St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-23

| cent man. Some of them were old members
| who were in the church before DR.. Mclean
assumed charge of the church and some hat
come in since.
! Mr.. l.. A. Gilbert was next introduced
| and testified in regard to some OF the mem
bership received into the church at the Day
ton avenue church meeting, and stated thai
in his opinion large majority of the mem
bers of the Ninth church was opposed tt
Dr.. Mclean as the pastor Of the Ninth
church previous to the scandal brought w
involving his name and character.
Prof. Baien in his argument said that the
rulings had been against his side all day,
except in one instance, and accused clique
in the Dayton Avenue church Of combining
to rid the Ninth Presbyterian church of DR..
Mclean, and that it had employed detec.
tives to spy upon him and secure evidence
against him, and manufactured vile scan-
dial to blacken his character. The bottom
of that scandal had been most magnificently
knocked out by the principal witness, Mrs.
Rayson, herself, who in her testimony
showed her lack of respect for the character
of Christian minister, and when the at
tempt to crOSS-eXamine her was made, she
refused to meet its scorching fire.
He accused the session of the Dayton
avenue church as being the promoters OF
the attempt to down Mr.. Mclean, and bit
terly denounced their action in locking the
door of the Ninth church against its minis
ter before he had even had a trial or an in
vestigation of the charges made against
him.
HE PITCHED INTO THE PAPERS
for what they had said regarding Mclean,
and for their refusal to open their columns
to the doctor. He became eXcitable in his
address as he made his denunciatiOnS and
reflections upon different Individuals and
became very acrObatic in his contortions
and gyrations up and down the floor during
his speech, which consumed abouty twenty
minutes. At the close of his remarks
the council for the prosecution an
nounced that they had no reply to make to
the arguments of the defense, and the case
was submitted. The presbytery then went
into executive session to take action upon
the evidence, and the council on both sides,
DR.. Mclean and the reporters adjourned to
the pastors study to await the result.
After the presbytery had been in execu-
tive session for about fifteen minutes, the
doors were opened and the accused, counsel
and reporters were again admitted. After
the reading of the minutes of the trial,
the vote upon the charges was announced,
the presbytery finding the doctor guilty of
all the charges and expeling him from the
ministry and the church. Upon the an
nouncement of the verdict the session
closed by singing Praise God from whom
all blessings fiow." followed by prayer.
The following is the summary Of the vote
as taken upon the specifications OF each
charge:
Charge 1, specification l, sustained by unan-
imous vote.
Specification 2, sustained by vote of 8
to s..
Specification 3, sustained by a unanimous
vote. The whole charge sustained unani-
mously.
Charge 2, spec ification 1, not sustained, by
vote of Is to 5.
Specification 2. sustained by vote of II TO
2. The whole charge sustained by vote OF
IL to 6.
Dr. Mclean listened to the reading of the
verdict with apparent unconcern and re-
manned standing during the singing of the
doxology.