The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-30
SADIE MEANS INDICATED.
The General Assembly Takes a Broad
View of the Case-The Use OF Tcie-
phones on Sunday Case
Of Necessity.

View of the Case-The Use Of Tcle-
phones on Sunday q Case
OF Necessity.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 2l-The
General Assembly Of the Southern
Presbyterian Church met in adjourned
session to-day. DR.. Blackman, repre-
senting the Charleston Presbytery, eon-
Guided bis argument. He was followed
by the Rev. DR.. Finn, representing
the Synod of South Carolina, which
reversed the Presbytery and ordered
that Miss Means be granted letter of
withdrawal that she may be eligible
elsewhere. Dr.. Finn made powerful
argument, in which the points in
yolved in the question OF the case were
entered into and discussed at great
length. 49,.
Acting Moderator Lansley called the
Assembly to order at Up. N. DR.. Moore
introduced a resolution affecting ire
sponsible evangelists and unlicensed
persons, which was docketed. ,..
DR.. Finn then continued his speech
on the judiciary committee r.port on
the Sadie Means case, and discussed
the facts in the case and claimed that
an unfair distinction had been made in
the case of Miss Means, for other peo-
pie in the Church were as guilty as she
with the Church's knowledge.
He claimed that the session had
honestly. .eoniounded the facts and the
legal conclusions to be dedueed from
them. He argued that the use Of the
telephone on Sunday was necessity,
and the result of its use was the lessen
ing of Sunday labor. His speech was
strong presentation of the syuod's
position.
DR.. Luper followed and spoke in
favor of enforcing the law as it stood,
and not constitute laws to fit every
case. This was not a case OF the law
as it should be, but as it was. If Miss
Means work was necessity she should
not be disciplined; if it was not, she
should be. The question was, did the
Synod do right-he argued that the
session and Presbytery did right.
The vote was taken and each mem
ber had minutes to explain his vote
and express his views. The roll-call
began at 40 and closed at $40. The
result was, not to sustain the appeal
from the Synod Il, to sustain 4S, to
sustain in part s.
The following committee was ap-
pointed to state the judgment: Dr.. Dan
lei McP Pheeters and ]. w. Weldon.
THE JUDGMENT OF THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY.
Especial to News and Courier.l
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 26.-The
Assembly to-day adopted the following
| as its judgment in the Sadie Means
case decided yesterday. The committee
appointed to formulate the judgment
OF the Court in the cause of appeal o.
the Charleston Presbytery against the
Judgment Of the Synod Of South Caro-
lima in re the complaint of Ainsley &
Monteith and Emma NJ. Monteith vs.
the session of the Second Presbyterian
Church. OF Columbia, S. G., and subse'
quently vs.. Charleston Presbytery
would submit the following as the
judgment of the Assembly: This ap.
peal having been heard according tc
due process Of law the Assembly firds
]. That the record of the cause does
not clearly show that the aforesaid
Sadie Means came before the session Of
the Second Presbyterian Church of Co
lunbia, s. c., to make known to the
Court, as provided in Paragraph 234
that she was guilty Of violating the
Sabbath by working in . telephone
Office on the Lords day, and therefore
the record lacks the statement which
authorizes judgment without process
| 2. The decision of the session was
reached without trial, as provided II
Paragraph 174, and these two para
graphs, 234 and 174, limit the sessions
power.
8. The decision was made in undue
haste and at the first and only sitting
of the Couct so far as the record.
show.
4. The sentence of suspension from
the communion was ofexcessive severi
ty, the premises considered.
tits the judgment of the Assembly
that the appeal be not sustained, ane
that the decision ofthe Synod Of Soutf
Carolina be affirmed. In connection
with thisjudgment the Assembly deem
it wise to reafirm its immutable con
viction az to the universal and perpetua
obligation to remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy"
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