The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-03
TO CALL A CHURCH COUNCIL.
NEXT MOVE OF DIR. PoTTER'S FOES IN
THE BAPTIST TdBERNA GLE

Tho Church Refuses 10 Join In Mutual
Council and Me-. Putnam and Deacon
Uuein Propose 60 Call u. Ex.pnrtc Coun-
cii-Prnotically Nobody Voted with Them.
The second act in the trouble In the Baptist
Tabernacle at Second avenue and Tenth street
took place last night: It was In the shape Of
the regular monthly business meeting OF the
church. The meeting was held imme diately
after prayer meeting in the chapel OF the
church. The Rev. DR.. D. G. Potter. pastor Of
the church. presided.
The opposition to DR.. Potter introduced
three hostile resolutions. all OF which were
Overwhelmingly doieatsd. The Rev. DR.. Pot
ter then presented three resolutions. which
were carried by large majority. Seventy
nine members OF the church attended the
meeting.
After three members OF the church had been
dismissed to other churches, Deacon John B.
Hueill arose. Il have In my hand" he said
"a resolution which want to present to the
congregation. and ask that immediate action
be taken upon it:
Rsov,d That this church instruct its Investigating
Committee to permit Lawyer Clinch to represent Mr.
Putnam In all sessions Of the Investigating Committee
Tho Rev. ]. W. Putnam. lately assistant
pastor OF the church. seconded the resolution.
Mr.. Clinch is lawyer in the Boreel building
and is not member Of DR.. Potter's church.
AS soon as the resolution was seconded some
one in the church arose and said:
Has the pastor Of this church any counsel
to represent him In the committed II he has
not. then why should Mr.. Putnam have legal
representative. and especially representa-
tive who is not mem Der OF the church.
In reply to this question DR.. Potter said:
There are no people on the Investigating
Committee except members OF tho church.
The Chairman Of the committee. Mr.. A. G.
Vanderpoel. is ON the committee solely as
church member and not as lawyer"
Several people then asked II the motion
was in order. They said that as no repre-
sentative OF the committee was present, and
as the matter was wholly in the hands Of the
committee. 1t seemed to them that they were
making a mistake to go ahead. and aside
from that the fact that there were no men on
the committee who were not members of the
church Was sufficient reason for barring
Dr. Potter said that IT seemed to him uDvse
affair was in the hands Of the committee.
@ eSasn On sR!sS ar ne aoe1
s sSaS 3. asd the
should dispose Of so grave auestion. 'f Sons
sentative meeting and hence. even Il action
Deacon Hueill said that the church meeting
at once lie was abundantly satisfied si that It
was Representative meeting of the church.
BY % th SS6s e. % 5esGH
Putnam alone lifted their hands in the affrma.
tive The seyenty-seven other people voted
asked Deacon Hueili for the resolution. Mr..
putna% b 5sPl Esbt ss5 e. fSe N.
clerk Of the Church. MI: maaimiisn ana! Ju ,se
g.oss Z: IT, hsy,ss come before the eSuroh 70
aid % Is r, ss.;sns R,oG:r,
said that In order to to avoid scandal. prevent
the public press. therefore:
Rs'ord That the pastor Of tbs church name six
rh0 shall no, b. Of the I and that MT
and nS Sa q
the Inye.lisAtins COMMITTEES and given to this new
Mr.. Putnam seconded this resolution. The
vote on 1t vas exactly the same as the vote on
the sf DR. Potter 70 for the
Potter foa Said da'nam refused TO give 1t 0D' d.
1T seems very, timely that our Brother
scandal particularly as he gave to the pross
on the night OF the first business meeting full
COPIES CO. s,S Of the charges which were printed
- burst Of applause greeted these remarks,
Deacon Hueil 6obbed pP third time and
Reo'rst That this church invite tho pastor OF and
two members from each Of the shurshesn The Bapt,,
to take ali these charges away from The COMMITTEES and
consider them.
Mr. Putnam. who seconded tho resolution.
was the only man to support Deacon Hueilrs
resolution with his vote. When DR.: Potter
asked Mr.. Putnam for the resolution Mr.. Put
"Whereas this church has seen fit to decline
to ask Dr.. Potter TO call a Joint committee out
Joint council of all churches, therefore notice
Is given that some Of the members of the Tab
c4prSh VII s f on
latlons Of the Baptlst Church. Is a council Of
q church to pass upon questions concerning
that church: In which action the church con:
ssnd does not T as
was entirely new to him. and that he had had
&c. be brought before the meeting.
He said howevsr that , sine since IT.. It had been
sions Hsnrs SH't
while DR.. Potter offered his resolutions. The
three resolutions were:
Ts. se: By h. a ts
X s a s tut
R,.cvsd That at this stage OF an ipyes,iEation now
Ri. assiss on sSe PAIL sis6ses:
@ ss ss na
RoJre That we fear the three resolutions pre-
vously orsIed represented determination TO inter
feTe in baptist Church affairs unlawful unhehrd Of
and tending TO discredt independent church able
10 transact its own business. which II has shown
and promptuess TO do. and 10 an interior
ence with the action OF Its own committee.
The three resolutions were seconded all over
the house Two or three questions were asked
as TO whether 1t was wise for the church to
protest against attempted management from
The third resolution was. however. the m ost
popular OF the three. There We're perhaps I'VE
Deacon Hueills against the passage Of the
first and second resolutions Tho third resolu-
ton was unanimously carried. save for Mr..
Putnam and the Deacon.
The effect Of the notice given to the church
by MIR. Putnam 10 that council will be called
from some of the churches In the southern
New York Baptist Association. Closed doors
are at times features Of some Of these coun-
ellis.
probably be Investigated Such a council can
disfellowshipping the impugned
church Had the Church agreed to allow out
siders or outside churches to assist. a mutual
council might have been called in which the
Tabernacle Church would have participated.
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