The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-27
rur cnunon TROUBLE.
Few stubborn Facts. Challenged BY
Rev. Thos. a Yost
SWEET HOWE. June 18th.


Epsron> ExpRiSs;
a presumption OF Rev. Thos. A.
Tost conpels me to explain som,
statements he made against me that
are not true, in the Lebanon EXPIRES
of June Is.
He begins with Boosting about IL of
the ministers being on his side and on
ly five on the side Mr.. McElroy ad-
heres to- that is the Evangelical
church. Yost don't consider that it Is
better to stand for the side of five that
are honest and square, working for the /
good cause than to favor 1000 indvidu |
ais that are planning coil, and are us
ing every way and means to under
mine the canrch to which they have
promised loyalty. These SecederS had |
been holding privy councils before |
this annual conference, discussing how |
they could overthrow the church, |
merely OH account of some personal |
iisagreements. He also forgets that |
this Oregon conference, which Is the |
most famous among the rebellious. |
amounts to very little among the
conferences that are loyal and clear of
such corruption. If Bishop Bowman |
had been suspended, as they claim, IL
would have been very foolish for him
TO try and hold any conference. The |
fact that he held all the conferences,
goes TO show that the sham suspension
with when the Dubs mob tried to
silence. him, was as infamous lie as
ever the coil once dared TO start.
Bishop Bowman is on the, best of
terms with the headquarters of our
association and conducts his business
worthy Of his name. But there are n
great number Of people in Uncle Sans
domain that like to be humbugged.
Hereafter If 1 want to write To one
! of my friends / must expect to have n
fanafie preacher gobble it up and pub
lish it in number of newspapers. If
that is the latest fashion l will try tn
keep up by publishing one of Mr.. t. A.
YOst's letters, which shows plainly the
writers disposition 10 other churches:
SWEET HOME, Aprill5. 1890
against the protest Of our trustees that invited
you to use or- church. did 50 because l holed
held in the bonds Of love wished ycur people
should have the preached word by minlsier OF
tiod you would RESPECT Others who sre laboring
. for The salvation of precious souls Then you r.
not abssse os.r PEOPLE OF any other christians.
meaning thereby thar you would not aSSsil oms
or their doctrines Vow, in view of the tact t.i.t
. YOU aie attacking some OF our fundamental dos
frines. am under the painful necessity of closing
am yours
In regard TO inviting MIR. Norton,
we trustees have not been consulted,
2 nor has Mr.. John Galbraith nor made
: any protest against Mr.. Norton using
| the church. If MIR. Morris, the other
j trustee did, and | doubt if he did, there
, was one trustee, mot trustees.) Con
cerning the doctrines, Mr.. 4ost knew
!. well enough that the Adyents differ
+. with the Evangelicals. He should
! have uStd more sense than to expect
{ that Mr.. Norton would deny his doc
t trines which he has upheld all his life
: for the sake of being allowed to preact
4 in his lYoStis) new church. WlleT
: Tost was gathering subscriptions tow
l ard his church building he deceived ,
good many outsiders and members o
;, other denominations by telling then
! that the new church would be opel
= for any orthodox preaching. Now th'
!. treatment Mr.. Norton, the Unite,
i Brethren and others received proves
= his actions contradiction ofhis words
. He says that he kindly offered Brothe
. McElroy the church to use, also hi
: elder, Mr.. Bittner. He did not tel
you the conditions which they were {.
! 90 by. They were not TO say OH
) word against his, nor one word in fay
:, or of their own side. Can such an offe
: be accepted by the minister of an oil,
= proven church from a traitor? Wher
= is Christian tolerance?
Such actions are bound to create dis
satisfaction in community where eacl
denomination can't afford TO bull,
IT their own church; where it takes rh
united effort of all TO put up a building
for worship. It is alright for tn
Evangelical church to have contrC
and arrangements in their hands, hu
u we should net put ourselves above al
others, and since Yost seeded he Ina
no legal right nor power to appropr
ate to himself possession and manage
:, ment of this church. True, he ha
u worked with his own hands and CON
J, pleted the building, and so have
Il good many others. He claims he wa
doing this for the church and Goo
e Now he attempts to cast the Who'll
at the DEVILS feet. 1t reminds me {
" some COWS have seen. They woul
ie give an abundance of milk, let th
millzer get his pail brimful and the
u kick it all over creation.
le Yost's history states that 5.
Z, Nothiger secured one key and trie
a to get the other of ]. w Gaibraitl
Z, This is base falsehood, unworthy {
one that calls himself lninistc- of II
= gospel. My purpose of going to job
~ Galbfaith was to call his attention /
the perIlous condition the church wF
i'm. | did not know that John had
u key, and to try to take it away woul
have been an insult The bishop Ia.
sufficient reason to tell me to get Il
"a key that was not in the hands of I'll
os trustees.
10 Why in the name of common sens
~ must that temple stand idle thre-
sh fourths of time? IfChristian tolerant
:, was practiced, there would be preacl
~ ~ ing two or three times every Sunda.
le But, no, no, Yost has built this hou,
u with his own hands, for his own sci
~ trying to make the public believe ]
'se was the genuine Evangelical ministe
en while he was run off with lot
~ ambitious cranks, who are all longiu
~ for self-glory. Before we know it the
~ will have another split-up amor
~ themselves, for they are all strivir
M Mou for Bishops dignity.
Mr.. Bowersox in making his stat
- ment concerning this affair has tang
.le ed himself into net of crooked storie
lh The main part was an appeal for Il
sympathy of the people.
We will have a man explain matte
before long at the old Grange ha
Everybody interested will be invite
TO come. If Mr. Yost wants to expo
me that way because | do not ayr
with his actions, and thinks Il
Dutehmen, as he calls us, (althoue
he is one himself) would swallow
+. all, he is mistaken. Better go slow.
aff SAS'L r. NoTHIGER.
Such papers as copied T. A. Yost
history, of June 13, win please col
this answer. 5. II. N.
50 AN OLD SOLDIERS STORY: In Il
late war I was soldier in the Fir
ne Maryland Volunteers, Company
During NV term of service confract.