The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-07-14
skowheean Baptist Church.

Skowhegan Baptist Church.
REPORT OF eotNcII.oN CERTAIN NArrER>
Pursuant toa cali from forty-dve mcm-
berS of the First Baptist church in SkuW-
hrgan. a Council tn consider thu recent
action IF tie church IN eNrlW,in- ar put
tiuX them under C,HslIre, mot in SkaWhc-
gan. Monday evening 1unc 2l,t The
council organized with DR.. \. X. I. Small
of Portland. moderator. aud key T. +.
Busheld Of Bangor clerk. The follow
ing churches and individual, composed
the council VI First Portland. First Au-
gn>ta First Bangor. First Water,illc.
First Lewiston. IIallowell Fairfield Nor
ridgewuck. Oakland. aud Mt Vernon,
and Rev. Dr Pepper and Rev. DIR Smith
Of Colby University After long delibcr-
alton the following plan was submitted.
and appeared satisfactory to all parties
concerned. The matters in dispute were
to be left 10 Il council Of five Who should
have access to the records and hear all
parties, and their decision should be rec
ognized as binding The contendins par
Ties and the Council agreed to the names
OF NJ. Giddins> and Key. G.. B lll>ley of
Bangor, kcN. II J. White Of Augusta,
Prof j. b. Foster of Watcrvilc and Rev
e +. Ilulhrook of ilalloWrll. who should
compose the council Of five, n >ati>fac-
tory. The Council then adjourned. sub
ject 10 the call of the moderator III case
the plan should not prove effective.
The plan, contrary II all expectation.
not being formally acceptedhy the church
an adjourned meeting Of the Council was
held in SkoNhrgau Thursday evening and
Friday morning .luls 9Th and 9th At
this meeting the following individuals
we're present viz, the Rev Drs Pepper
smith and Burragc, and the Rev. L NJ
gent. also the following delegates from
the churches viz. First Portland. Rev.
l)r. Small First Augusta, Rev. IL. J.
White; First Bangor. Rev. T. l.. Bus
field VI. Gidding~; First WatcrNille, Rev.
", II. Spencer. Prof Moses l.Hford I;
First Lewiston. Rev. {. l. liIley; Halo
we'll Rev. {. +. liolhrook; Fairfield,
Rev, y ID. Curtis, ohed Emery; Oakland
Rev. E f. owen, II g. Mower. The
Council MAS permitted neither to sec the
records of the church nor to hear them
read. After long aud patient eNamlna-
ton of all available testimony, both YER
bal and documentary, the Council nnani-
mously submit the following a. il lind
ings in the case.
STATEMENT OF FACTS.
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,nnnicntion Mr. Uorwood nrrsrntcd lr,
Ter of dismissal from thn Rantist churc
l in Ea.tnort and rnoucstnI aImission II
| mamhcrs1i, In tho Skovhnyan Rants
lunch rho ro,nos, ,,o. ,,ront.d NJ,
JJnrwnod thnn nrnccrded 10 rrad n scrir
If charges If the most srrious notur
.uoin.t tho hodv 81 mnmhers of In
church who had signed th,. above men
tionrd nanor No one Of tbe uersous I'm,
, heard Of tbes, CHARGES before. or knew
TIN, they ver, to he nreferred MANY a
them were not nresrnt at the meeting
and no one of them has since seen then
or hc,n conmunicotnd with in refercnc,
to them An onnortunitv even of inspec
linz thcse CHARGES ON Inc records of th,
church has been denied to them by til,
clerk II also appcarrd in evidence thu,
at This meeting the clerk of the churcl
was absent and no clerk oro tenuore wa.
onpointed until near the close of the
meeting The names of persons bring
ing the charges were refused. No proofs
Of thr CHARGES wore offered ON these
charges thus presented this large body of
members were placed under discipline.
and they were refused nv Mr. Harwood
any further voice in the proccediups of
,bc church in that and subsequent meet
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| There ware then pronosed by Mr.. Har-