The daily gazette., 1883-08-02
aapalNrED FRoM YESTERDAY
DIR. BRIsroR,s DEFENSE.
He Denies oOmpletely All Charges OF I'm
clerical Conduct.

He Denies Completoiy All CnhrkebO OF OD-
clerical Conduct.
BALTIMORE, July 31.-Rev. DIR. George r.
Bristor, who recently left st. Luke's Metho-
dist Episcopal Church In Newark under a
cloud, charged with immortality, and came
TO this city to his fathers home to-day, sent
q letter to the presiding elder Of that dis
trict In defense of his conduct. In his
answer to the charges DIR. Brstor claims
that the trial was farce and that he re-
signed the pastorate oi the church for the
following reasons:
First, For year had been semi-invalid
from my incessant work for st. Luke's
Church. By this terrible charge had been
completely unnerved and rest from such
tension was absolutely necessary. Second,
Ny disgust and contempt for some Of the st.
Luke officials who, on Friday and Saturday,
while so loving to me, had been working
out these evils for my hurt, was so strong
that would have fellowship with them no
longer. Third, expected by quietly with
drawing to save from scandal the church
for which l had given my money and toll.
Fourth, Add to these the great fact, and
which fully explained to them as If to gen
tlemen, that wished at anv cost 10 save
from hurtful excitement sick wife and an
invalid mother. That mistook them and
so erred In doing is patent, for the AssOci-
ated Press was Immediately called into
fullest use to herald everywhere exciting
and lying statements.
For Is months have, as pastor, gone in
and out of the houses of the 81. Luke's peo-
pie, have stood with them in their griefs and
trials, have helped to carry their burdens.
i challenge any man or woman in that
church to stand forth In the fear OF God and
cay that they have ever heard one vile word
one vicious suS gestion, Que lewd expression
fall from my lips We're / to say that all o
the st. Luke's officials have been equally
pure and chaste in expression, then would
indeed be q liar, i challenge any man Of
woman among them to truthiully say thai
ever before them demeaned myself as on'
vile In thought or immortal at heart
Could immortality thus. have burned
within me and not have CLEANED fortl
before reliable men and women at som,
timer Can life thus lived for eighteeI
months be overturned in the minds OF al
unbiased people by the statements Of four
or even a dozen, boys, and they self-con
fessed liars! Did my ambition so aspire,
could readily have to-day more substantial
proofs than letters of the sympathy, low
and confidence of many members Of st
Luke's Ihurch. One OF the officials is pub
lshed as admitting that had / chosen to re
main III Newark / could have made ruI
ture or schism in st. Lukes. But crav
no such result My effort must be to bull
up, never to disintegrate, the Church {
Christ.
Just what my further course shall be
shall not declare to you. shall not ceas
10 serve God-my disgust is not with reli
gion, but with some types OF it have me
l shall, by Gods help, manifest by my Iii
that these scandals are but the lies OF d
signing prosecutors. My future course wi
at least bring contempt among all homo
able people for those officials who, Iuda
like, kiss while they betray, and for the
associates whose docility allows them to
made tools of; together with an increas'
pity in the general Church for YOU self,
utterly lacking She courage and princip
needful Tor seeing common justice done
the preachers, who by church usage are, u
fortunately committed to your care.
And now, sir, leave this phase of tn
most sad affair. | cannot easily be draw
into any mere newspaper wrangle, for th
would be bootless. May God pity your il
be ility and cowardice; pity the hypocri
and docility, the scheming and lying
those who have taken part in this matt
and pity me, smitten and crushed und
such false, unjust and unholy charge.
am, sir, GEORGE X. BRIsToR