The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-02-26
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Business Meeting OF Plymouth
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Business Meeting or Plymouth
Church-Brother Bowen Bad
Boy.
New YoaK, February 25.-At the
business meeting of Plymouth Church
tonight, the report Of the Examening
Committee was read by Brother Tilney.
1t recites Brother Whites grievances
against II. & Bowen; how the latter was
asked for essential facts relating to Mr..
Beecher, and in reply he only read what
was nearly altogether vindication OF
his own conduct, with report OF con-
fession made to him ten years ago by
woman not named or identified, aud how
he refused to answer their ques-
tons and precipitately withdrew.
[Great laughter. In conclusion
the committee recommended, IN Wow OF
OF Mr. Bowen's refusal to answer and his
precipitate withdrawal, that he be called
before the Church ut q business meeting
on Wednesday evening next, to answer
questions to accusations against the
pastor in his letters of February 4;h and
2Sd. [Applause.]
Brother Mckay moved that Bowen be
summoned before the committee t" give
him arother chance to appear and vindi-
cate himself.
). V. White moved rs all amendment
that in default thereof Bowen be cast
out us a slanderer, acting IN defiance
OF his allegations. Great applause
That he be summoned before the com
mlttce. and notified unless he give the
pamrs &c, that he would be cast out AZ
the next business meeting. Applause.
White SAID they should stand trlhlng
no longer. There was no other example
of church being so hamPered
by brother, but one other brother
mad the decency to go and hang hitn-
self. Great applause. he thought
Bowen Onght TO be Commune
Mr.. Beecher here lnterposed and de-
precated these manifestations OF APPROX
AL or merriment, He SAID: While there
might be ludrlcious features connected
with the case OF our brother, yet it was
solemn thing for Church to cast out
any member and he Bowen) was one OF
the founders of the Church and Is
mem Der, and the more tantallzlng his
conduct. the more sad the spectacle. he
hoped they would deal with matters with
soemnltv. In his own thought 1t was
in the nature OF an execution and funeral.
After more discussion, during which
Brother Raymond called Brother Mckay
to order for gesticulAting at him, attribut-
ipr motives 10 him, MIR. Beecher
said that although most of the questions
ought 10 be settled by the committee, he
was opposed to sending this motion back
to them. 1t was peculiar case, and he
did not wish Bowen to be able to say the
committee were his CBeechers) relations
and friends. but let lis have the whole
matter disposed of BY the church, which
could not in any way be called packed
tribunal. Applause.
VI Mckay withdrew his resolution.
Mr.. Shcurman said they wanted to
deal with Bowen a II member. They
had more
Affection for Him
that ever, and did not want to part with
him Just now. Laughter. He gave
them, rs his chief fact, statement by
woman, and he Shearh sp p!edSeu us
reputation for its sagscity, for she WAS
dead woman. Laughter. He judged
this from Bowen heart ana history, and
his dragging the grave and the
brothel for evidence, and relying
on the dead 10 support his
honor and word. They had succeeded
in getting hlm to fix the period at be
tween ten and twenty-five years that
unfortunately for him the study and
prayer meetings to which he refers did
not exist together. Laughter They had
got their dear brother Bowen on the
facts. Mr.. Bowen declared his willing
ness to go before any three of the several
men he named. These are now
appointed committee, and let him 60
before them, and he beng member OF
the whole proceedings, would be privil-
eyed. [Applause.I
The resolutions of the Examenlng COM
mittee were unanimously adopted.
Adjourned.