Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1884-03-19

Lord halIelujah " She then told how
after a Sunday school treasurer had
been elected by the prayer meeting, and
not happening to belong to the Gal
braith faction, the Doctor objected in
open meeting, to which the pastor paid
no attention. Grave crime But
worse yet; after the meeting he lost
his temper aud spoke hotly to the Doe
tor.
Rev. A. Fl Calvert. of 1Etna, was
the prosecutor on behalf of the Presby-
terry, and in every case sought opinions
instead of facts. He asked the little
KarDs girl soberly if she thought such
conduct becoming minister. She
said she didn't, and again Rev. j. NJ
Fulton, the legal mind of the Presby-
terry, obje cted.
THE CHARGES GROW SERIOUS.
Elder Dickey then came on. He has
been blind for eight years, hut his OIL
factories remained intact for gastric
flaAor, and he swore to having often
smelled whisky on defendant. He
could not give dates, and forgot most
other things, but remembered distinct
ly when MIR. Timmons said, in the pull
pit lecture, "Some people can attend
lectures and political meetings, but
their old blind eyes cannot light them
TO prayer meeting" This referred to
me-" be continued, "and | deem it un-
becoming language for minister"
Thus it would seem that plain-spokeD
Mr.. Timmons had offended where he
least expected. The memory of the
time W hen the minister had dared to
refer to his shortcomiDg, fired up 1.-The
oldest elder OF them all" and he con-
tinued: "Once in Bible class be had
dispute about tithes with a maiden
lady and becoming hot, he turned on
his heel with the remark, "well you
and the devil for it," That closed the
service" Here the voice of some min
lister was heard remarking. "A very
fitting benediction." He had heard of
the vote asking the eldership to resign
but had paid no attention to the mat
ter"
Esquire Evans was called upon the
stand. He swOre positively that he
had smelled the fumes of liquor on the
PASTORS breath. and that it was not on
his clothes, He as well as Others tes-
titled that Mr. Timmons went out very
frequently during the singing of the
second psalm, and believed that be
preached more boisterously than usual
after so doing, using such words as
"slimy copperheads" and "bounty
jumpers. :" This was eighteen or twen-
ty years ago.
THE BOYD GIRLS
His principal hold, however, was on
the subject of falsehoo He and Rev.
Timmons had been appointed CON-
mittee to visit the Misses Emma and
Maggie Boyd, known in church par
lance as "the Boyd girls" The Squire
refused to 60 with his pastor, who
went alone. The pastor reported that
the young ladies, who had been guilty
of the crime of dancing, would do so
no more, and that all was satisfactory.
Then the Squire went to see the Mis-
ees Boyd and returned a different re-
port, with different results, as the girls
quit the church. They differed and in
this the falsehood of the pastor consist
ed. The young ladies sat in the aud
ience, indor5iug in whi-pers Mr.. TIM
mons story as the true one, but not
being church members were not put
upon the stand.
John Kennedy, Ga Methodist) was
put upon the stand to prove uubecom-
lug conduct on the part of U. Z.
minister. He was asked if he heard
the pastor g farewell sermon. YES,
sir, )" he answered.
Did he use proper language ?"
Not for the occasion"
"Are you a Methodist"
IL am"
"W hat was wrong about it ~
Ills manner"
"Then bis language was oil right 2"
ut is very common in the Bible"
"Why do you object ?"
"He preached about Judas"
What of that Y''
"He said there are Judases now in
the church"
"Did be name them ~
mo"
"Or tell whose church they belonged
tor
mol but be ought to have left Jt.
das out" .....
Then you think his conduct on that
occasion was hhbecOmibg D minister
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