The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-09-12
Lively Meeting Of the Brethren and
Sisteren Of a Divided
Church.
The Pastor, Against Whom Damaging
Charges Are Preferred, Takes and
Holds the Upper Seat.
Talking Members Threatened With the
Police Affidavits OF Unseemly
Conduct by the Parson.

PATERSON, N. j., September Ito
say that the members of the Wills Street
Baptist Church expected circus last
night at the meeting TO investigate the
Guirey- Bradbury scandal would be to ex-
press the thing mildly. With this knowl-
edge the little street III which the Baptist
Church stands was crowded at an early
hour. The Bradbury faction was TIL
umphant, for the Rev. Jos. d. ASH,
whose publication against the pastor had
excited such indignation, and VINO
had been expelled from the last
meeting, had announced that he had
other charges to prefer against the per-
son which would prove that the Brad
bury SANDER was not SANDER. Pastor
Guirey took the chair and hymns were
sung. But the harmony was rudely
broken by point suggested by the
deacon 70 the effect that the parson had
no right in the chair; that 1t was an ad.
iourned meeting, and that Mr.. johnson
who had presided at the last gathering
ought to assume the Presidential tunc-
tions.
'No, SIR" said the pastor, 81 am
above you all. No man under the gates
of Heaven has the power to remove me.
| will preside. shall preside. And now
let me say that brother Ash, who was
voted out of the last meeting, must leave
| the room"
zone thing at time" shouted amen
| Der, while the women booted and chill
dren laughed in sheer Joy at the anticipa-
! ton OF the
| GOOD THINGS TO COME.
Votes were taken and los against 70
| voted that Parson Gulrey should keep the
chair AS that gentleman had appar.
emily not the least intention OF resigning
| it, he was not as much elated as might
have been expected
"And now," shouted one Of the par
sons parti, ans, "that that question is
disposed Of, let Brother Ash leave the
room, or III call for an officer to put him
out. There are crowds Of policemen
hele.n (There were two).
Brother Ash rose to his feet. He was
not bit afraid; he knew his strength.
81 want TO say one word. May l say
IN"
'No, no." shouted the women.
81 must say one word" persisted
| Brother Ash.
Hurry up, them" shouted half a
dozen, sand have done with 1t.
"It the brother had grain of Chris
tian feeling he could not say word"
came from the chair. "He has no right
to say word"
A perfect tumult arose at this moment.
Shouts of "Call the officer! Officer, turn
him out" sounded through the ediace.
Then up stood deacon on his stumpy
little legs and
ELECTRIFIED ALL PRESENT.
"There is no need of these unseemly
proceedings. May God come down and
strike me dead If we don't find out the
truth. May God visit me this instant II
we don't arrive at right conclusion"
There was moments silence, during
which pin could have been heard fall.
The solemnity of this invocation had
struck terror into the breasts of all pres
ent. Then Deacon Smith took posses
sion of the floor and did his best to profit
by the subdued condition brought about
by the extraordinary utterance of the
preceding speake. "The two articles
publ shed by Brother Ash" he said,
"charging these crimes to Pastor Guirey
were derogatory to the best interests OF
the church. Ash wrote them both, we
know. He disgraced himself at my
house by calling the pastor liar. That
is gross unchristian conduct. Still, let
me say, | would shake hands with him
as friend, but not as member of the
church,
To this charming little condescension
Brother Ash replied by whitening
scowl, and Deacon Smith sat down and
smiled at the pastor, his partisan. Then
the Reverend James r. Ash arose. The
opportunity tor which he had been wait
ing all evening had come.
ALL WERE SILENT.
"American citizens" he said, with
pathetic Manifestation you are Ameri.
can cltizens-I want to do what is right.
God help me to do it. wrote the dam
aging articles. They were damaging,
aud were meant to be so. Twill show
that the character of your pastor Is no
better than 1t should be-" Brother Ash
then read q sworn affidavit of q Newark
woman to the effect that Pastor Guirey
had courted her, took her to the theater
and acted indecently In her presence, and
that at other times he induced her to be-
lieve that he was awidower and about to
marry her.
The bowls that arose were simply aw-
full. large number of ladies left the
church on account of the indecent details
Of the affidavit. Mr.. Guirey denounced
the affidavit as false and made a speech
Finally Ash's charges were referred to
a Tn.
gland was then tried on the charge Of
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