The sun., 1892-01-12
Mr.. DAvIESS ORTHODOXY.
HE QUOTES LYMAN ABBOTT AND AD-
MfRES DIR. BRIGGA
Moreover, He 10 Said 60 Have Tslkea Back
ut the Choir-A Churoh Quarrel which
Has Disturbed The r ace OF @ reen' Fsrns

Moreover, Hs 10 said 60 Have T.,kss Back
at the Choir-A Church Quarrel which
Has stursedthe Peace of0res.'s Farms
Green's Farms. Conn.,. is little settlement
OF the traditional New England type There Is
diminutive wooden station by the railway.
whore train stops now and then. Things are
usually Tranquil. but Just now everybody Is
worked up to high state of excitement about
the young parson from the Yale Theological
Seminary.
Tho trouble is."Mr. &. D. Sherwood said.
that n good many Of us don't think Mr.. Da-
vics's preaching Ia orthodox. He is q clever
young man. but he says things we don't be-
licve arc true. He's something like DR..
Briggs, but may be he amt quite so pert In
getting around what he Gays. May be he'll re-
sign; that's the way the other pastors we've
had here did"
little more than two years ago the Rev. J.
T. Relyea resigned from tho Green's Farms
Church. He had been pastor there for almost
thirty years. but he found his congregation
getting too critical for him. Among tho
preachers who came on trial to Green's Farms
after he had left was the Rev. Henry f. Davies.
who was then studying in tho Theological
Seminary OF Yale College. Tho people liked
him. and the church engaged him. That was
two years ago. He was flne looking. hearty
young mnn. and the Green's Farms people
thought him uncommonly clever. H9 was es;;
leap frog and baseball % With pthi. tho boys. s. and he
taught the girls how to play lawn tennis. He
white house on the hill. and once when there
ws VT ons na t1S % IN
Green's s Far@ss some ns "Y day yop0o 10 nh' "'e IN
LyerythinE arpeared 10 bo smooth and aatis.
tn factory .y,nI until about two weeks ago Some say
ment between T the Ssd pastor and the @ choir Three
'9S S IN %he
they sang a, certain hymn. mn an and lie told them
seslant lt slnF ttsssss tRss siet" he is
II my ~ sermons are not better than that l
choir met in the church to practise hymns. it
was stormy and tho young minister was not
One Of the msmbers was sent tG hs
him to t. go bacS home again; az his presence .sM,.
Of the church was held. and tho clerk of tho
H. BFG ET9GGSs matters t to hgs s
iorewarned that something was coming and he
review Of the years work hpt criticised sss
Of the report were still to be read tivc mem
reading iu Be stopped St i I'll Heated discussion ioI.
lowed and the clerk was requested to discon-
tlnue MS renuln1.
Deacon Jennings led tho opposition to the
minister. The parsons views were not ortho-
doX. he said, and he didn't care to have his
con offered resolutions declaring the Rev. Mr..
Davies views unorthodox. nnd asking for his
resignation. Long argument followed and tho
tho shairo Of a general tendency toward as.
nosticsm. several teachings OF tho young
minister arc quoted as giving special offence.
God. had the power to forgive the sins q men.
Catholic doctrine. but it IS based on the Scrip
Roman Catholic doctrine, whether based on
Scriptures or not Another teaching which
many q the deacons cannot forgive him for, is
BIe them IN t6at
life" and this is also contrary to their notions
Of orthodoxy * Besides this h he has ireHneIt- S%
whom the aged farmers look upon a., new
tangled. The young pastor wasin his library
when the reporter called upon him. :,
he said. "he should come to mo and talk the
matter over before taking steps in the church.
had no idea there was any trouble until a few
it. and all know is from hearsay. hayo not
been requested to resign. and have no inten-
tion OF doing SO until am convinced that my
| term OF usefulness here is ended. which do
II am young man, and try to keep, up
| with the times: believe in getting Tight
think may help ms.' have the greatest I'd.
Lyman Abbott; ! think oil my. beliefs are In
son 81 FstS Most Of
with me-, The trouble is oil confined to few
fs s faes Sa S dsas s
q century ago"