Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-05-04
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FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1871
Local.
4 Church Matter Settled.

Local.
4 Church Matter Settled.
THE DEBT BETWEEN REV. NC DUFF SIMP-
SON AND LOCH WILLOW-PREsBYTER1
GIVES IT TO HIM AND HE GIVES IT To
THE CHURCH.
SC, SC, sc.
A question of paying Rev. McDuff Simp-
son, now the pastor Of the End Presbyte-
rian church of Staunton, for pastoral ser
vices rendered the congregation OF Loch
Willow, has been before Presbytery for
some time. The first committee appointed
on this difference between pastor and peo
pie reported, that the pastor was entitled
to his full claim, $50 month. Loeb Will
low appealed from this decision, and the
Presbytery, at Lebanon last fall, appointed
Il new committee. 1t was this last COM
mittee that reported at Bethel last week,
that the pastor should have his claim, ex-
cept S25, as this amount was only due for
July, his pay of $50 d month not having
then commenced, aud he preaching that
month under the same stipulations as sta
ted supply, and for the same pay, $25
month, as received by Rev. W. 7. Rich
ardson, who had acted previously as stated
supply.
Mr. Simpson on the floor Of Presbytery,
objected to the adoption of this report.
He said this difference between himself and
the congregation OF Loeb Willow had
given him a great deal Of pain, and that
he was not now contending for the dollars
and cents involved, but for the principle.
He should, if compelled to do so. in JUS
tice to himself, open up the whole subject;
indeed, he felt bound to do so, however dis
agreeable the duty might be. He objected
to the statement in the report, that new
evidence had been taken, for with all due
respect to the committee and the Presby-
terry, he must say that there could not have
been any new evidence of which he was
not aware. He thought he had been badly
treated by Loeb Willow church, and also
| badly treated by Presbytery in their act OF
| referring the matter 10 a new committee
| in his absence, On a petition from Loeb
| Willow and having taken the matter from d
| committee that was altogether satisfactory
! to him, which was as much as TO say that
the first committee was not competent.
| AT this point, Rev. J. W. Rosebro, chair
| man of the new committee, interrupted,
| saying that he had left the new evidence
| at home by accident, and it not being here
was no fault of Loeb Willow church; and
if the matter was to be fully gone into, as
Mr.. Simpson in timated, the new evidence
should be here in justice to the congrega-
ton.
Mr.. Baxter Crawford, an elder from
Loeb Willow, here rose and objected to
further discussion of the matter, without
the evidence referred was produced.
Mr.. Simpson said these papers could not
influence Presbytery much in their decis-
ion, and as he desired to go on with his re-
marks, he was quite willing that the chair
man, Mr.. Rosebro, should state their con-
tents as he presumed he could do. Com
parsons, he said, were always odious, but
he would say that a Presbytery in the old
country would not allow minister to be
treated as he had been-No! dozen would
spring to their feet to defend and protect
him. II he could not proceed with his
speech without continued Interruptions, he
would appeal to the Moderator to protect
him. His Scotch heart he said, burned
with desire to be set right in this matter
in the eyes of Presbytery and the country
He had repeatedly written to Loeb Willow
C aggregation on this subject, and his COM
muncations had been treated with con-
tempt, and not one Of them had ever ap-
preached him voluntarily on the subject.
Rev. W. T. Price arose to point of
order, saying that it was a matter Of bar
gain, and ought to be settled outside-his
point being that Presbytery had no juris-
diction. n
The Moderator declined to make a
ruling in accordance with the point, and
Mr.. Price appealed.
The Presbytery sustained the Modera- |
tor.
Rev. DR.. Junkin moved that this mat
ter be referred to the original committee, |
which would be satisfactory to Mr.. Simp- |
son.
This motion was adopted, and the orig1
nal committee the next day reported in IA
vor of Mr.. Simpsons claim, and the re-
port was adopted by Presbytery
Mr.. Simpson then arose, and, carrying
out an inter ion long ago formed, forgave
the debt, saying he had made the point,
not for the sake of the money involved,
but for tie principle, and he now presented
the amount to Loch Willow congregation.
Mr.. Simpson then moved that all per-
sonal matters between him and Loeb Will
low congregation Ewhicl, included some OBJ
ectionable mention of him in the petition
Of Loeb Willow to Presbytery] be referred
TO the same committee that had decided
The salary question. The motion was in