The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-27
RECTOR GRANTS MAN WINS.
ELECTION or TRUSTEE or THE
CHAPEL or THE COMFORTER.

CHAPEL or TBg CoHFORTER.
Syprorters OF the REV. Nr. vsu WISH
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views Unui They Rssehed ths Sidewalk
Two congregational m setings Of the Chaps
Of the Comforter were held Yesterday evening
The fret was held in the chapel at S14 Green
wich street. and the second. vhloh was In
formal and in the nature Of q protest agsins
the nrst. was held on the sidewalk in front o
tho chapel at the conclusion Of the FIRST The
object OF the m Getting. a. originally intended
was to elect trustee Of the chapel. but the
whole matter at issue was really the difier
snces which have lately arisen between the
Rev. Percy s. Grant and some Of the conRre
cation consequent upon Mr. Grants dismissal
Of the Rev. Edward II. Van Wrinkle. who for
hfteen years had been pastor Of tho chapel.
Mr. Grant II rector Of the Church Of the As-
censIon. at Fifth avenue and Tenth street, and
as such is President OF the Board OF Trustees
Of the Ascension Mission Association. which
controls the Chapel OF the Comforter. At q re-
cent congregational meeting OF the chapel a
protest was made against the action Of Mr..
Grant in removing Mr.. Van Wrinkle. Mr.. Grant
was not present. Il was Understood that he
was to be present at last nights meeting. and
the Van Wrinkle faction were determined to put
him on the defence in regard to his dismissal
OF their former pastor.
Before the meeting was called to order Mr..
Grant. who had come early. requested several
reporters who had also come early. to leave
the room. on the ground that the meeting was
private and that no account Of 1t in the papers
was desired. As the reporters were about leav-
ing. members OF the congregation requested
them to remain. saying that the majority
Of the congregation wanted the meeting to be
Ia la,l al e. .nl~
compelled to. whersupcn the rector sun m on cd
Policeman Hall OF the Charles street station.
who is n member Of the chapel congregation.
After some discussion the officer adopted the
suggestions OF n reporter and advised Mr.. Grant
to put the matter to vote OF the congrega-
tion, the newspaper men agreeing to leave II
the congregation so voted. Mr. Grant declined
TO entertain this suggestion. and the reporters
left the room and waited outside until the
meeting was over.
When the meeting was called to order +. A.
Stout, q Grant man, was elected Chairman.
Then Mr. T. X. Lawrence got on his feet to
speak. but the Chairman said that the meeting
was for the purpose Of elsctinR . trustee, and
that no other question would be considered.
Miss Lillian A. Bennett got up. holding letter
in her hand.
II have here letter which would like to
read" she began. 1T is from"
You are out Of order" interrupted the
Chairman. This is no place for reading let
Nominations for trustee were declared in
order. MIR. Grant read law providing that
could vote. As many OF the Van Wipkle sup
porters are women and yon ,,n mep this wfMsa
Wne.s friends say ali memsef. q ihs
congregation had voted on such questions.
and they were dnte for this move
though fully sixty people were present. or
these woes Mr. Koshlsr, 2 Van Var %inkis man.
g. and Policeman Hall. ]. As a majority vote
was necessary to elect. a second ballot was
q votes to koehlsr's 8.
After this MIR; Grant made a speech. saying
that whatever u G he bad done had been for the
want this chapel to grow in strength and
sss :. d 10 ne III. S'c the
as it has been done in the past II you have
come 10 me at my house. l can be found from
= in the morning to 3 in the afternoon, or from
TO y IN o the sIyyenns and VIII regard 1t as
What did YOU dismiss Mr.. Van Wrinkle
Either the question did not reach the rec
tors ears or he did not choose to regard It. for
WITH ri tbs ss aSs his
kuttell would occupy the chapel pulpit for q |
month. Then u, mesting was adjourned,
under the nearest lamppOst
We want the meeting reported In tho pa !
psr, r, N We rp want . is made ppmSiic" Mr.:
Z public meeting here any way" cried q num- |
Lst'S elect a Chairman and hold regular
meeting here. suggested some one.
got notes OF the proceedings Let her read
: So Bliss Bennett, holding her notes up to tho
crowd who frequently interrupted her by com
mems. read out the proceedings. Pas.ers by
stopped in surprise Mt the strange gathering.
and policeman came over to SEQ what was
This means the ruin Of this chapel" said
one. Lots OF the members will leave for
other churches. Mr.. Van Wrinkle was well
Il, here; and Mr. Grant. when he dismissed
. Most Of the Grant faction are dependent on
the chapel mission anyway" said another.
some OF them live in the chapel house. and
10 the real congregation voted. instead OF
only . few, things would have been different"
put In a third They rung in that law on US.
Mr.: I. II. Lawrence said:
MI. Grant made u great mistake whom he
Mr. Van Wrinkle. and he made
mother tonight. The trouble is that he
sally since he came to the Church OF the Ascsn-
sion, and he can't be expected to know what
. good for the chapel as well as people who
light should have been public. Ii Mr. Grant
/, fair and SQUARE In his . and why should he
rot things his own way. We couldn't get a
II Mr.. Van Winkls, and I suppose this endsit
some OF the professionals said that since the
iinheulty more than twsnty-hvs members OF
he chapel have arranged to go to other
'hurches-