Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-15
FIGHTING FOR A CHURCH.
Old School Covenanters Ask the Court TO
Turn Rev. o. B. Milligan Out of the
East End Church So That DR.. George
Can Preach There.

Old School Covenanters Ask the Court TO
Turn Rev. o. b. Milligan Out of the
East End Church So That DR.. George
Can Preach There.
John P. Hunter and S. Schoyer, Jr.,
attorneys for the old school side of the East
End Reformed Presbyterian Church, yester-
day filed a bill in equity in Common Pleas
Court No. l, against Rev. o. B. Mill
gan, James NJ. Denholm, w. j. Barnett,
William Ross, John c. Ewing, George 7.
Denholm and Thomas C. Johnston.
The bill sets forth the charter granted in
1889, and asks that it be made part of the
complaint; that prior to the granting of the
charter, the church existed under the sane
tion of the Pittsburg Presbytery of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church of America,
and in accordance with its laws and usages
worshipping at the present location, corner
of Highland avenue and Heberton street,
acquiring title to the property and being
in subordination to the courts of the Re-
formed Presbyterian Church: The trial of
Rev. o. B. NIilligan for heresy his appeal form
the Presbytery to the Synod and the dis
missal of the appeal by the Synod, and his
uniting with the United Presbyterian
Church. Further, the court is informed
that the congregation being without a
pastor, DR.. H. H. George was temporarily
appointed pastor, but that, notwithstanding
Rev. o. B. Milligan's suspension and alli-
ance with another church, aided and abetted
by the parties mentioned and others to the
complainants unknown, and whom the
court is asked to make parties as soon as
they are discovered, he still continues to
conduct religious exercises in the church,
excluding DR.. George, although demand
has been made on him to vacate.
1t is represented sixthly, that the Pres
bvtery is a component part of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church, and that its appoint
ment of DIR. George was regular, and that
he is unable to perform the duties of his ap-
pointment except by creating q scandal or a.
violation of the secular laws.
The seventh charge is that defendants
have in their possession the corporate seal
of the plaintiffs, papers, records, minute
books, bylaws, etc, and refuse to surrender
them. The eighth charge is, in substance,
that the defendants have been regularly ad-
mitted into the United PRESBYTERIAN
Church. The ninth, and probably the most
weighty charge, is that the action of the
defendants is in disregard of the authority
and discipline of the Pittsburg Presbyterv
and Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church of North America and perversion
of the edifice
The court is asked to grant an injunction
to restrain defendants from preventing DR..
Georges services, and those of his successor,
from preaching, etc. that Rev. o. B. Mill
gan be perpetually enjoined from preaching
in the church or officiatinU as nastor of the
East End Reformed Presbyterian congrega-
tion, until he shall have been regularly
called thereto by the authority Of that
church; that defendants be restrained gener-
ally from interfering, and that they surren-
der seal, books, papers and documents of
the East End Reformed Presbyterian
Church.