The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-16


from that OF his opponents. AT his resi-
dence in Queen Anne ne talks freely and
frankly. answering every QUESTION with
/ precision and elaboration.
DR.. Ford's Statement.
II am A churchman-a Methodist Ep!s-
| copal churchman." said DR.. Ford. Il be-
I leve that all church matters should be
/ settled within the church and / sincerely
/ regret that this matter has reached the
/ public. II has not done 50 through me,
| and II must have been the other side,
/ which also processes 10 regret It.
Il can not account for the tendency 10
! opposition in this country. The laymen do
/ not recognize authority. Their action is
/ more that OF Congregationalism AS pre-
| siding elder here, / represent the bishop,
1 and as such have all OF his powers in his
/ absence. The pastorate OF the Methodist
I Episcopal church consists OF the bishop.
| presiding elder and pastor in charge, and
| each IS respectively under the authority
/ or the preceding one. / have no desire to
use the authority which I have against
! my so-caIed enemies. l do not consider
| them as enemies and feel the same toward
/ them as TO my best friends
I'm my management of the affairs OF
| the district in my charge I recognize a
/ church life. That is Methodism and any
/ denominationalism tends 10 Catholicity. l
endeavor 10 promote church life. In the
/ second place I measure a man by results
/ and make promotions when il can be done
/ in harmony with the good of the church
! l have never promoted any one because
! he is friend nor opposed him because he
IS an enemy. ] do not seek to reward
/ friends regardless of merit and have no
enemies TO punish. It is true that some
! pastors have left the district but with
/ each II was a case Of promotion, which
IS according to my regular rule.
The Arkansas Preachers.
This suggests the charge that ! am i'm
porting Arkansas preachers. There are a
/ number Of them Gere. Only one of them
was brought here by me and that was
Rev. y. p. Tedrick. OF the Trinity church.
| or this city. He was in the Arkansas con-
| ference when l left It and he is the only
| man whom T. B. Ford ever brought 10
/ this community. Rev. William Iudwck
| the pastor at South Prairie, came here
/ in 1858 and was assigned 10 Puyallup by
Presiding Elder T. j. Massey. Rev. w. T.
Ford, who is a second or third cousin of
mine, came TO the Columbia river confer
! ence, and was stationed at Dayton in 1882
the year before | came He is a native
/ OF North Carolina. but came through Ar
kansas. stopping there one year. never
/ saw him till then. In 1890 Rev. c. E. Gun
/ ningham, a native of Illinois, but after
/ wards a resident of Missouri, and for a
/ time resident of Arkansas, was assigned
by Presiding Elder IT. d. Brown, of Ia
/ coma. Rev. G. H. Fees. native of Ohio
( but who lived in Arkansas. was assigned
/ 10 place by Presiding Elder W. II.
3 Drake. of Seattle, in 1890. Rev. l.. J. Cow
ington, a former resident of Arkansas
came IN 1890. but direct from Boston, and
he was brought by the Olympia Collegiate
Institute His brother, NJ A Covington
also came direct from Boston. but unfor-
/ tunately. I reckon, he lived in Arkansas
at one time. Rev 4. 5. Gregg, of South
E a ne vha in
+ Arka nsas, and was licensed to preach by
! Dr.. S. A. Bright, of this city.
financia! support Cannot BE Withheld.
/ These are all OF the Arkansas pastors
except myself and ] came in May. 1890
and finished the conference year at Cen
trdlia and the next year was al Olympia
where the church was very prosperous. I
did not care to enter into assigned pas
torates. such as those given to men Of the
class of Gilbert. George and Shanklin,
prefering to build UP a conference home
I much prefer pastorate work for three
reasons: First. TO be at home as much
as possible secondly. for the larger oppor-
tunIty Of study. ard thirdly the larger
compensation. No branch OF the pastOrate
IS so poorly paid as the presiding elder
and no man would hang on for the money
there is IN Il. But that talk about GER
tain churches not going to contribute a
; cent 10 my support IS contrary TO the law
+ or the ChOfCQ. when requires lndt Iue re-
ceipts be pro rated and the three branches
J Of the pastorate settle on that basis. They
can not prevent me from getting my share
II knew Bishop Bowman first in 1873.
/ He knows me and knows my wife. for we
lived just south Of him at Little Rock
! while he resided a. st. Louis. He knows
/ that the charges against me are untrue.
The source o. OppoSitioE.
Now. want to say right here that
4 never represented TO Bishop Bowman
I that the opposition came from Johnson
/ and Nichols. The opposition comes from
a part of the Trinity church and all OF
+ the First church in this city. It is from
q few pastors. and that is in reality all
there is TO II. Johnson and Nichols are
! necessarily a part Of il and behind il. but
1 not the leading part. have never taken
UP three minutes Of a bishops time in my
own behalf until this conference, and l
did talk 70 the bishop for a few minutes
+ only. because knew there was oppos ton
/ I met him a the train. but did not speak
/ of the subject ard did not speak Of John
/ son and Nichols The bishop. since taking
/ charge OF this district. has written me
three letters. and have answered them.
/ bur never a word has passed about this
affair
More people waited on the bishop in
/ my behalf than on the other side. but
! did not want TO disturb him nor take up
/ his time, and did not care TO stir up con-
/ fusion.
The Gilbert and George Affairs.
Il stood by Or Gilbert 10 the last and
! when the first quarterly conference re-
J duced his salary ! insisted that IL should
/ he kept UP a moral obligation The
/ discussion during three sessions vaNed
. warm and ho who is man with Hne
/ sensihiiirieS. was compelled 20 sit and us
/ ten When he told me that he had ac-
I cepted r call in the East ] was as much
+ surprised as anybody. I could have used
! my authority against him for his hereti-
( cal utterauces. which We're printed in the
+ newspapers. had wanted % make
( trouble 7 could have forwarded the
/ clippings 10 tho college Of bishops. IN my
/ official capaai
+ When pr. George came I had nobody
( else TO pat in | lid not know him. hut
+ he said We had met al Eastern confer
/ en1eS- lie was appointed by bishop fltz-
( gerald and ala not seek 70 influence the
( great confidence Of the latter II him. ]
! stood hv nr George favored his reap
/ p5Intne0t q the close Of the nrst year,
I and az the close of his second year I saw
/ II was useless 10 TRY TO get him Teappoint-
( e. In the conference his name vas not
/ THE MODERN
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