Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-22

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fifty dollars. If they went into TIM
thing, all sides must have an equs
show. He was not here crpging be
fore the council
Mr.. Hapey said the resolution
should be amended TO include with
urawal of Mr. Hayden's remarks.
Mr.. Hayden--"l have done that"
Mr.. Furman-"I think you have
rubbed IL i'm
Mr.. Beauehamp moved to table the
resolution and the motion prevailed.
Messrs. Hanks. Link and Williams
were appointed n committee to receive
anything Mr.. Murphy might have tt
communicate.
Adjourned until . p. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The council met ag tin at o'clock
President Kimbrough in the chair,
opening with devotional exercises.
The following report was submitted:
Your committee appointed TO confer
with Brother j, ID. Murphy as to any
additional matters he might wish in
vestigated, after free consultation with
him, beg leave to recommend,
l, That all matters pertaining to ad
ditional Investigation be postponed
unlil'after the 9th Of March, to be en-
tered into after then, If necessary.
.. That if there be any member OF
the church who has any charge or
charges To bring against Brother Muir
ply on his daughter, that he do il now,
or If not now, that he hold his peace
until the 9th of March and present the
charges to the council then, or to the
church in the meantime, for the
church 10 present to the council, if she
in her wisdom sees fit 10 do so.
Respectfully Submitted,
II. T. HANKS,
j b LINK.
w. l.. WILLIAMS.
DIR. Stone moved to adopt the report
Mr.. Link said they had concluded
that ii there were any other charges,
IL were better TO wait till the present
investigation be had. III ely thought
best not tn seem To foTestall anything
Mr. Murphy said upon consultation
with the committee and with his
they had thought that in
the present Investigation perhaps the
he had could be brought out,
and if they were not, they could be
made the subject of additional inVes-
legation. They thought it best there
fore that these matters should not
come up until after the present
He asked that the
of the church be ready with |
any complaints after the 5th of March |
If any that had any
hing did not then come up let the
public know they were upjustiiiable
and that they had not taken the
nance afforded to substantiate their |
charges. ifauy one doubted his sin
,eriuy in this matter let him try it.
Mr.. Link said to the chair to stir up |
he members to the Importance of the
natter
Mr.. Kimbrough said he hardly knew
low. He had talked with many MEM
Iers, but all had spoken in the hig hest
erms of MIR. Murphy. He didn't
hink there were any charges to lie
brought by the members. He knew
ONE of them were alienated. He had
never preached any length of time
Without opposition. If he preached
welye months without anything of
lie kind being said he would resign.
The thing he dislked was that hard
r things were being said against Mr..
'lurphy than were against han. II
here ever was a time when the mem
'ers of the Fort Worth Baptist church
hould keep their mouths shut it was
low If he didn't have
cold and the brothers would
tay with him they'd have glorious
evivul that would stop this thing. 1t
hould be season of fasting and pray
II unIil the 5th of March.
MIR. Cough said he thought the pas
or had been informed to the ulm~st OF
what there WAS in the matter; that
here was nothing in reserve. There
was not, he believed, a member in the |
,hurc h to bring forward any ACCUSE
lion. He didn't believe there were ex-
seeding half "a dozen that could not en-
oy themselves in worship here. This
church had never had any trouble
to test their fidelity. He I
,rusted this would bring them all
God and his service. This, like
4 thunderstorm, would leave the |
church better Off than before. H.
rusted that the prayers OF
all the brothers would be had
in behalf of the church He |
had never been associated with "A
man that he held higher respect for
than Mr.. Murphy. 1t Lad not
changed
Mr.. Hanks moved that the council
Join in the employment OF n st.nu-
srapher, and that Messrs. Murphy and
council to help select the steno-
.rapher.
After a hymn and prayer an ad-
ournment WAS had until the 9TH of