West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-08-31

pany," and placed II. b. Hartzlcr
there as editor of their Journal.
saying by this action, 1--WE bid def
anco TO any OF our ecclesiastical
powers and we arc going to have
our man edit paper whether tho
majority in tho church want hlm or
not. lie has been IN Office eighteen
years at good salary, aud We will
keep him there" Is such course
IN harmony with any civil or eccIe-
siastical law or order? Yet Domcr
says, "They (thc minority have
stood unflinclingly by the Law and
Discipline" Our LAW and Disoi.
pliac dos nowh,rc admit of such
course and anyone who roads his
ordination VOW on page 90 of tho
discipline of 1887, will find that ho
Is not law abiding mcmber and
that hc and his minority faction arc
not in keeping with our church
government atall. The reader will
at once sec that the forming of an
independent publishing company,
within the church and against her
law and without leave or authority
to do so would BRING on hostilities.
Our Publishing House ut Cleve-
land, Ohio, yielded large revenue
which was used for tho support OF
the Worn out ministers, widows and
orphans in our church. but this
opposition movement and Publish
ing Company pays nothing only
six pcr cent dividend to ITS share
holders, which is designed to enrich
a few mon who wero able to take
stock in the company, but in order
to secure beral patronage to
their paper and thereby uphold
their lnwless course, the minority
Delegates vt tho General Conference
Buffalo took shares in the company
and then came home and sold ont
at less rate Of share until, as ono
OF their men said, Every minister
IN the Pittsburg Conference has
shares in the Evangclica." This
tien led them all to work for that
paper and against the church paper.
Now under this plan they try to
deludc their mem bers and establish
their cause solely for money
scheme.
| AT General Conference tho
Discipline requires that the Dele
gates sign tho proceedings of the
Conference. CAS- sign Of acquic-
sccncc and obediencey "a in the
sight OF God, then, after tho con-
clusion, let everyone, cheerfully and
in peace, attend TO lis charge" :"
Discipline pago 80. sec. 7G, item 20.
The Delegates all signed the pro-
cecdings except eleven and the
action OF these eleven hayo been
acquiesced in by the whole minority
up to the present time. When q
man says no against the law he
means not to obey, and when one
signs an agreement and then breaks
it he violates the law and makes
himself dishonorabIe and not to be
trusted. OF the eleven delegates
that refused to sign the proceedings
eight become members of the PhIla-
delphia meeting, which we will
speak of hereafter. One who said
he would obey and signed the pro-
ceedings ut Buffalo was X. Dubs,
and is now the main ono leading
the minority faction in tho church,
and is tho editor of German oppo.
sition paper in the church, having
no ecclesinsiicol authority to do
such work in the Evangelical Asso-
ciation. Yet Domer says they are
Standing unflinchingly by the law
and Discipline"
The reader will remember that
our Discipline is framed for the sole
purpose Of maintaining order and
giving authority to the church off,
GERS. and he who saws ! Won't
obey tho Goncral Conference and
those who follow until they call for
q General Conference Of their own
adherents, can any one be so biased
as to say they are of sbe church and
law abiding? Al this has been
done by Domer's faction. In
about six weeks after the Buffalo
General Conference the fret sample
copy Of tho Erangel,eai appeared,