The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1891-08-07
ELDER SINGERS REPLY TO D. NJ.
KINTER.

WCTc dSSdllcQ III lnc SdI1lc 'CNNTCN
paper" that the article appeared in,
that you speak of long years ago
against me, and that too, for preach.
ing doctrine which you afterward
denounced, (by the editor himself.)
/, unknown to you sorote IN your be-
hdlf letter to Bro. Franklin. telling
him that you had renounced that doc
trine and was preaching the gospel Of
Christ and doing good, and while you
were being assaled by others l stood
BY you and did all / could to overcome
the work of your enemies, and hold
you up. / paid you more money when
you were preaching at Johnstown than
any Other man, according to my ablli-
ty. You have several mistakes in your
article, through information received
from man who forged the names of
other men to papers, and was pro-
nounced perjured william in the open
Court recently. AS to my being ex-
cluded from church in Ohio long
years ago, will inform you that l
never was member of church in
Ohio. There was an article appeared
in church paper, as you call 1t, (the
same paper that your name appeared
I'M to which sought to go and answer,
and though the request was made by
my own Elders, and the Elders Of
three other Churches, as well as James
Darsie and John F. Rowe, former ed
itors of the paper, we never received
| any answer. TO assail man, and
give him no chance to defend himself,
is not the work of fair minded men, to
say nothing about Christians. As to
my standing in the church, my letter
which is as good one as any man
can produce. 1t covers twelve years
of continued membership in one
church. l was received into the Zion
church, having in my possession my
letter Of commentator from the
church at Johnstown signed by the
Elders and approved by Bro. James
Darsie, as noble man of God as ever
lived and Bro. James b Pyatt, one of
our oldest and best preachers from
Johnstown was present and approved
of the same, and that after the Elders
at Zion know OF the article in the
Church paper as well as my honest eff
fort to answer anything that could be
alleged agains! me, as the foundation
of that article.
AS to my not preaching at my home
in California, I will inform you that l
have received more persons into the
fellowship of that Church than any
man that ever preached there; the re-
port of the Church paper that you
speak of will show an account Of IIa
persons being added to the church in
two meetings that l held there. There
was a trouble in the church years ago
to which I was party, only as an
ddoisor. The man who is back of
you, w. L. H. was against the Elders.
He was defeated and he has never got
ten over it l will hand him over to
the tender mercies of ID. o. Lambert
of Coal Centre, who will, if necessary
ventilate this whole business.
Owing to some of those who went
out Of the church feeling sore towards
me for siding with the Elders, l of
my own choice told the senior Elder
that preferred not to preach or par
ticipate in their meetings. At one
time l was asked to preach for the
church half of my time, since the diff
Guilty had occurred. l declined, still
l have baptized numbers Of persons
who came to my home and requested
ME to do so. l have received more
persons into the churches in my own
county than any man living in Wash
ington county.
The county papers, facts and figures
and living disciples of Christ will at
test that as a fact. For preacher
of the gospel of Christ to go to
dealing in the gospel Of dirt is not the
way to save souls. l never knew of a
man or woman of pure heart to de-
light in such work, l never knew one
such who had not enough of dirt back
of himself TO take him lifetime to get
himself clean. As to those affidavits
Of the ladies that you speak Of being
sent into my home church from Ben
ton, will say that it is suborned tes-
timony, just such as the Saviour was
crucified upon-an cnenay did 10.
A. w. Conner claiming to be the State
Evangelist who is known to have told |
several malicious talsehoods about me
to the Elders at Saltwater and others |
as have the documents to show
has done this wicked work and it will |
not work, so as to further the work |
and influence of a State Evangelist, if |
that is his missionary work those who
sent him out did not commission him
to hunt me down to the death, though |
w. l.. Fl. may have advised it. He
is the man who secured these state
ments of persons aoho refused to meet
me face to face before the Elders ofl
the church, where they are known,