The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-06

lure the reputation and feelings OF members.
at ! bin 2ssr ., sss tee OF the p :.sdln saa 10 "a. :tit on sp
nr.the congregation and bring the church into
'" "Cha,gs nine-violation Of the laws and
ordinances OF the church. and disregard to Ito
"'"'TTHSnt;ss ALL" said Deacon Kent.
Well. should think 1t was enough ssid
The deacon suggested that a date fore hear
Well. I'm here TO answer these charges
now declared the parson. Il demand your
Deacon Kent dived down into his pocket and
Wow: as fsssras thS mrs. charge" began "a.
s sat d the n t inu5dS aac tSf Si s1saE ling M a ~p nfo,n DE%.
Now, this man borrowed s25 OF meN,,n,.
.vviH9IId GO, en- ou SslIs %n on Pa veSF OWL Mili ensrSa
Wien did / get SaS Of you7'
-, .S ss, 5sm ss9i,Ss S SsI e!pSS1 os s:no, th1 and Ssa
ToWed s25 81 me. You said you wanted to go
WHEN did I borrow s25of you ?" again de-
mAnded the parson.
.. sF' Sh s'S Ssss %5ns s. shse + sO sssi" Til. shHnd h!sss
csme 70 me and, borrowed IL and you don't
S Sissi f;s1 IL fn sd, s0n ms sf stsli W. Would n1 9 sc soS sn
IpSs%S i l. ,IEieSf aEEsSy; dn II" said tho
row tS' $f 10 o. me-. an You said you'd give Il to
~ Of q Sunday. and when Sunday came you
The psrson jumped up and began talking;
pss ASA; y Rsnt A!eIYt ans d Z 1tu own nef this sc:hSSrr,USSa.
You sit down unit Il l get through"
~. ah sa S ssia o E' :, S Se t. s ssSS thai hsd s then Ds sissn
9hst do soa an that II it is not vilful
III deacon contia ued: He kept,out Of my
Hold on" called the psrs0 n, . y ~, say I
siss. 'G !. s ncs tR %s I Drfs Y iyins sfS!e on ono 0ee''
them SD was concerned"
"Pueh." said the parton. you've get about
s6. ana So besides on MS store account. He
eoan: s' and With 1Rf inc more e' cs.S he e. got u a lot Of Or:
doris on persons who had promised 70 pay part
Sra shi a'n @Snd i sAi thsm ''o ord Haar' t hun ies,d
TIC deacon. was some pt0ple who had never
Hold o-o-o-o-o-o.on." said the parson.
well. I can bring proof Of that, and I've got
On. afidavit in my pocket" said the deacon
a, This practically settled charge. one. tho
deacon said. and was good enough for charge
how SSS hs h had Ts put his his t claim InA! asssinst the sI pars s3n
70 collect: and had had'to go to law and get y
The parson whistled..
And you haven't got y9uE money yet. have
have S9 t. bs' ]s 9ef %s 'n witS ehst :' said f the d GU
Here the parson called a halt.
This. MT. Chairman. is awful, he said. III
ernment Of the United states can take care Of
T. I protest against this charge being con-
A vote was taken on the protest. The par
sons majority. numbering ten this line stood
by him. The deacon and Mrs. Roosevelt got
into a wrangle at this point:
more Than ! yaa 49, asssrsed tie desfen.
and iinally srystallized Into; sit down."
.h yh psr spssi hsa tafis "pd eSu SanFs Sd atf W., w thst
H %an i'm :f i The p nS%S' said i WA f false. The
Church had been excluded the same day that
As charge, seven was argued emotions again
struggled in Deacon Conklin. The parson de-
nisff Fl fns It'll he y bud % SSsa y yen ssi ld?"s ssia Deacon
ConkIin. VOW said had %scoundrei' stamped
Sn ~, ~ Sr S's: snd It ,h ~, ny heart was Siscker
Deacon. ConiIin's e%Stlons got the better Ct
i sPo!Pted Iis index finger at the Dars0n and
G!hsrGo seven Included an allegation that Mr.:
W %e9 96s and NAM M6; B y" han an had "a, c, sse end di; e. ere
day-sehool room. that he had gone at them
s~nyagely, and had abused them and Threatened
dent, It appeared. was the direct cause OF the
expulsion Of two families from the church.
THAT charge Is ialse'" said the parson. I'M
We'll. I've got an affidavit that says It
s e. ut said SAID p hx po1. Kent HMi, and The he read 9 an AM
and heard the row. 1t said that the .parson
had used abusive language. and that lie had
Ger and have you arrested"
The, evidence on charges eight and nine was
The parson demanded then that letters re-
hsetinE on his character shonld be read. These
merely said tilat Mr. Wilmington hadn't a good
raputation. The only speciiicntions were that
he hadn't paid for. and lie, didn't have a good
reputation Tor paying his bills. though he had
'"Ha-Ga! Ha-ha." said Parson Wilmington. ms
he Slapped q his us knee ir'si and ne l Mhist I. and said:
are tho letters that arc to drive me out OF town.
Now" said the rarson. Il want a copy of
banded Them to MIN. ~ ses they are in tho
limo back-hand writing OF Lawyer Dennis.
In his handwriting" Then ho waived tho
t sst" Il the d daa EssI lad p' put sh ti,eir hand nS san IN
their pockets and paid MIN his salary as thoy
agreed to. there wouldn't have been any money
trouble. He swept awny charges one and two.
and justified number three. He had backbone
to stand such things. he said. and he. didn't
want God 70 let him live to the day when no
didn't have the backbone to DO 1t. Whom no
talked about tho orders he had sent Deacon
Kent for collection. it stirred UP Luyman
CloGse.
- want you TO understand" said Mr..
Clonse. that il you'd a come to me like u
man fur tina, dollar you'd a got it"
These charges are al. false. even II they
are in beautiful back hand writing" said tho
carson. This is rust a case OF the pot cali
Ing the kettle black. only here the pots a good
deal whittier than tho KETTLE
He didn't specify which side was which.
Then, no Went. back to the church records
Of 1873 ana found that Deacon Kent was
then the Cause Of trouble in tho choir. From
this he argued that the deacon was the chic!
dtsiurber, sister Simpson Jumped up and
9skrd:
Pastor Mi!l!ng'on., I'd Ike to know who
Never mind said tho parson. There are
others OF tho same kind here"
= Name them" demanded sister Simpson.
" Madam. said tho parson testify. during
large part OF tho disturbances. you have
been identified with the oisturbers. your"
ku didn't npiah y,uIa yoi,a I - il .o..