St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-12
PASTOR MABIE'S PLEA.
Accepted by the Congrega-
ton Which He Served So
Faithfully.
Difficulty Experienced in Sc
curing a Committee to
Choose His Successor.
A Dastardly Plot Against an
Innocent Girl Luckily
Frustrated.
Roundup Of the Events Of
a Day in Saint
Paul.

Members of the First Baptist church
had an important duty to perform last
night, when they assembled in the
chapel to resume consideration of Rev.
II. G. Mabie's resignation. Religious
exercises being concluded, the meeting
was called to order by d. ID. Merrill,
president of the church organization.
A. NJ. Drake submitted the following
preamble and resolution: Whereas,
Our esteemed pastor has by letter noti-
fed this church and congregation of his
wish to terminate his pastoral relations
with them, and has in his letter to the
congregation expressed the wish that
his resignation may be accepted
with the same unanimity as
was manifested in calling him to US;
and, whereas, our pastor has in
private letters urged the acceptance
without any dissenting voice; therefore,
resolved, by the church and congrega-
ton of the First Baptist church of the
city of st. Paul, that the resignation of
DIR. Ii. G. Mabie as pastor of this church
be and is hereby accepted, to terminate
at the close of his present vacation.
Resolved, That in terminating our re-
lations with our pastor, we, without
dissenting voice, bear testimony to his
high personal and Christian character,
to his great attachments as minister of
the gospel, to his prudent and punctual
performance of ali his duties as
A CITIZEN AND PASTOR.
We further think it proper to say,
that so far as we are informed and be-
lieve, DR.. Mabie leaves his charge with
the cordial personal friendship and
high esteem of every member of the
church and congregation, and that,
wherever his lot may be cast, the united
prayers of the church will follow him.
J. II. Randall moved that the vote be
by ballot, which was agreed to, those
for the resolution writing ''yes," against
'no."
Seventy-fve votes were cast, the re-
suit being 41 yeas. "a nays.
J. Ii. Randall move that the reso-
luton be made unanimous by the
church by rising vote. This was
agreed to unanimously.
L. l.. Tompkins proposed that the
president and four other members of
the church to be named by him form
committee to recommend to the church
a pastor to succeed DIR. Mabie.
Adopted, and the president named the
following to be his conductors on the
committee: A. nj. Drake, Z. M. Halo
well, j. II. Randall and j. ". Griggs,
Jr.
J.W. Griggs. Jr., asked to be excused,
as did also j. II. Randall, who stated
should merely look out for another
pastor as identical to DE-. Mabie as pos
Sible.
Mr.. Griggs was excused, but Mr.. Ran
dall's request was refused.
The president named A. NJ. Van
Duzee to fill the vacancy caused by the
declination of Mr.. Griggs.
A. NJ. Van Duzee begged to be excused
and would state his reasons. 1t was
well-known fact that DR.. Mabie's reSig-
nation grew out of a feeling that his
ministratiOn was not satisfactory to an
influential
ELEMENT IN THE CHURCH.
DIR. Mabie, satisfied him perfectly as a
pastor, and if he was ON the committee
he should merely seek to duplicate DIR.
Mabie. These being his views, it was
futile to attempt to select a pastor that
would suit the church.
Mr.. Van DuZee was also excused by
the church, and j. III. Randall pleaded
that his excuse not to be on the commit
tee be reconsidered. He said: 81 know
all about the movement against DIR.
Mabie; have known it for weeks and
weeks, and l know it would not be pos
sibIe for me to seek sueh@a man as I
would be willing to sit under and to
please some folks. All my opinions and
committee. know that before
hand. l am conscious of it, and
for that reason / do ask you to excuse
me. l felt most aeutely in looking over
the votes to notice in many cases how
the mays" were underScored once.
twice and sometimes three times 1t
shows a spirit in the hearts of some
people against DR.. Mabie great deal
stronger than it would be manifested in
any other way. And so l know man
like DR.. Mabie never would be received
in this church again-at least not at
present. But | hope the time may
come. There are churches glad to have
DR.. Mabie, and he will not be very far
from our own church, where they are
anxious to get him."
The President-Brother Randall is
hardly courteous to the committee to
say he would have no influence upon it.
AS far as know, he would have more
influence than any one else.
L. S. Tompkins-Do those gentlemen
who know of this opposition to DR..
Mabie also know whether it is among
the majority of the members of the
congregation?
j H. Randall-No; do not think it
is the majority of the church.
r. S. Tompkins-Then l would like
to ask if it would be just to have the
minority control the committee?
There was no answer to this, but Mr..
Randall was excused from serving on
the committee.
The president felt that it was seri-
Gus matter for the church to have the
members refuse to serve upon this COM
mittee. He would take time before he
named the two members to fill the
vacancies.
Dr.. Mabie's resignation will take
effect Aug. 1, the end of his vacation.
SAVED FROM RUIN