Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-16
The lnpleasantness in the Calva y
ssaptist Church.

Last evening the annual meeting OF the Cal
vary Baptist Church was held, ana it was quite
an exciting one 1t appears that there has been
some larrlng among the membership for some
time, In hich Mr.. A. ii. Clapp aud Others were
In opposition to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. S.tckney,
Nr. and Mrs ". ;. Stickney, Mr.. T. r Jones.
and some others. The parties OF the first part
feeling themselves aggrieved by the reported
allegations made against hem b. tde parties
last named had them cited TO appear before the
de2ConS at a certain hour. The latter. however,
deemed this notice too short, and paid no atten-
ton 10 fl. The Subject was brought 70 the 10
res ~ - ,-cnor6s- atioUal meeting last night
ana considerable debate followed. in Won IL
was claimed that Mr.. StickHey and his friends
had lot had fair show. and on the other hand
II was claimed that they had purposely treated
the authorities with contempt. resolution was
offered declaring the parties named were guilty
0f contempt. and the pastor. Rev. Mr.. Mason,
PUT the question on granting the parties tur-
tier time, which was carried by vote CT IL 10
II, and the meeting adjourned.
PRO AND CON.
Our reporter waited upon NJ. ClapD this
morning 10 get statement Of the matter from
his point OF view. He said the published report
was fallaciGus as 10 principal points, but de-
clnCd TO state which points were right or
wrong. as IL was private meeting and thC pro-
ce6dings had no business in ,,-: ,,i
ON application TO thG friends of Mr. Slickney
for theif version. the following was obtained:
~ ne regular annual meeting OF the Calvary
haFJiSt church last evening, after excluding all
VINO were not members of said church, includ-
ing several gentlemen whose wives are mem
beIS, and who care there simply as escorts, a
report of the aeacons was read, embodylng
ChafSta dsa' .,St certain wei known meInoerSo or
ny Cilui' ii, as follows: Charging Mr.. William
iHt - With having written commentary
d" -,rE 10 the pastor, containing the loiioWlhg.
70 wit: Your action IN the salary matter mas
diminished the confidence OF score or more OF
the members, including myself, and leSSehr 81
hey respect for you" Also. charging MIR, Vim
StiCkGey with saying that 1.-The pastor told an
untruth." Sc. Also. a charge against Mr. w s
Stickney 10 about the same purpOrt: and also
that Mrs. 7. r. Jones had said the pastor was
guilty OF telling a falsehOOd to the church
Then followed a lengthy preamble and reSOlu-
ton offered by Mr. A. NJ. Clapp, demanding the
immediate expulsion from the church OF the
abOVe-named parties. All OF the charges were
made. or purpGrted TO be made, by unknown
parties, and the accused parties were not even
permitted to know the names of their aCcuSers
Yet Mr.. Cidpp, the pastor and others attempted
10 secure tie adoption Of the resolution and
peTemptorily eXpel the above named parties
from the church without any hearing, any de
fence, or even an opportunity to admit or deny
the truth OF the charges. Repeated demands
We're made by the accused parties to grant
them 81 hearing. q trial but the pastor. who was
The presiding officer, as repeatedly refused to
entertain any such motion, and decided that a
vote must Ue taken on the resolution III once
An appeal was taken and sustained on an ave
and nay vote by barely five majority. which
IN reality, was test vote as to whether q mem
Der OF q christian church should be condemned
ana executed at the viii OF the pastor without
a hearing CT any sort. In Justice however. 10
al. il is stated that some. mot ally of the ac-
cuS6d parties had been notified 10 appear be-
loIe the deaconS at their last meeting. but the
notices were not received by said naTfipS until
q few hours before the meeting OF the deac1fls.
ara consequently for numerous reasons they
TAI ed TO appear that evening: hence the dis
play Gt bTOlherly love. christian character. dc .
Id demanding the immediate expulsion OF the
accused.