The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-18

There seems to have been some unloading
from the inside
It Ia asserted by Mr.. RUSSELL. above
mentioned, that there was 70 base and
scandalous use Of the organization OF our do
nomination in forcing the rank and file OF
our ministers to put their hard-earned
savings into this detcstable swindle." But
listen to his Indignant exposition:
.rhs form Of government Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church invests the presiding elders with terrible
power over the destinies Of large majority OF the
preachers In each Conference the Bishop with three
four Of the presiding elders forms what 10 called the
cabinet The appointments to pastoratea which ere
made ut stated intervals by the cabinet usually follow
out the recommendations Of the presiding elders each
furnishing the Bishop with slate for his own dis
trct Nineteen Of the preachers do not know
whether the next appointment will take them to fat
pastorate with q 500 salary and parsonage thrown
in or send them out Murderers Glsn skunks ol.
low at . salary Of $50 year. The Rev. Mr. GRAVES
waa for four years presiding elder In the New York
East Conference. lie was very active In placing the
Isabella stock the market OF course he did not say
Rev. Mr. so.aud.so. you must take some stock or
You must lend me money! II was. MY dear brother.
this Ia very worthy object. Bishop SIMPSON and Dr.
NswnAN and all the leading men Of the Church are tax.
ing in order to help along the cause Of that dear
Institution In the South. and seems TO me - IL we
ought to do something crediby informed that the
investment . safe and promises large prohts MI
CORNELL Mr. STOUT and Gen FISK are warm endorses OF
the enterprise and you were to put few hundred dol
lars the enterprise know you would not reRrest
political assessment 50 to speak. was levied upon the
500 $500 they had managed to save out OF the pit
tances Of salaries which had been paid them
The Rev. Mr.. GRAVES now denies that no
made such use OF his place. but few days
ago he sold to reporter:
"Insver positively advised to put his money
Il .tntA haOa -
peated what was told by DR.. srSScs and Prof CALp.
WILL and Dr. FOWLER have pointed to the article In
the Chrsftan Advocate. and have said las certainly
thoughD that 1t must with such backing be safe an
good Investment On these representations people, am
very. very sorry to say, have gone In"
| No wonder he Is sorry He certainly
gave very bad advice positive or otherwise,
and used his influence as presiding elder TO
en- Ill purpose.
But what shall we say Of the clerical edi-
tors OF tho Christian Advocate? They pulled
the swindle, having been let in on the ground
floor. Because the Methodist Church had
put them at the head Of its newspaper organ
their favor was purchased, and the Christian
Advocate was used to victimize Methodists
In all parts OF the country-to push the sale OF
shares ut $40 which the editors got for S. OF
nothing at all. Even after tho Isabella mine
had proved worthless, the readers OF the
Christian Advocate were not warned. That
religious paper held its peace, and many
moro gudgeons were caught. And DIR. Fow'
LER. according to DR.. NEWMAN. sold his
stock, and made money out Of II!
Is not revival Of good morals absolutely
necessary among Methodist editors and pre-
siding elders2
We have only to add that the name OF the
East Tennessee Wesleyan University has no
yet been changed to the Bixby University
Indeed, the philanthropic Col. BIxBY seems
to have disappeared from the scene.