The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-18
SQUELCHING A SCANDAL.
AN ASTONISHING SCENE IN THE
COLORED CONFERENCE.
A slater who Wrote Gushing Letters 20 tho
Rev. TheophiIus stewart-Pointtns her
out to all the Brethren-AlI Rxonernted.

n SISTER who wrote Gushing Letters TO tho
Rev. TheophiIus stewart-Pointtng her
out to all the Bretbren-AIi Exonersted.
II would be a mistake to suppose that the
African Conference OF the Bridge Street NJ. II.
Church, Brooklyn, is made up of clowns or llit-
crate negroes. The colored men behave them
selves with great dignity; when they speak they
| keep to the point, and when they interrupt they
do 1t decorously. There Ia an atmosphere OF
earnest meek devotion In their meetings which
Is striking. The rotund Bishop keeps firm hold
| on the meeting, never allowing II to be Inactive
| or frivolous. Yesterday morning after the sing
| ing, which was full Of melody the rural dele
gates who were anxious to have the next annual
| conference at Owego, N. Y, that the feeble
| church there might be strengthened, beseeched
| the Conference to reconsider their action fixing
Sullivan street in this city as the place. Brother
| Frisbe, from Owego, said that morning that he
had hoped with tears In his eyes
"There's none there SO far as l can see,' said
the Bishop.
Indeed there was" answered Brother Fris-
bic. 81 hoped with tears In my eyes that the
next Conference would be at Owego." He took
out his handkerchief to cry, and while he was
wiplng his eyes the vote was taken, and owego
| was chosen.
| A. s. Amos and u. X. jackson, two candidates
for the itinerancy, were called up before the
Bishop to receive his charge. He told them to
attend to their duties rather than stand around
on tho street corners smoking. when they
preached they should be careful about their pro-
nunciation. II was growing fault in the colored
CLERGY that they weren't careful about their pro,
Texas "Tex-ses." Too many ministers substi;
tutcd "w for W" and said "wery,"" voice"
convention" &c. and there were some minis
tiers who In reading hymn would call might,
"mought." Avoid all arecta,ion. 1t was bad
enough In a lady, 1t Is worse in minister. He
had seen ministers get up In the pulpit and
affect to be very learned while they were read.
ing on another mans sermon, and coughing and
stumbling over all the hard words. Always be
servants Of Christ aud OF His word.
BRISGING IN BROTHER BLAINE.
Some old ministers were like some politicians,
who think that because they have been polti-
clans all OF their lives they can manage the
Presidents chair better than Mr. Blaine or any
Blaine Won't yet there now, Il he Is as smart as
they say: Some ministers want a say In every
thing. A woman's tongue has brought many
let his wife tell him things. Thlrty-siN years ago
he made up his mind that as far as his wife's
visitors were concerned he wouldn't allow them
TO be tale-bearers, and he never had any trouble
good wife was n good thing, but II "A minister
got any other Kind he ought never to let any one
know IT, They could now take their seats.
sinq f fasm Sle " F. and
H. Nichols, Ave healthy men. who were to be re-
,eyed into fun connection lie ggs, to them n
queries with opinions Of his own about the cler-
~. He thought that ministers needed less
starch than they did scrubbing, but he did not
wish to be thought di-respectful in the remark.
Every man made his own appointment In the
Methodist Church, III the truth was known.
CLOSING coUSsEIs.
Ysu could not keep good man in the woods (;
he q work his way up Two classes were hard
,H uTai Win III 1ne sn n sI"u ,nen
preachers who were not wanted at all. The
Bishop made the candidates promise that they
wouldn't speak too long or too loud, or dance
all over the pulpit like "A dancing master He
told them to bc sho' TO stop when they got
Hlt fa.l aL nd IN no chi md ha "a
peated the story OF the New York minister who
was so sanctlmonious In one OF his visits to a
family that after he went the children asked II
lie was the Lord. The Bishop babe the minis
tiers not to smoke, chew. or drna. lie ques-
toned each one separately about their use Of to-
bacco. and learned that all except one had used
itup to within week or two Of Conference.
Brother Ross. who had just taken chew,
Thought the young men might mean a. day or
two, but the Bishop said that no one had right
: to question their veracity
Brother willsms said that the minister who
would make a solemn oath not 70 use tobacco
conference was er-why he wouldn't trust
such man with hi dinner. smoking preachers
for fourteen years, and then found out that to-
bacco had been using him. God Almighty never
| intended man to smoke or lie would have put
| n chimney In his head.
? The special committee on the troubles Of the
| Fleet Street Methodist Church reported that
!, they had discovered that in the document signed
, by OJ names reci,ing the grievances against The
Rev jeremiah lieulah Murray the names had
all been written by one person. Accepting u IN
| good faith, however they found nothing In II 10
| warrant any trial OF MT. Murray.
n SCANDAL sQUEICHED.
The Conference was about to close It's session
: | for the day, when the Rev. Theophilua Stewart
, asked the members attention to private grief
| in which woman was involved She first at
= tracted his attention at n sermon, when she
: sent note to his pulpit one night asking To see
. him at the close OF the sermon. She had nothing
To ask OF him, and he tried to repe her. She
followed him up and began to write him letters
He opened four Of them and found them Il
, | contain the most love-sick sentiments He al
= lowed his wife to read them and agreed will
" her that II any more came that they should re-
, main unopened He was perpexed to know
l. | what to do to get rid Of the woman. lie was al
e most certain that he knew who the woman was
and, stepping out from his seat, and pointing Il
the gallery corner ON the right OF the pulpit
added II the brethren will look there they vii
see the woman who has given me all thi'
trouble.
| The brethren saw there a fat, gaudi dressed
negro wOman-the only occupant Of the gallery
. who had been cycling the Rev. Mr.. Stewart al
r. the morning She laughed. with the rest whei
/. she was made conspicuous, but did not move
:, house by the members who sat beneath the gal
lery and could not see her.
brother Williams said that he thought tina
they ought to excuse the sister, as IL was eNi
dent ia her looks that bhe didn't Know all
l. better.
stewart Is a handsome muatto, and is one o
n the most Cuccessful ministers ia the conference
II lie says that all of the letters were writer
just as though he had Joined In the correspon
l. denCe. lie felt convinced that somebody wa
e using the woman to involve him in scandal
y and he made up his mind to checkmate thu
scheme.
:, THE S1GACIOUs LOBSTER.
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