The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-17
ANOTHER
DEMAND.
The Evangelical Association Insists
Upon Its Claim.
NO PROPERTY FOR SALE
The Newly Assigned Pastor Says There
Must be an Unconditional Surrender
to the Discipline of the Church.

Rev. J. S. Newhart, pastor of the Zion
church of the Evangelical Association,
Pottsville, who was recently appointed |
by Bishop S. G. Breyfogle and the Presid.
ing Elders of the Eastern Pennsylvania
Conference to take charge of the Ebenezer |
Evangelical church of this town, made |
an official visit here yesterday afternoon |
and called at the HERALD office. He |
stated that his mission was as a minister
of the church to save and administer to
the wants of the people.
Rev. Newhart also stated that he ex- |
poets, ere long, to arrange regular SER
vices here and has issued the following as |
a part of an official pastoral address to the |
members of the congregation on the criti- |
cal stage through which the church has |
passed of late;
ITO those members of the Evangelical |
Association, scattered throughout the |
bounds of the East Pennsylvania Confer
ence, who have been associated with the
so called minority movement" but
whose sincere and evident purpose it has
been throughout to remain in the denomi-
nation in the name of our blessed Lord,
greeting
1--WE desire to say to you, therefore, that
in placing the properly authorized pastors
into the various pulpits and in restoring
a normal status in the congregations, not
one among you who desires to remain in
the church with us, and who sincerely
subscribes to its doctrines, submits
to its order and discipline, and
accepts the conclusions of the
General Conference, held at indianapolis,
Ind, in 1891, will be barred out, but on
the contrary your membership with all
its rights, privileges, and obligations will
be sacredly regarded. We speak in the
name of East Pa. Conference of the
Evangelical Association and voice the
sentiment Of the Church at large.
"Do not allow yourselves, because of
any personal preference or prejudice, to
become permanently aliensted in your
affections and attachment from the
church we all have reason to love so
much. We entreat you in the sacred
name of our Lord to worship in the
church at whose altars you were saved,
under whose ministrations you were
edited in Christ Jesus, and whose history
and spirit we all hold in such honored
and hallowed memory Your present and
eternal welfare is our highest concern,
and that none of those whom God has
given as heritage to the Evangelical
Association should be lost either to the
church or to her divine Lord, our highest
purpose"
Rev. Newhart spoke quite frankly with
the reporter on the situation of the affairs
of the church and admitted that one of
the objects of his visit was identical with
that of Rev. FredeIicks' visit here last
week - to gain possession of the church
keys. He called upon several members of
the church, he said, and they told him of
the action taken by the congregational
meeting on Monday night, which, of
course, put out of question the surrender
of the keys without legal proceedings.
In answer to question as to whether he |
had heard Of the congregations decision |
to ascertain the price at which the church |
could be bought Rev. Newhart said that
such overtures would be useless that the |
Evangelical Association intended to place
itself in possession here and had no prop.
erty for sale.
In regard to the standing Of the con.
gregation the visitor said that the Evan |
gelical Association did not propose to
drive anybody out of the fold, but rather
aimed to keep everybody within it, sub |
ject, of course to the discipline of the
party which had been successful in the
battle through the courts. Such member
who may be unwilling TO subject them
selves to that discipline will be allowed to
depart and will be marked on the records
Of the Evangelical Association as lille
gally withdrawn"
When asked as to the standing of Rev.
Lichtenwalner and other clergymen who
sided with the Dubsites in the conflict,
Rev. Newhart said he wished to say that
Rev. Lichtenwalner and himself had been
warmest friends and colleagues in the
Evangelical Association work for the past
sixteen years and were still warm friends
personally. AS to the standing of the
clergymen who were on the side that lost
the court battles he was sorry TO say they
had openly opposed the prevailing powers
and were therefore marked as "illegally |
withdrawn" They are no longer mem
bers of the Evangelical Association
clergy.
Bishop Breyfogel will conduct service
in the Pottsville Evangelical church next
Sunday evening and will hold service in
the church of this town later on. Rev.
NeWhart said the Association would not
be in hurry to institute legal proceed
ings to gain possession of the church, as
it did not want to put costs ON the con-
gregation. He had hopes that the keys
would soon be surrendered to save the
expense. AS soon as they are he will take
possession.