The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-06
TO HEAR BOTH SIDES
Puget Sound Presbytery Takes
Up the Alison Case.
THE CHARGES AND The: ANSWER
IL is Alleged Tie Sermons DO Not Feed
Hungry souis-He Wants His OPP
ponentS 20 speak Ont.

TreB3fyfefy, which was called f0Zefnef ~
Moderator ". A. Major 70 take action
upon tbs charges that had been made
against Or. Alexander Alison. OF the First
Presbyterian church. b. the "diesenters
The pastor who IS under IRE. was On
hand and aid not appear 70 b IN ths least
Hurried BY the gaze ~ many searching
syes. He was dressed tn his usual neat
way and carried himself in the sane rather
aristocrafIc way 20 familiar 20 those VINO
have seen him ia the pulpit. When the
several memorials. petitions and com
plants which had been presented b. MS
friends ard enemies had been referred %
q commit -. he took occasion 10 make a
few remarks, in which he asked that the
meeting might be frank and open. thai II
anybody had anything 10 say against hlfI1.
De would say 81. lie said 20 had looked
forward for long time TO having Things
sald 10 his face that he was sorry 81 SAY.
lad been said behind his back.
No action was taken az last nights ses-
sion except 70 appoint committees. 70
which the charges were referred The sos-
r'aIss wlli begin again al o.eioeN t'4is
morning and II Is expected tnat ihe com
ralttaea' reports win then De made.
When Moderator W. 4. Major, ~ tho
North Seattle Presbyterian church, Opened
tho session. the church vas weil hIed WIN
people who seemed to take deep inter-
49, IN everything that vas g.sid and done.
Tor something sensational 10 occur ~ any
moment 81 Size Puget Sound Presbyiery
there we're present the following
Member Present.
Ministers Edmund Wright. George r.
Nhitworth. Calvin IS. Stewart. Donald
uoga. Isam Wheels, Thomas MacGuife
James a Lsgrif. F. H. Fordney. - ~.
Davenport a. g. Boyd. W = AackeF.
E g. Fcad iZoberi Boyd. AleNand"r Ati-
ron. y. a. Major. J. " Dorrance' Joha
McNil.an 8nd s. ! KENNEDY
rlders-D : souIe. Is T.. Thomas. =.
r. Hswley. George 4 kellogg. r ~.
culver can't ~. r. Ballard, r.. Calvert
". X Loose. j. Could. h. smth ana
Homer T.. BAH
Rev s. ! Kennedy was elected tempo
rary cierl. and Rcv. Robert Boyd report
ing clerk The committee on arrange
Inents then presented hs report. recon-
intending that the sessions commence al
O'Clock in the morning. the first half hour
"a no spent IN devotional exercises. and
te end al T. o'clock. the afternoon SEES
sessions 70 commence a o'clock ana end
1T s. the evening sessions 90 begin at s.3'
and end At ~ O'Clock
rail for papers was then made and
the clerk read the memorials and petit
lions. The Grst one read was resolution
adopted 81 a meeting OF the session OF the
church held October $. as follows.
For AIi~on'- Removal.
Resolved That whereas d3eFe how cX-
lists ia our congregation general aud
growing dissatisfaction with the pre%lcniIiE
and pastoral work of our pastor. Rev Al
sxauder Alison u. d. and whereas many
of the congregation Of Tho church are
allenated from him. and the spiritual in-
terests OF the church are suffering Oh dh-
count or SAID dissatisfaction and ahens-
tion; and
whereas. The knowledge Of these facts
has been imuarted 30 the pastor boy the
elders, and they have consulted with him
how TO remove these hindranccs 20 his
usefulness; and
whereas, our pastor has failed 10 sa.-
isfy the session that these hindrances can
be removed In any other way than by
dissolution OF the pastoral relations. noW
therefore. be Il
Resolved. That Il IS tho Judgment OF
this session that our pastor has outliv'd
siis usefulness }n this church, and that Ne
believe that the best interest Of tic church
would be conserved by our pastors asking
tho congreg CATION "a join with him Ia re-
quasting the presbytery 20 dissolve tae
pastoral relation, and he IL further
''Resolved. TAat a copy u THIS resolu-
tion be given our pastor. Dr Alison. and
that he be requested 20 Eiv" tho session
definite answer as 70 hls intended course
at "a meeting of Che session % be- hold on
Thursday evening. Tho ipth inst. az the
close ~ prayer meeting
Then The following memorial, which was
adopted at "A meeting of tFc session held
November 3 was rosd.
Ia Ills Favor.
"t'avng requested Your early conyca-
'uT 90 consider tl- serious difficulties thHt
east iu cHr rHftrl n. th.uk 90 tut GIL .t
thai $50 eHouif r.-a present oar Wow
az Che fat.er. aHi fnrEesr % Nour ret.t-