Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-25
pENoMINAr1oNAL prssENs1oN.
Bishop Holt, of the United Brethren
Church, Explains Its Nature.

Bishop Holt, OF the UnlteO bretnren
Church, Explains Its Nature.
EDS REcoRD- UNION: In the RECORD
UNION of few days ago, in connection
with the appointments Of preachers pur-
porting to have been made at the United
Brethrens Conference held at Burney-
vile, it was stated that the Sacramento
Mission Station was to be left in charge OF
Rev. II. ]. Becker until a permanent ap-
pointment should be made.
1t is due an intelligent public, as well as
the members of a united and working
church and pious, consecrated and falth-
| full pastor, to say that the Sacramento
United Brethren's Church is ably filed,
and has been for over year, by Rev. 6,
w. Baumgardner, under whose labors the
| church is steadily growing. The simple
| facts are as follows
Four years ago the General Conference
of the United Brethren in Christ, IN order
| to better adapt its laws and regulations to
the growing demands of the times, ap.
pointed a Commission OF ministers and
laymen to formulate certain amendments
| to the constitution of the church and i'm
provements to its confession of faith, and
submit them to the entire church for APP
proval or disapproyal. This was done
| and last November these documents were
voted on and adopted by over two-thirds
vote The General Conference which met
| last MAY in York, Pa, after thoroughly
reviewing this entire procedure. approved
| the work of the Commission, and the doc
uments approved by the people, and, by q
| vote of ITO to 20, declared them the funda-
mental law and belief of the church.
After thus participating three days in the
proceedings of the Conference, fifteen OF
| the opponents to the course taken by the
| General Conference withdrew from that
body and organized another body in an
other hall and in different part of The
city. They held that the changes had been
made irregularly, and therefore the Gen.
eral Conference had put itself outside OF
the church. This little band of seceders
called themselves the F." United Brethren's
| Church" and declared they would hold
the church property. They elected Rev.
H. G. Becker Bishop of the Pacific coast
district.
Tue General Conference duly recognized
| their withdrawal from the church, so that
they are no longer connected with the
United Brethren in Christ, and have no
claim or title to- the property of said church
The property title has been tested in two
suits in the East, and the Courts have over
whelmingly so decreed.
At Lecompton, Kas., the seceders recently
undertook to secure possession of -four
ishing college by means of an injunction.
The case was patiently heard, and the
Court returned the property to the church
| authorities. In New Lexington, o., case
has been recently tried in which the Sc.
ceders' ablest lawyers pleaded their cause,
and after seven days consideration the
Court, in a mastery decision based upon
rulings of the Supreme Court of the United
States, and other Courts, rendered decree
| in favor of the church.
In California but one of the itinerant
preachers went off with this movement,
and with the advanced legislation of the
church, better adapted to the present con-
ditions of society, that church has a far
more hopeful future than ever before.
Meantime Rev. ]. W. Baumgardner,
the United Brethren pastor in Sacramento
is commended to the public as a most
worthy and noble man, lover of men and
one whose life is devoted solely to the pub
lie welfare. and the building up of moral.
ity and religion and peaceful fellowship
in this beautiful city. His people are in
hearty sympathy with him in these good
works. ]. w. Hort.