New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-10

Jenrue for tho Protection OF American Institutions
This is the society at No. 40 Nassau-st OF which
Dr. King Is general secretary but the committee anuS
that il is but Just TO Dr. King to state that lie
denies all knowledge Of the authorship, printing OF
dissemination of the circular. The anonymous letter.
declared 10 be "defamatory Of the character Oh INC
Rev F. Mason North, the committee say has been
pronounced by an expert after microscopic tests TO be
from the same machine ltypewrer) as that used by
the Rev J. ~ King in some Of his correspondence
Tho committee adds that Or. King denies all au"o'
shin md participation in the letter, but admits
knowledge of the writer and Of the substance Oh the
letter before IL was sent.
In reply Ia these charges, DR.. King In ringing
speech made an explicit denial Of all OF these charges
AVID intlma,ions on Monday afternoon In the Park
Avenue Church and then gave Instances OF the perSc
cution as he called H. to which lie mas peeh SUP
iectcd for several weeks by those desiring as ne pe
lleycd his overthrow Following the answer Vi IT.
King the Conference elected him at the hean VI t''S
DELEGATION TO the General Conference NJ omana' anu
Of the six prncp ais aud three aernaes CHOSEN ho'
one was selected who had served on the c"hIHV'eo
,yb,cb Lrougb, in the report against him, nor was
one Of the men selected who had taken an active part
in fcrrctng out the anonymous letters 30 lar IL Is
"A complete vindcaton. but although mat Is u"o'
the report has been indefinitely postponed ana may
l., called I'D at any conference in the years 70 come
While II is therefore. victory. there Is cohsluerao''
iubatiOn on the part OF those WIZ H"No "'eDN Wv
prosecution over the fact that the report was not
laid on the table but hangs over DR. Kings head ready
,o fail On him AZ an uneX pectcd moment
DE- King Submitted TO be ono OF the most popular
cle~pymen IN the Methodist Church. and his very
popularty and singular ability have aroused the
jealousy Of some of his brethren To TINS Is que inc
fact II Is said that he was not elected BISHOP al INC
General Conference four years ago Dr. KING mas oech
, pa.tor In New York nearly twenty years serving In
smar,. St Jnmes's. Eighteenth Street. Park Avenue
- Andrews and now again at st. Johns. lie traces
his Neth.dis ancestry 20 the beginning Of the Church
in this country. His fathcr. the Rev. EIlah hlhg'
was or,iancl by Bishop Asbury. the founder oil amer
lean MeihodIsm. DR.. King was born IN "inrd fe'h''
on March L. 1899. that with all his work behihd
hin, ne Is SIN I'm the prime Of life. Ills college pNm-
ration was M Ncwbury seminary W.. ana M me for'
Plain and Fort Edward Summaries in this stat" Thirty
year, AGO he Wa graduated from the Wesleyan tn!ver-
,lty and became professor AT Fort Edward. where he
remained ix years In lrGj he WIS licensed 10 preach
and for thrre years. In addition 10 his iAchih9 no
preached regularly on circuit OF slA appointments
Al the end Of lint time he entered the Regular work ~
the ministry. l,cauc member Of the TROY Confer
cnce and preached FIR, In Troy and then In saritosa
In 1870 he went to Europe for travel and study, and
three wears later he tmn,icrrcd TO this CONFERENCE
whcye he has remained. lie received his degree
of d. u. from WESLEYAN In 1876. and five wears later
delivered the historical address at IL semi centennial
In addition 10 his successful paSt0rat,e DR.. King
IA. done a work for his denomination cqualkd by
few men. simple statement regarding his popu
larty told In conversation at the Conference last
week by on not friendly TO DR.. King, may De given
Their" were Invitations In single spring II was SAD
from eighteen the most prominent churches In the
Methodist Church throughout the country. who desired
10 secure him rs pastor for the following year Dr.
King represented his denomination at the Ecumenca
Conference In London. In loel. AT the Centennial OF
Episcopal MethOdism In baltimore three years later
and at the Gnlril Conference In Philadelphia In the
same year. years ago he led, IN he does this
year. his delegation AZ The General Conference In TINS
city. But Or. King Is broader than hls d"nomination
and h has been active In many Of tile undenomina
tional Institutions In this city. The American Bible
society. the Evangelical Alliance and similar organ
cations have had the wisdom Of his advice and the
Influence Of his eloquent appeals In their behalf A
writer in The Treasury" from which some Of these
historical facts have been taken closes sketch with
these words II Is by supreme devotion to the
pastOrate Or King has come 10 be tho recognized
leader and representative OF the Methonist EplscoPh
church In THIS great city
Two years ago when the National League for tho
Protection OF American Institutions WAS organlaT
DIR King was chosen It's general secretary. The
object, of tho League stated in its Constitution arr
To constitutional and legislative Safeguards ur
the protection Of the common school system ana other
American institutions. and TO promote public instfuc-
ton I'm harmony with such institutions, and 10 pre-
vent nll sertrnn or denominahona appropriations OF
public fund. The sO-callcd freedom OF worship BIZ
at Albany has found no greater opponent than Dr.
King and the League which he represents, and after
his speech at the Conference he was sent TO Albany
protest aennst the passage OF the bill In clrcn
lar letter issued Wednesday. addressed 10 the cer
gymcn OF the State. he asks Whether this nquitOus
measure passes Is defeated, VIII you MOI on sunday
April 10 preach speak the aggrcsslons OF occleS
a,ca upon civil and religious liberty, and Its efforts
to destroy our unscctaran instimtionsP