Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-20
ms. rALIAx as EXPLANATION.
His Connection with the Mag n0lis
Church Tkiai.

f.
Church rkiai.
The following communication, taken
from Dover indes, is published by re-
i qnast:
MAGNOLIA, March IL, is90-Mr. Editor:
Please publish the following plpers and
thus settle, Mt once and forever, the qties-
| tlon as to how | acted In tho case OF Mag
nolla NJ. u. Church versus NJ. s. Van
Bnrkalow:
At q regular meeting OF the Off eial board
of Magnolia NJ, Il Ghucnh, held March 10Th,
1891 the following resolutions Were unanl'
| mDnFly adopted:
| WrrREAs, Some maliriously disposed person
i In an anonymous letter published IN tho D5th-
1 iDlfGIA OF March St, accu ed our pastor, tho
Rev W. I. Valiant, pf having acted IN 4 partial
1 and unthristiah mnnner In the recent trial q
1 NJ. >. Nnnlinrkaiuw by tile Magnolia NJ. r..
! Church, aud Vi having brought reprpath uron
| ih9 cntrch, by Tic course which he pursued,
| lherplole,
1 N. ,a,rFi, TLnt we, mo orlrlH members Of
| Magnolia ". Z, thurch, do hereby pronu1nte
th3 aforesaid accusation to he utterly Ialse.
R's tUed, that SO heartily inlorse our y ts%or 3
course and as'nrr iiim on our confidence III MS
4 sitpad. lhat wo Hsk for hi4 raturn To tllis
charge rs pastor for tile ensuing conference
! yenf.
solpd, rNatP copy Of these resolutions DO
| published in the county pnpcrs.
w. H. DICKSON, Chairman,
/ u. 7. GoSWELL, Secretary.
| l'ha' shows wlat lDa church to which NJ
| ). VanBarkAlow bsiongs thinks about IT.
and thu following paper shows what tbs
very men who voted Ia favor of reinstatlng
NJ, =. VanBltkalow in hts church menber-
| ship t1ink about my actions In connection
with tha case:
We, tho members Of the Quarterly Confer
enrc, who voted % icstore ", =. vanB1rkalow
/ 10 church membership, do hereby declare tllnt
j We 10 MOI believe that our pastor, Kew, w Y.
Valiant acted IN m unfair anl nnGlristnu
mphncro OF brought rcpropgh upon the church;
i Alex. Minnnr, WIN. }. Wiltltts,
/ James Shorts, ,JnmnS W. u Ter,
I James Wyatt, CALEB u. Williams,
James H. Sullivan.
Presiding Elder Wilson also adds his tes-
| tlmonv In tho following letter, dHsol March
! Sd, 1880:
Mn D'dr Rrothv rrfdat: am sorry 70 soc
I IN the last Dei1mHeaH gross mtsrcprcscnta-
! zion OF your relation TO the recent rlsp Of dis
\ ctpltpe IN your charge 50 lar as have knowl-
4 edge of your rTIr-e tnlnE Il hps hnpn char
7 act"rizcd Nv lpithlnlnrss prudence, lorhcar-
! anCc ana inlthtulp'ss % an FpnUornci | con
4 Erntulnto sou upon tho solt-rcstraint you have
4 rNnrcltcI ~ pre- enGe 81 UNNECESSARY irrlu'7
7 lions 10 be misunderstood In casn Ike
4 This IL the common tate OF pastotA TINS ds,'i-
/ Pine maitus no provision for II grand jlry, -
that tho pastor must nuke all inquiry and do
4 trrlntnr whether Me Is enough IN a case 70
Justify Il TRIAL I'y tho ttue tins stage Is
rcac ed one side or the other concludes that
the pastor IL part an, Nc, haze never hnoNn
IN exception u this, Take comfort therefore
IN tho knowledge that II son nra miaiuigci
! and your motives impugncd, the same mas
! been the experience ~ every other minister
/ VINO hAA bs4essud nnThe URuuGa "a bring 10
| trial N accused MON or ! frplHe 80 hem u
| the hle-sri revival that has come to your
I cllurgr. While cur Heavenly Fnther gives
4 your administration such u uc.Ari ylnlirA-
! ton, you need icHT nothing from iillschoOl anu
misrepresentation. Your Brutaer.
ions a. u. WILSON.
have nothing more % offer Ia vindica-
ton OF my course, except challenge TO
my aclusers to bring charges against ~ at
the annual conferences. ami prove me guilty
OF sither NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or unrhriAtan
@ nduct. w, I. VALLlASr.