, 1876-02-19

Phelps htulaelf hhd repeatedly stated that hc
NAB in sympathy with tae u'sfn movement he
Tas porsualed that some ct., i. ought to taxe
IN ,saxnr s, o ab s soa eas esss
tho Ioai. II think" aarS.- sof smythe. :. that
Phelps yon should read : 10 Council tho letter
VII .bo q shs ss ohnfeh o 'ffsss II
az IN, No; Do this ,ou c' tho church to stand in
nj Il t: S:sas; I've s , ss; s 2s,,,, .s. s
aSa'mnt nRa ,ss,t tho o1ns tn!s Prot mytho won!d
.ae othor f,oa, sgIo mcmber WIN WAS not
put 4!ngto man against chureh. "Thnt 10.
penis upon tho Importance Of tho atngle man."
replied Mr.. Ueecher, anil when that man ts 10 !
vol! knonn - Prof Phelps hts statement ID Of
MIR. Neocher then asked: ''1low mnny Of tho
church m9!nbers were present when You passed
tho vote = AZ least th,eo-fourshs Of tlom,"
esnsS es1s '. s%y'eo sD,.alos os to, aTao l. yaar
IN or no consequence 1t is Church of
Chrlat, and - such is the equal Of any Other"
Il don't think 49," satd Mfr. Dsechor. Sup
n9se Church ,a%1, had tive % ms%sors I'D three
hold mutual council To try me7" But Mr..
Dsechor. sou do not mean to insinuate that tho
An'lnqer Church has only five rneuabors7"
Mr. Doocher did not roply, but Accueed Prof.
smytho and his foloss On the Comn,ittso,
rtofs. Churchill and Mead. Of dscourtcay.
You came bore to Brooklyn at time when we
wera In trouble. aod brought proposition vital
70 ma. fou have beon ilsrc all the t,mo from
the matter. It doonls to .ne that wns the ono
to be spoken to frs. Of all. but have had no
official notification Of your business hero until
! now"
In ropIv to This Prof Smriao said: "ls.
Bcecher, d. not think It ii fair for you to &C.
oase US of dscourtesy. when ne hnvo taken the
Greatest or pains to do oar busncas In accord
s"cs with ths usage Of your church, We might
have sent tho letter 1y mal1, but ma thought
| that tho moro courteous WY wonlI bc
e. 70 sena It By = eommlstes., Wo gave tho
naorn,ng. snd have consulted in relation to it
| with Or. Edward Doectler and Sir. shearmat1
You yourself haye known OF It. md we supposed
that Il you cared to speak with us about 1t you
from speaking to you about It, out of. respect to
| shat yery courtesy which you nay that Ne havo
| violated" Mr. BeccheF then asked Prot.
sr,ytle to state what ho proposed to do: "Whnt
tbe lsttoE br mail ne should l,nyo received 1t
| earlicr. 7 ROW ask you what your pana are?"
T. this Prof. smythe replied: ''Tho church
1atter Auswets that question, and IT you would
! road It 10 theBe poonle they would fully uuder-
stand our position aud purpose" With this
Prof. Smythe withdrew.
Times reporter visited Frof. S1lytho yeB:er-
day, and gained from him history OF tho movo-
ment at Andoyer. It was uot . sudden n,oya-
mont. ho said. but begun mohths sgo. It. was
seen that the Church was suffering by reason Of
tho terrible scandal, both ut hoins aud in the
mission fields, whittier had hoen gent rudo cuts
illustrating tho scandat and laboIed, "The
grattoat Christian preacher" 1t WAS also known
that Mf. Boecher was daily losing ground all
over the country. Scores Of poople wero t1nliY
doscrting him under the Impression tint l.o
| feared to have . thorough investigation, and
those scores waro made ua not alone Of minis
ters. but OF lawYord, merchants, And men In all
tha walks Of life Il hsd 1eon thought for a
long simc that 1t mas due both to the Church
ana to Alr. Beoct1er to havo tho matter fully
! Investigated and finally settled. In this Wow
ail Of the Andovar professors fully ooincidod.
whIoh be urged au Investigation, and Prof.
Park bad also spokon nsrongly III favor
| Of m Inye7t'gs.loa. Tboy both said that
tho Eood of tho Church inpeE:assive'yI demanded
take tho lchl3' Tho church 1t Anlovar lad lI: re-
Gently considered whcthor OF not II WAS her duty
- take tbs load. a few had deprecated her
Laading on: anaonE them profe. Park and Phelps.
long. 2hla letsers, and bad failed to proaucs an
Impression. Flo had s:noe this action slgnlael
his approval Of It, stating that, after a(l. he
| glai that The proposition had bean made Tho
| or not she Seminary Church ought At soma timo
to taao action in tho mLtsar. Nokice TINT the
vote was to be TAKEN Ind boon ssnt to overy
ohuzch.uonbcr, and Prot. rhelps had porson.
ally appeared aud preseutol N adyosse
Argument The ballot was sakon ut an
informal oouforeueo, sort OF COM
mts.oo Of tho wlolo fo'lo1ius resnlar
praycr-rnoesiug;; It had raanlted in an almost
uuanimous declaration that tho Church ought to
| do something At eomo time. Tho formal ballot
on this question: was taken at special Church
meeting held about about wnek ln:or. and the
vote was 70 the samo purpoTt twp persons only
| voting in tho negative. It haying thus been de-
| ciled by no large voto that tha Church ought
to DO somothing 1t wss suggested that 1t VIVA
| useless to wait longer, aud tue question WaB put
wbethoE tho Church should take Immediate &c.
| tiou. Tho yoto Was precisely the same ou this
! question. A committee was appointed to draw
| up letter. fho letter WAS written and gsnes-
Thoro were somo corrections ordered. and
ontise letter was sxata l submitsad I'd
aud TIC vote lacked only one Of boing uuanim-
| oliH. At lothor OF thoso church mootiugs did
Prof. Phelps appoas, and ho shorcfore knew
nothing Of tho business except by teaspay, 1t
should also 10 stated that Prot. Phelps. has not
sa. sss nor & dfgosa Ss
nary. saving only tQAt OF nominal professorship,
| for two yoars. Tie had cut his eonuoctlou bo-
cauaa of poor health. Az for tho sizo OF the
nothing to say. That olon1eat did not entor
into confederation ut ali, 1t was church ct
| Chr.Ht aud that vas eoouGh. But if Il wore al.
fnltteu tnat 1t was 6tnall. Il might also TO 6atd
that it was worthy of consideration because OF
| tho intet!ectuA!lty OF It's members. It lad
quality il not quRutity. and taking quality into
| account, it would bear comparison with plymouth
| Church OF nny otlor.
Prof. Bmysho nlso stated that since bis oon,-
/ Ing 10 New York fle has resuiYed = numbcr Of
lettera from Congregational elergylueu III vA.i-
| GUS parss OF tho oouotry sAucsioning tho action
| pocket o copy Of resolutions which htd been
| sgueti BY ali tho Congregational olesgymen Of
| rroyiianco. ue would bo clad 10 have tho tcso.
/ luton published. It IL ~ follows:
Rtsafr<l, That In oar judgment ths proposition of
tilo church 1n tie Andovef Theological Seminary to
Tho plymouth Church Q! Dsooklyn Is movement In
tho right drecon, &nd that ths gnnofnl interests Ut
tho Congregational Church require such u nysssl-
| CATION.
| Prot Hmyths also said TINT ho wEa1aed It 10
| ba distinctly understood that The movement At
AndaYar DID atutifs NM uactia tn