the
outset that even if this church by a
committee should invite us TO try and
decide that question we have nothing
| to do with it. We are incompetent,
or, as l once heard a lawyer say !:
'sWhy, apply to the poor-house, and
YOU would not have a more useless
| trial. In the fifth place, we are here
| to advise the church concerning the
| manner in which ii has dealt and how
it ought to have dealt with what Is
| well known as the great scandal to
| revise all proceedings OF this church
| in relation 10 it. and to act on primer.
pies. not facts. In conclusion he asked
| for solemn silence. and that they mere
after abstain from manifestations Of
! applause or otherwise.
subsequently, Henry Ward Beecher
read the statement of Plymouth
Church, then defended himself and his
/ church for the course adopted toward
Mrs. Moulton. Edward Beecher also
addressed the council - which We
think was in bad taste. too much
Beecher J; and then Il. W. Raymond
| of the Plymouth vcstry spoke in de
Tense of his Pastor which also was not
in the hes: OF taste; and then, after it
had been announced that Sherman
would address the council in behalf
of Plymouth Church on the morrow,
the council adjourned. This seems TO
he the case of Mrs. Moulton VS.. all
Characterization; and we do not be-
Iieve she will win her fight. The facts
are, we believe, that she had not.
when dropped from the rolls, been a
partaker of the communion for nearly
two years BY this neglect she had
outIawed herself.
WISsLow THE FoEGEE has been ar
rested in London He says that the
money found upon him is his wife's.
He had been at Rotterdam in Holland,