The San Francisco call., 1896-02-03
DR., BROWN WAS
IN EVIDENCE,
Contented Himself With
Merely Defining His
Legal Rights.
AT EVENING SERVICE.
He Made a Plain Talk to the
Young Christian En-
deavorerS.
BAY ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE.
The Minutes Show That They Had
and Still Have Full Power
TO Investigate.

According to the programme announced
exclusively in THE CALL, DIR. c. o. Brown
surrendered the pulpit of the First Con-
gregatlonal Church to Professor r. Z.
Lloyd yesterday. This he did of his own
volition in Difference, as he publicly stated,
to the wishes of his friends. He made it
clear at the same time that he did not pro-
pose to reIinquish IN the slightest degree
his legal rights to his position as pastor,
and that he reserved the right to occupy
the pulpit at any time he felt disposed to
do so.
There was a good attendance in the
morning, though considerable portion of
thither by the original announcement that
DR.. Brown was to preach. DR.. Brown
stated that he thought there was the usual
attendance of members while those who
are opposed to the pastor claimed that
there was falling off.
Dr. Brown opened the services in the
customary manner and also announced
the hymns. There was a brief consulta-
tion between him and Professor Lloyd, at
the conclusion of which the latter offered
mp prayer, in the course of which he said: :
Bless our pastor. Help him in this his hour
destroy him.
DR.. Brown announced that the regular
weekly meeting of the Young Peoples
Society for Christian Endeavor would be
held in the church at $50 o'clock. He
also announced that on Wednesday night
there would be a meeting in the church to
decide upon the passage of the resolution
adopted by the joint committee. "This
4 ats.
the constitutional requirements of this
church" He added that he had few
words to say of personal nature and then
spoke as follows:
have recons idered my determination to oe-
cupy my pulpit. This action was taken on the
advice of two or three kind friends, who are
near to me, and whose full confidence 1 have.
But in SO doing l surrender none of the legal
rights possess. retain the right to return to
my pulpit whenever choose, and until then
shall personally-the church will not-inYite
some friend to preach for the church.
In view OF the fact that for thirty-six days
the daily newspapers have devoted page or
more to my reputation do not wonder that
some of these people have lost their confidence
in me.
1 do not want to create any dissension among
the people of my church, and it is simply out
of regard for them that I have determined
upon my present course.
10 Difference TO my friends shall invite my
frien5 Mr. Lloyd to supply my pulpit from
time TO time, until the tribunal shall pass upon
the terrible things that have been said about
me.
l am glad to see that the church is not to be
empty, S. some were sure it would be by the
announcement that the pastor would preach.
From this point Professor r. r. Lloyd
led the services. His discourse was what
he termed an expository sermon and was
based on the first four verses of the first
chapter of st. Luke. 1t was divided into
four heads, as follows: The writer, the
sources, the manner and the motive.
Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, her daughter Hat
tie, Mrs. Brown and Valentine Brown
were among those in attendance. But
neither Mrs. Stockton nor Matte Overman
was visible.
Some time ago it was stated that when
DR.. Brown and Matte Overman made the
trip to Tacoma in company the minister
procured a ticket for Miss Overman, repre-
senting her to be his niece. Inquiry at the
railroad Office elected the statement that
there was no record to show that any such
representation had been made.