Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-28
The Situation at Rylsnd Chapel.

ORGAN AND HITCH IN THE kUsIC-vARIoUs UN-
PTBASASYEESsES.
In TIE STAR CT Saturday IL was stated that,
With one exception. the members OF the Official
board OF Ryland Chapel had resigned In conse-
Quence OF the action Of the late annual confer
ence in Martinsburg in appointing Rev. DR..
John $ Deale to the passionate. The paper In
which they resigned the Offices was signed by
all with the exception OF Mr.. A. F. Barker. one
the stewards, and was by committee left at
the residence OF the presiding elder, Rev. B.
Peyton Brown on Saturday. 1t Is claimed that
Notwithstanding this action on their part they
afe 5et In o1tlce for they can only reSicn to the
oocy by which they are appoin red. aud until a
quarterly conference is created at Ryland they
are tncumhents OF their several Offices
The members OF the board haG another meet
ing on saturday night to determine what course
snould De pursued. They were not altogether
without some hope that they might receive
telegram rom Bishop Simpson, to wnom they
naa appealed. or that pending the considera-
ION or this appeal DR.. Deale'5 orders 70 occupy
In Their anticlpatiots they were disappointed
and they then determined not to attend the
church, but 70 go elsewhere. OF course yeSter-
day RylaHd Chapel was an
OBJECT OF INTEREST.
ard the friends OF the DIRECTORS to Dr.. DoaIe
DaFlHg predicted magnificent array OF empty
beEcEes there was so much curiosity to see
how the matter would turn out that quite
me congregation, including many new faces,
Oiled up Tit church.
Tie first sign of disarection noticed was the
allure 81 the superintendent OF the Sunday
school TO put In an appearance; and in some OF
The talk INDUCED Ia by teachers and pupils.
NJ OF the lady teachers as soon as the exer-
Cl-es or the Sunday school were over, In an
sWer to the question Are you going up
De plenty there from motives of curiosity.
s0'5 AnSer &c IL a See ma0 ths
steps remarked: 81 am not going
He did not want to o come mere nnt VAS se
deTed." 4 gentleman about leaving the Sunday
school room remarked: 'They ought to try
Brown" At five minutes to II O'Clock DR.. Desle
entered the church ana quietly walked up to the
pulpit and after engaging in prayer, waited for
the hands OF the clock TO reach II. He COM
menced the service By reading the hymn
" osm, me name high over all AT the con-
clusiOn or the reading the preacher and a mum
Der OF the congregation looked TO the choir
gallery dn which were a number OF young
ladies' and closed organ, but no response
ana the hymn was sung, during which Rev.
MIR. King entered. DR.. Deale offered prayer in
which he invoked Coos blessing on the various
interests OF the church particularly. The read
iDg OF the 18th chapter OF first Corinthians by
DR.. Deaie followed. This chapter treats OF
charity. Tie hymn "Thcre is a Fountain Filled
VITA BioO0H was announced and this time ar
ter short prelude young lady organst led
the singing, but soon &c was found tRat the
music from the choir gallery was drowned by
another tune nom the congregation below.
The collection was then taken up, Steward
Barker on one Side or the house and Mr.. Baum
on the other, passing the baskets. After read
Ing several notices, Mr. Deale preached from
| Corinthians !, 23d end gath verses: "Rut we
preach Christ cruclhed," &C., a plain solid
practical sermon, In which The Doctor spoke
with more feeling than usual He made
no, reference whatever to what had
Deen said and done by the members
AID casual observer would have supposed
that the preacher and congregation were In
perfect accord Rev. MIR. King followed with
pJaJer ana the exercises were brought to a
close by hymn. when quite a number went
10 The altar TO greet the new preacher. AS
stated before there were many new faces In
the congregation ana some were recognized
from nearly all the city Methodist churcaes.
ABsENTEEs or TIE REGULAR CONGREGATIONS
There Tas probably less than nalf the usual
regular congregation present. and it was aSser-
ttd by some tnt.J less than 8 fourth intend to
De regular, Tie o.1ers being 9liy present out Of
curiosity. The trustees having resigned Rev,
M. Gardner, Naen he vacatea the parsonage
to-day Will deliver the keys 10 d.. Deale
DR.: Deale again occupied the pulpit In the
evening ana there was fun house, bat the
congregation was much the game, as that In
the morning. there being less than one-haI of
the regulars In their seats.
WHAT A MEMBER OF RYLAND SAYS.
A member OF Ryland states thas the action
OF the beard should not be construed as a re-
Deale Is the representative OF the presiding
Cider, and that the difficulty might have ali
been aVerted by the presiding elder. He states
that as far back as last fall an impression pre-
vailed that Or. Deale would be appointed TO
succeed Rev. L. III. Gardner under whose three
years term the church had prospered. some
OF tle members as Individuals took occasion to
iAfoim the elder that this appointment would
Lot sst the church, there being still In that
section or the city some bad feeling against DE-.
Deale as an Inheritance from his ninistratlon3
4 yy hp thn
years ego. There was also an objection Co his
style or preaching. They argued that Rylapi
had heretofore received its additions priucI-
paliy from the young people; their Sicday-
school having particularly been the nursery OF
the Church. and consequently, While Dr. Dale
was regarded as sound theo,ogian and
preacher, they did not think that he was 'he
man TO draw the young. Personally. DR.. DeaIe
has o. any friends among those who object 10
his coming there, AMI there is a feeling of re-
gIet that be Is receiving the punishment In
that they cannot: If they a. true TO their prn-
clples: lake any other course.
Before the late conference 1t was supposed
that the matter had been satisfactorily ar
to their request for minister who had not been
In any Washington church heretofore. During
the conference 1t was whispered around that
Dr. Deale was to be assigned to Ryland, and
word was sent to the conference that that ap-
pointment would not do. When the board heard
of the appointment they filed q protest, and
after consultation With Presiding Elder Brown
they lett with the impression that the bishop
would be heard from before DR.. Deale entered
On his duties. Thus matters remained until in
the early part OF last week the board wrote TO
the bishop asking that before he should decide
that Mr.. Deale should enter on his duties he
should give them hearing. Before, however,
they heard from this appeal they learned that
IL had been decided that DR.. Deale should go to
Ryland. To consider the matter further meet
Ing was called for Friday night and the preSid-
ing elder was notified and invited TO be present.
but instead he went to the social entertain.
ment at Wesley Chapel and sent a letter to
them that he had prior engagement. That
was the straw which broke the cameI's back:
and after talking the matter over ell the board
with one exception, resigned and sent the paper
by committee to hand TO Mr.. Brown, and
they, falling to see him, left the paper with
Mrs Brown. on Saturday evening they had
another meeting and resolved that they would
not attend until another preacher was APP
pointed.
TIE METHODIST PREACHERS ASSOCIATION
net this morning and there vas general dis
cussion of church affairs, but no particular
reference was made TO Ry land Chapel affairs.
AMusements, &c.
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