Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-20
ELLIS BACK AGAIN.
The Wiley Minister Downs
the Presbytery.
A DOnnybrOOk Fair Nee ting
Reinstates Him.
His Glorious Services in Los Angeles
Mentioned.
His Judges Create Scene which Causes
DIR. Ellis to Feel Gleeful-The
Whole Case Referred to the
Synod for Action.

ulSIcSdTu lOT CONSEQUENCES, dll sOTJS Ol
motions were put and lost, and at last,
by an unlooked-for turn, the entire diff
Guilty was shifted to an ecclesiastical
court of higher authority. At times
the scene was one of complete confu-
sion. Angry voices came from all parts
of the room; dignifed, benevolent
looking ministers, severe OF aspect if
not of demeanor, were on their feet
clamoring, several at a time, for recog-
milton. The moderator, red in the face,
pounded loudly and Intellectually with his
cane for order. and, adding to the
hubbub, an irreverent audience ap-
plauded and stamped with singular dis
regard for the place and circumstances.
All the while Rev. j. w. Ellis, d. D.,
smiling and silent, rocked himself back
and forth in his chair in evident enjoy
ment of the situation. He was the
cause of it all and made little attempt
to disguise his glee at the exhibition
made by his brethren.
The session was opened by the judi
cial committee, which recommended
that DR.. Ellis be tried on charges of un-
christian conduct and conduct unbe-
coming minister in having sworn in a
complaint in the superior court that the
presbytery had formed conspiracy and
made false, malicious, wicked and vii
lainous charges against him.
DR.. Mackenzie began his active parti-
cipation in the session by succeeding in
having the charge of unchristian con-
duct dropped from his report. He fol-
lowed it up with motion that startled
every one in the room. He moved that
the remaining charge against ID. Ellis be
dismissed.
DR.. Mackenzie gave his reasons. "Our
brother has attributed to us improper
motives," he said. "Have so many OF
us escaped wounds in that direction?
DR.. Ellis made his charge not in truth
nor in justice, but we should not forget
that in haste one may call all men liars.
DR.. Ellis had provocation, not in us,
but in himself. In our charges there is
nothing wrong or untimely, but our peo-
pie have something to say in the mat
ter. They are interested; they want us
to drop it, to wash our hands of it and
leave it in the courts, where it now
rests. have read little of kindness to
DR.. Ellis in the presbytery. Is he un-
known to you? Is his long and honor
able record in the church, his glorous
service in Los Angeles to be forgotten ?"
Rev. Fraser added his words OF appeal
in behalf of the deposed pastor.
"You have good cause to plead for
DR.. Ellis" retorted Rev. DR.. Kerr,
pointing to Drs. Mackenzie and Fraser.
"You brought him here against the
judgment OF the Home Mission society.
Mr.. Moderator, you allow them to
speak of his honorable record; will you
allow me to tell you of his dishonorable
career in Los Angeles? Neither of these
men were present in the presbytery
when he was tried, for" he continued
emphatically, "they both lodged the
ISSUE"
DIR. Mackenzie was on his feet in an
instant. Shaking his finger threaten
ingly at the speaker, he shouted in an
ger: "Mr. Kerr will take that back
here and now, and if anything like it is
repeated DIR. Fraser and will leave this
room without the formality of permis-
sion."
The moderator was drifting into an
alarming condition. He had appeals
from every part of the house, and con-
fessed that he was fast becoming as
greatly muddled as the rest, when FL
der Roberts came to his assistance.
cdr. Ellis" he said, "had sworn to
what he knows is not true. 1 won't say
what think of such an act, but if did
l would call it perjury before high
heaven"
Elder Roberts had barely uttered the
words before DR.. Ellis jumped to his
feet, rushed excitedly up to the perspir-
ing moderator and demanded protec-
ton. The moderator mildly declared
Elder Roberts out of order, and the lat
ter made the modified assertion: eff
DIR. Ellis does not know he swore to an
untruth the presbytery Does"
"Am l to have protection ?" yelled the
deposed minister.
After another hour of wrangling DIR.
Ellis came to the assistance of his breth-
ren. He sympathized with them in
their difficulty, he said, and had a solu-
ton, which was to lay the whole matter
on the table, to postpone it indefinitely
and seek advice from the synod. Light
seemed to dawn on the assembly, partic-
ularly as DR.. Ellis gave the welcome con-
ISOLATION that the synod had no power to
try him on the charges.
DIR. Woodworth begged his brethren
not to refer the matter to the synod,
which expected to have spiritual time
at its next assembly.
Still DR.. Ellis's advice was accepted in
most particulars, and the presbytery re-
ferred the whole matter to the synod OF
the Pacific for trial. 1t went still fur
ther and removed it's decree OF suspen-
sion resting upon DIR. Ellis, and, pend
ing the result of the case, restored him
to all his rights as a minister.
AS the case now stands all proceedings
are at an end until October, when the
synod of the Pacific will meet in San
Rafael. There is strong doubt that it
has any power to try the case, position
which DR.. Sheerer maintained at the
close OF the session yesterday. He
summed the decision of the presbytery
as follows: "We have restored DIR.
Ellis" said he, "to full rights. He is
now no different man from what he was
when we placed him under the ban. He
has not repented, but we have decided
that it is to the edification of the Pres
byterian church that he has done what
he has,"
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weather, by disease or Uverw0rk. Hoods Sars-
aparilla is just the medicine needed to build up
and strengthen the body, purify and quicken
ft.c fI.a1r