Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-18
CONFLICT IN BELIEF.
Rev. Ivan Pannin Says He Couldn't
Stand the Bethany Home.
HE THREW UP HIS JOB YESTERDAY Y
A Member Claims He Was Fired Because
He Was Too Authoritative.
THE PREACHER TELLS DIZZY STORIES

Since Rev. John Morrow, s'the kisser,'
was discharged from Bethany Home, things
have not been altogether lovely in that in
stitution. Another change in pastors has
| just taken place. Rev. Ivan Pannin, OF
Grafton, Mass, was appointed Mr.. Nor
| rows successor, but he shook the dust OF
the city from his feet last evening, and de-
parted for the Bay State, telling some dizzy
stories about the Home
The preacher was accompanied to the
depot yesterday by little bevy of his sup
porters. Among the number were DR..
Lake, of Penn avenue, and Miss Mary
Legge, a very pretty and sweet-fnced En-
glish girl Mr.. Pannin before leaving said
he was disgusted with the Home, and he
was glad to get away. The influence of Mr..
Morrow's teaching impregnated the place,
and he couldn't uproot it. The kisser
taught the doctrine of Immediate sanctifi-
cation" that is, person by giving up his
soul to God could be purified Immediately.
Didn't Believe in Immediate Sanctification
Mr.. Pannin doesn't believe in this theory.
He claims man can be sanctifed only after
long years of work in doing good. He
asked Miss Moorhead, he said, to make
some necessary changes IN the management
and conduct of the Home in accordance
with his belief She declined to do so,
and rather than have any conflict in author
ity, Mr.. Pannin says he decided to leave.
Pri,2arily and generally this is the cause of
his departure. He thinks Mr.. Morrow was
sincere in what he thought, but he thought
the effects OF his work were not good.
Mr.. Pannin told some stories rejecting
on the Home. He said Miss Legge declared
she would tramp the streets rather than
live there any longer, and so DIR. Lake pro-
vided place for her in his home. An eff
fort was made to see Miss Legge last even
ing, but she had retired. Dr. Lake ad-
mitted that what Mr.. Pannin said was true,
and Miss Legge had been living with his
family for some time. Mr.. Pannin said he
was shocked at some of the ideas two of
the sisters had obtained about sanctfcation,
and the manner in which they tried to de-
termine whether or not they had reached
this purified condition.
Pannin Is Ready to Produce Proofs.
Mr.. Pannin added that he was ready to
verify all he had said if proof was de-
manded. He was going back to Grafton,
and Rev. w. H. Walker, of Bridgeport,
Oouu,, HIS uteu cinployeu 10 succeed MIN.
Mr.. Walker is now the spiritual leader of
the Home.
A DISPATCH man called on Miss Moor
head at the Bethany Home last evening.
When asked why Mr.. Pannin had quit, she
said he had been discharged because
he was too authoritative. A we'll
known manufacturer who is member of
the faith cure congregation took up the sub
ject and said in detail: "Mr. Pannin is
strongwilled man, and wanted his own wav
too much. He was inclined to be vindictive
and wanted to run everything. 1 have
heard the stories before which he told. /
do not think they are true. The
two women in question are not
inmates of the Home, and live
in a suburban town. They were members
of one of the Bible classes, and when the
scandalous stories were noised abroad, they
were not permitted to come again. / know
all about the management of the Home, and
can say that it is conducted on Christian
principles None of these things reported
occurred within its walls