The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-10
DON'T LIKE THEIR PASTORS.
TWO CHURcH QUIRRELs BROUGHT
BEFORE 7BE PRESBYTERP.

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Selected ne = DeieRse 10 TIE 1Tscs.
The New York Prssbytery was called upon
at It's meeting yesterday in the chapel OF the
First Presbyterian Church at Fifth avenue and
Eleventh street to settle two church disagree
ments. These were the differences between
Pastor Bryce X. Douglas and the trustees OF
the new Jenox Church at Eighth avenue and
13ath street. and the Rev. Dr. David @. Wylie
and certain membe OF the congregation OF
the Scotch Presbyterian Church. The latter lie
an old trouble. but nobody In the Presbytery
knew that there was disseneion In the Lenox
Church until Pastor Douglas arose and re-
auested the Presbytery to accept his resigna-
tion.
The request startled the sedate body. The
Lenox Church was built about year and .
half ago, and q year ago MIR. Douglas was
called from q church in Watkins. N. Y, to take
charge OF 1t. Mr.. Douglas said that. though
the majority Of the congregation were wit
him. min GRITTY who objected to him had made
things very unpleasant 1t turned out later
that some OF the church m embers thought that
Mr.. Douglass style OF preaching was not at
tractive enough to draw worshippers to the
building. The church.i 1t was said, though clear
.,
It its revenues. request for Mr.. Douglass
resignation was made. but the congregation
by vote OF four to one sustained the pastor.
Elders William Hobson and John Mccain
objected to the acceptance OF the pastors res
ignation. Things were Just beginning to get
lively when the Rev. DR.. John Hall arose an
said that It was disgrace to the Presbytery
present such disagreements to the presbyters
ss the IN.
tion to a committee OF four ministers. with
whom Pastor Douglas was for a long time In
Mr.. Douglas said that he was OF fighting
do S with beiiis.Tsnt elders. The COMMITTEES
ADOPTED a resolution commencing MT Doug,
labors and recommending that his RESIGNATION
be accepted By the frssby,sry .,,0I Later ts5 The
Douglas seemed to be happy when they did It;
The tr9oHle in The sSotcn Sh95ih srOpp:dd
up town from it's old home in Fourteenth
street. At that time Dr. Wylie became aware
that all the officers Of The church save one as, the
= member Of the PresGytery expressed IL DR.;
in. the mean time was instrumental in
bringing in new members to the church.
to DR.. wyiie, and after a time DR., Wylie began
to bethink himself OF his strength Aecording
yeS itG would o thns the
to have more elders. and SO he tried to hold an
election Of additional elders. some Of the
the office OF elder. This the elders declined to
the Scotch Church for the elders themselves
to nominate new members TO their body.
the 5 sa tho % .er wSos
had refused to call church meeting, COM
mittee. consisting OF Dr. George =. Birch.
Ketchum. and Others. was appointed to inves-
tigatc tho matter. and yesterday DIR. Birch
road the report. The committee took issue
This report started little storm. as storms
II ,ss t5s 5G hs
tee. and said: Il believe in tho policy OF COM
mittees supprenssIpg details: 70 as to Seepugiy
Thompson, said the report was u1constitp:,
tlonai, and that the. committee had no right
Other protests FOLLOWED. and the rresbytery
suggested to the committee that 1t retire and
IL s could n'
the differences between the two parties Then
the fresbytery went into an interlocutory ses-
sion to consider the case. ana aiterWard in
open, session a committee headed By Pr.
MArling was appointed to prepare all the
lTesbytery at Its special IN Getting to-day.
The delegates selected to the meeting OF the
f Busd Dr. saGfsSfs sTs BE- GsDasS
/. Birch. DR.; James @. Patterson, Dr. w; ID.
buchanan, the hey, Ihomhs Douglas. the rev.
W c. Stitt. The elders selected as delegates
are: Col. A. p. Ketchum. James Yereance. ".
r. Worrall. Col. John j. McCook, Logan c.
Murray. and George f Sterry.
Comment was occAsioned by the defeat Of
DR.. John Hall, who was q candidate for dele-
gate. IL was known that DIR. Hall would have
hoen glad to be selected. DR. Hall seemed to
have been sighted By his own party In the
Pre- sbytery. He has besn one OF the leading
in the long controversy between
the radicals and the conservatives over tho
Briggs trouble.
The conservatives were out In force and
nearly every delegate Is q conservative. A
M IN Der OF the Preshytery said that DIR. Halls
defeat may have been due to the fact that the
do not consider him . fierce
enough partisan. In tho recent IN lettings OF the
Pressytery DIR. Hall has counselled m cd Grafton.
and ask ed the bret hren to be- kind to anoth-
er. DIR. Hall received q very small number Of
votes. The Rev. Mr. Douglas. pastor Of the Four
teenth street chapel. which Is sustained as q |
mission by DR.. Halls church. was elected, and
received about three tlmes Ms many votes as
DR.. Hall. Several radicals voted for DIR. Hall
out OF consideration OF his stand in the recent