The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-05
VOL. XLV.--N0. 2l7.
TALMAGES MUSICAL FIGHT.
A CONCISE REPORT or THE TROUBLES
IN THE BROOkLTN TABERNACLE.
Superintendent CorwIns History OF the I'm
pieasantness- what he Say. of Mr.. Nor
gnp-Mr. SiIicocks Calls Mr.. Corwin's State
uent - Bnremccd Lie-Corwin'- Threat.

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ton, that there Is anything more to say about
this trouble in our church. The trustees have
exercised their inalienabc right of resgning.
and that's nll about IL. Why have they done so?
VIII dor,, lilo 20 criti.se o,bcr mana mo-
tiyes. and If you insist upon my talking about
,his thing N, ,u I shnll simply give YOU tho
skeleton facts OF the proceedings in the prem
",,,, Sa1,c,inns ynu rlense Primarily. I may
cNci u'uuNH"ii' ''" - ~ ' -.
say that there was determination among thcm
to oust Mr.. Morgan. ami get some other organ
ist In his place; Ihey cnarS'u iilesu''r.''vs W VI
haot as"hst h'hi' "'"' nav. N"V"" "''i
had at least two thousand appointments with
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nun ~ ~ - - 49,,
Tor any dutv in the church. He ia "A great ar
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,,o,er disconr,eons scrnnnlouslv cxnct in his
never "'sVour'eous S'l upu'ousN oN"'' ~ "''
performance OF eVery uu'y, hohor"ole' anu re-
corr,|, n man os nm and think that is cor
rect enough for anybody
iuAins "i9 po"~'i ~ '''"'' -"t' ~ W. 80 49,
down the record of tho progress Of the Tabcr-
nacle unplcasantness IN inc following concise
form;
March 4-our pastor LEFT for New Orleans, without
q rfSsses Tia, t6ss cSnlsmpaisd oa.ns Mr. Morssn
NeN claim MOI that the uustor SuOkru
so1 o n Il wcr s s pee i er s s to- aebe he
eues,ion W his veracv lie has deui, their statement
iof himself and that Is enough Tor me, ~. ..,,..
him te scccpt a. go instead ai 81 s,o I.r snnum
Mareh t.sn ,.n,sa wa, ts w'snvn H., 70 ,o,
letter 10 c pastor which he supposed was ceved he'
SIc nis b i yn u G no, y IL ,i i
Nsrch sMr Moryan wrote again 70 the trustees, say
be,hcm wv ""' " ">N''' "'''' ''''''
March itoIns trustees replied to Mr. Ngan ,ha he
PRESENT contract on May and made an appropriation Of
on, ~, sgS 90 to pny pr ~ r., nTss,',t az, so,rr,s,
March n iDr. T called met ung Of the Session and
ho meeting o we tru tes az M. honse 10 discuss ue
l~sNs sn o, su 9 ,op W he nS b
koari 10 be iu-Mcssrs Pcar,ali Pearson Eimore and
sllccci. offered resolution requesting The session
laid arne.i, ny Dr. Talmsge aud others present bu,
~ i i H a, a, 49," 20 & ,i rst,or ~ dn % ,,
~ ~ be S1s So 1u @ T s al @ e 'S pfeneS Of ,hp W tree
hat it was a matter cuurcy within their juri.dico
could Sf 5, skea gI,' IN Ge request n"' 1'u'"
Ms,eh 'q % ns" sr '"1"t b I'M, m nhr h eS @
laid before them ana they put possession ct the
facts The rcsll, thor appointment o. ac9nmiitce
consisting OF Mcssrs : Freeman G G. shelley, and
mys, 70 Nv, wa1. ull h,r M u,,on anu ''qu''' e WV
MAIN Nv met Mcs.rs snicocks Flnorc. and
coeSc Of the board OF trustees and carried out our
Instructions
March 27.-rhe trustees met and resolved to adhere
their previous aeuon ignoring the request o the ses
March % The Session me, and instructed their Music
Mareh SIT wa. minced rom ihe pupit that Mr.
dorian 10 be retained, ani staishtway thereupon
me trustees resiShed
A few words now about that circular they
hive GOT ont II avows piafnlv the reason for
mir ac,ior on,o,onisr, o. NJ Nor,a,,. :,
heir action ahWsohlsm 10 Mr. Morgan; II
rlaims a state Of facts which has not existed.
for IL AYERS that the Board OF Trustees have had
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on.lre cohtroi oi'he "usic 'or zen y'arS' "here-
n, a salary 81 40 COO h,, ,ortract with Dr Tai.
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Htse-WHO II il'slucn' VI tlo eeSol"" hilA-
self; and finally it is signed by persons who
were not trustees and whesc names were used
10 give n false apparent bOlstering mn
and unanimity to the action Of the few
members of the board inimical TO Mr.. Morgan.
MIR. II. l. Foote one Of the sipners, left here on
Dec A. 1877 and removed to West Virginia his
trusteeship legally ending upon his removal
the hoard on Dec. 70. 1871 on account Of feeble
health Mr.. John +. Talinage resigned Jan /,
three of tho nine accounted for, and
only to-day Mr. B. f. Cogswel another
trustee. whose name is appended to that resg-
not vet resigned, and that he did not sign that
paper The congregation will meet on the 18th
inst to, elect a new Board Of Trustees. do not
prosperity OF the church II springs from a
personal animus and IA desire 10 get another
organist named Earle, from Yonkers into Mr.
Morgan's place. We think a man who has
served us faithfully and well for eight years
should be treated with consideration not turn
ed OF in manner which must be injurious to
him both as a man and an artist. Already one
concert engagement Mr. Morgan had has been
cancelled in consequence Of the unjust as
persions thrown upon him in this matter. Ii
has been said that "A few $4,000 subscri ptions
would soon bring weight enough to settle Mr..
Morgans expulsion. Such is not the case. |
would stake my future that not To clear the
church from all debt and endow il with a uuar-
ter Of a million would Dr. Talmage consent to
tho doing Of an act OF injustice and injury to
Mr. Morgan"
Mr.. John f. Talmagc said: " Mr.. Corwln mis-
constructs with a deliberate intention OF falsi-
Tying the record His only reason for mixing
IN this thing III all is Tor notOricty He Is an in
surance agent and wants 20 keep himself be-
fore the public all the time to help his business
That is the way he always has done The state
ment that any signatures were unnuthorizedly
appended to that document is false Even Mr.
FOOic though al n distance. was informed Of
all the facts and authorized the association of
his name with ours. II is true that he left the
State in December last but he expected to re-
turn home and resume his place ana we kept
his place in tle board open for him to do So As
for Mr.. Cogsw.n he was present at the meeting
at which that unanimous resignation was deter
mined upon. He did not at first like to take
part In our action. He is "A very gentle spirit-
ual man, and dislkes 10 do ANYTHING harsh but
when our statement was prepared he said he
guessed 1t WAS mild enough for him TO
sign. and authorized its heing attached
II Mr.