Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-12
BEECuER AND BOWEN
The Pastor Dcnouuces the ssu,ux M
>landerer mud liar

Aiuti me usual serN ices ~ flvnoufh
cAGtch last evening. Hcpry Wart Reacher
fnsce an address. sni the meeting zoo buSt-
i'ss Wa Opened. The report 90 the examin-
Lhs committee on the letter % Mr.. Bowen
was - ad. and resolutions were IN "a by =
y. White aud adopted that ire - cole mat
Vt oI lnsli uAtions or accusations of Henry
Z. hosen against the pastor of THIS church
he ftlerred BACK 10 The examining commit
tee, with instructions To continue The inv,-s-
ugation begun by them. aud that they he
Instructed 20 summon said Bowen befnrs
them, having drst given him ten DAYS no
toe of the time And place OF meeting and 20
notify him that he will he asked 10 state anv
and every fact within his kno~letge tending
10 support the insinuations or charges con-
ta,red IN his letter Of tho an instant, and IN
give the names OF I'll witnesses known 10
MIN py whom any OF The Iacts within has
snhmii a 80 sn Dow. may DC proyet and %
and rigid examination a shsu be nace~ssrv
and proper 10 elicit the fullest posi- Die an
ER. BsEcHHR SPOKE ov M Howxx
and his accusations with much sasiuass a M
finally he burst forth IN laundering tones
thfowins into hls words al me yeaenencs
fifteen years or more MI Bowen hai h,.en
IN possession OF these fsctS aud never before
brought them before him or before an o flcer
OF the church, he was guilty OF breaking hrs
covenant with the church, aud onLht u De-
expelled. IL he. the spcsker. was what Ie
Was alleged To be, TIE should nave been out
OF the church lolg ago. IA Tor myself I
pronounce the allegations false. and, with
Almighty God before me, ard the Judgment
Day, aTrsign him a. sslsnserSr and a liar
Then, as tie sFt down. vsS 81. tai a scene
which has bu, twice before taken place in
the Pr mouth church leo1ure rpDfu -Ciapplng
of hands, stamping OF feet aud men tllooing
plaudits Al tGe.r pastor, while AZ NJ e bowed
her head upon her handA aud ct bitterly
for some moments.
A THEOLOGICAL SEsINsRr "a TWECASr.
The Cuugregstiouat churcs a. Andover
theological seminary vote Ga Wednesday
ln q N
with them ia an ecclesiastical council Tor
investigation into the ACQUISITIONS made
against The Rev. Henry Ward Beecacr. Tue
vote expresses simply the church's sense OF
the need OF an examination, aud 81 the iniu-
TiOus influence OF delay. Tue Z mess and i'm
portauce Of the action IL suggested by the
TACT that this church IL connected with tho
oldest CONGREGATIONAL theological seminary,
with which have been associated mOrJ than
one-thind ~ the acting Congre. Attonal min
istry and more than co. clergymen.
BKKCuERs CHRisTIASUNIos" BACKED
SOLID MEN"
The New York sun OF ys,teriay says
The stockholders OF the Christian Union met
yesterday. Henry Ward Beeohsr. Gaprge =.
Merriam, Irving NJ. Avery, Horatia 4. King.
aud Others attended. and toward TIE close OF
the meeting fearful Shesrmsn trattea up the
three flights Of steep stairs- Oae of the ob-
Jects OF the meeting was stated o. be- To- place
the Christian Union Publishing Company
under the act of June n, 1915, providing far
the organization aud regulation Of certain
business corporations. After much diScus-
sion IL Was decided that while certain al
Vantages might be gained under the act OF
1873, they would not be worth tho trouble of
making the change OF corporate form. One
of the stockholders said: Everybody seems
10 have lie 10 tell about the Christian
Union and its finances. They can say what
they darn please, but the pa per IL going 10
live. To he sure, it's circulation IL not so large
as IL was, but IL is healthier. sad the imam
cial condition OF the psper Is all right. Solid
men who can be depended on are baC king IL /"