Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-01-04
"sUSPENsION.''

his telling of willful falsehood. Second:
For his dishonest, undermining and dis
orderly efforts in estranging bis con-
gregations from and trying to lead them
out of Synod. Thirdly: For bis blindly
following Missouri 10 her new doctrine
in as much as he has no intelligent con-
ception of the controversy, His course
of the last few months would astonish
and shock the upright and Conscientious
christian. You see sir that l am done
with YOU. l intend hereafter to handle
YOU without gloves. l forgot to state
in my letter TO you tina; would send a
COPY OF my action 10 each of your con-
eregatlons. and sm prepared to meet
you any where TO prove my charges"
The first reason Rev. Tessel gives for
suspending the undersigned Is: "for his
telling OF willtul falsehoods." Alter
the close Of the sessions of Coucordis
Eng. Dist. of the Joint Synod of Ohio,
Mill Creek church. Hardy Co. W. Va.
Sept. 1881, Rev. Tessel arralgned the
undersigned before his lour delegates:
MesSrs. George Hollar, Isaac Fadely,
Loareu nee Hamman and Paul Rinker,
aud also Mr.. II. II. Cotfman Of Cabin
Hill, the letter moi delegate to testify,
to answer. or 10 confess himself as to
where he stood and would stand 10
Syuod. as 10 his faith, &c. Answers
as follows.
Q.) The undersigned positively dee
clared: That he expected to remain in
the Ohio Syuvd until it comes 10 this,
that he must either deny the faith or
90 ont, then lie would go out of the
Ohio Synod.
(2) All that he had read and know
of he writings of Missouri Synod, he
believed; SO that, so far as he knows he
believes as the Missouri Synod Relieves
concerning predestination.
(3.) lie had never preached on the
suhiect, or doctrine of predestuation
and did not expect to, because It is a
deep. mysterious doctrine and unless IT
lis properly set torth, it is calculated 10
result only in evil, so he would en-
deayor to preach the great doctrine OF
Justification by faith. The undersigned
saw TO il, that President E. L. 5. Tessel
wrote the above as wOrded, so that at
the meeting of Joint Synod which was
to meet IA few DAYS after our district, IN
Wheeling, W. Va. that, that Synod
might know where he stood.
a. Tie undersigned positively re-
fus ed 10 let Rev. Tessel hold visitation
10 his congregations until Rev. Te>sel
took back. or proved the charge Of
'.duplicily" he had preferred against
the undersigned. Rev. Tesse) then
said that be had not the letters jast With
him. written by the undersigned, but
proposed leaving the Mill Creek church
house 10 which we then were aud going
to a neighborlng house where he would
oct the letlers-sO We all walked about
half a mile. stopped at come saw-lOgs
near the house suggested. Rev. Tessel
went to the house, got the letters, re-
turned 10 the rest Of Us, read them, lett
the matter to the delegates, all Of
whom saidI they are christian letters.
could ace nothing Of duplicity IN them, ,"
an Rev. Tesstl took back his charge Of
duplicity."
The undersigned then SAID: That Rev.
Tessel could hold visitation in his Che
undersi sned1 congregations PROVIDED
The. Key. Tessel, would get the consent
of the congregations aud arrange with
them. for this The undersigned would
not do hut that he would attend il
notified after Rev. L. had arranged.
! That thi. is true. the undersigned proves
by letter written by Rev. Tessel,
dated October IA, 1881.
Ia the absence of the undersigned,
When lie had left for bis home at Cabin
lin, Va. Rev. Tessel conspired with
tile four de ltSate, whose names are
Igiyen above, as follows: Rev, Tessel
Iput iA,o the hands Of Hollar, Fsdely,
lHsMman aud Iainker paper, OIL which
The. himself had written thus "lS'v.
Seneker promised To remain 10 the Ono
IS,nod; promised that be would uoi
Ip,each Missour's doctrine of protest.
lnat.ou; promised 10 let him, ReF.
lTesscl hold visitation in his cOngresa-
ton" The undersigned knew nothing
a. AZ OF this. until short time before
his suspension OF course he denied it,
land declared the saIne TO DO false. be-
lcluse he knew nothing at all Of haYins
said or promised any such thing. be
reasoned with Mr. G, Hollar, who was
the first one who had yentUred 10 tell
him villa, was wriiIen on the papers bN
Rev. Tessel: but Mr. H. persisted in
saying these promises were written
and that each delegate had paper like
his. Would not allow the undersigned
to have the paper in his baud to read
Then the undersigned said. II you
Mr.. Hollar say That promised these
things, you lie." After Mr.. Hollar re-
covered from his passion. he said to the
undersigned: You ought not 10 have
SAID. YOU lie." When asked wha
should have been said9 Mr.. II. replied
"You should have eaId, 1t is not so.
IL e. III