The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-16
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Al Overt Act Nat Excited the Ce,sresstio~
OF . Bayonee Church.

OF . Bayonee Church.
In It's passage south the sun has been throw
ing It's rays through the stained glass OF tire,
large memorial windows on the southerly sid,
OF the First Presbyterian Church Of Bayonnt
In direction that sends them into the faces o
many worshippers during the services on Bun
day forenoons. Everybody admirers the win
dows from an artistic point Of view. but The
annoyance It occasions to tho members OF the
congregation to have the light flung into their
faces for an hour or more every Sunday fore
noon has caused trouble. The worshippert
have been compelled to screen their faces from
the vari-colored light with fans. books. and
other small articles. Complaints were made tc
the Board OF Trustees and the pastor. the Rev
DR.. Henry W. F. Jones.
Last week the trustees decided to have a
light shade erected at each window. 80 that
the windows could be covered while the rays
came in direction that was annoying. Pastor
Jones saw House Furnisher Thomas Dunlop,
and the latter hung an olive-colored curtain
at each window last Saturday. the shades be-
ing suspended over the rectangular sections
OF the windows. only the arches at the tops be-
ing loft uncovered.
This action was genuine surprise to Q ma
jority Of the members OF tho church. While
many commended It others we're disgruntled.
Am1ns N the sttsr wss HENRI
Yindows. had been. placed in the edificc.
several 81 those Who We're seated near him
noticed his agitation. and remarked that he
failed to make his usual response when the
the services had terminated and the aisle was
free for him to pass through. Ward hastily
tas ss
toward his fathers memoria! window and
Violently EppeG from it roller the shade which
shs
s1S ona s S ssGe % sshdy
last evening. He said that imm ediately after
the close Of the service h, he dssoend as
he was thus engaged Nj. Ward burst into his
tSe shaas
re Board Of Trustees. and then M Ward left
do something OF other. the plrport Of the ex.
PRECISION being lost to the clergyman because
Se noss made pS the Rs1 ppR o h. sssss
and It's fall Pastor Jones also said that 50 far
as he was able he would endeavor to settle the
possbfe athoueh the board " Trastees had
It In their power to have Mr.. Ward arrested
s
action OF the Board Of Trustees.
Mrs. Cornelia Ward the mother OF the young
ersen fent that
her from attending the services last Sunday.
her husbands monument had been covered
during service with q shade she was very
much shocked. The act seemed cruel to her.
resentment of Il as an insult: She said that
when the church was about to be erected
Pastor Jones asked her II she would not like
70 erect the window as memorial to her
husband. Capt. Ward. who was lost at sea. and
Xho was very iRtlm q. friend 81 Pastor
her children always found considerable com.
fort in looking at the window when they went
to church. The window is In q sense symbolic
Of Capt Wards seafariug life. representing
boat containing His diseIplss Mrs, Ward also
notified her Of their contemplated action be-
fore they had the shade erected over the win
dow. II the Board OF Trustees disciplined her
son for his act their course would drive five
Of her four married daughters,
Mr.. Ward was encountered later on tho
shade down y becaase he deemed lis fathers
monument should not DO SO covered. He thought
the Board Of Trustees had no right to put any
Ing his mother. and he threatened to repeat
his act II provoked to do 80.
A relative Of the Ward family said that Mr..
Wards sisters do not uphold his violent action.
but they feel the action OF the trustees in COW
eEns the wrdoE He also sss i, Mrs
pay the insurance upon the window, they
toward her had they notified her OF their con-
action.