The San Francisco call., 1896-05-01
The Pastor" and His Family
Intend Visiting Among r
: !. .::....- s. +. ! - !. Friends. ~.
IMPORTANT: PAPERS MISSING.
The Church. Clerk. Is Anxious TO Know
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: With an:old hat iammed on his head, a
!" pat1iarchaf .oyerceat:- :.enyeloping* his
receding. form, ana a pair: of sorry gloves
: covering his hands, the Rev. DR.. Brown,
VIXEN seen. at his home yesterday, looked
8 every inel a=man e M a-moying g '-
:. : :: And m OWN CHE was. His month rent
was III indfriends hadinvited him and
Ibis family 20. spend :: a season of sadly
needed rest. amid: peaceful surroundings,
:: and %.the .ex- pastor OF the First Congrega-
tional Church hummed a:cheery hymn
tune to"himself as he:battled amid noun
I tains f>bedsteads and bric-a-brac.s ~.
- ;:lle said, ,::.with:,a bright smile,
when asked as to: :his.future. movements,
i 81 m: going to give rlys Ell: and my family
lteryalz OF rest and. abrief% %surcease
). from the#dreadful. worrime MT which has
:: kept*u all. on the rack. for SO long. For
tlre. present I am m aking noplans, ,as what
r.: ost= need rs peace: and :qu met Some
! goo d. and. faithful friends have placed
tlIeir= homes and their hearts at our: dis
..Tosal3 and We are going to take. advantage
sof their great kiTdness:3,:z Is -.
/: :-..',tW Where.d o.those friends hve?" inquired
:: a ren0rter: who happened: 10 be present. ;.
5,,:N eYer:miiid nreplied the#d doctor with
some. Spirits; ..w hen E:Get:. ready Eli send
round niy=cards if l take the<notion. ::
r.. :.s:B y:the "way,' :: went: ON the ex-pastor,
:. enthusiastically =. .tdld. You notice how my
: flock stood :bY*me last night?% If ever l
fell proutiit wa $ / hen: :..* "
!: =: s.. sit seemed to- sne e. that there was one
: prude Mt and dignited course topurs ne un-
.de er. tire ci Fcun stances: nam ely.-to make
s-littte PERSONAL sacrifice in: erdeE= 10: save
!. nIy:dear ehurc h from. disruption Hence
J: III u res lgn alton and insistence uponits ac-
"A al re- : q. =.
=. 4 lie 5:parlors+ OF: the pastoral residence
were full OF friends, VINO: had: gathered to-
Clve:the eiraforrne er: IaStor AN" assurance of
II heir f9yalty: Some of::them had come
from a agreatdist apce at no: small expense
:iiiorder to. take part. in the church meeting
Z. OF: the preceding evening. -.
!: #: s::.. Don t You Know; DIR: Br, M said one
- ali,,sGsra H+-h aired gentlemon. mpressively,
: ct haiti you =Wlslled:YouCol corgnnjze an
.:independent church in this:y ry City with
:fSat least 200 Sustaining lmemb bers. and an
az erase IS unday attendance: of 1900 or
lnere?2n' ~: -: ;: : ~:
= =.:sPlease don't speak of what i might or
:. could do > rejoined the doctor;-@.what j
want to:do,is my duty as minister and a
= Christian: :: i am not looking: for a chance
:: 10 shine before the public. Indeed i; L have
= had enoug b. Of =notoriety already, heaven
? knows. = :. -. :. =: : .,*. .
'..At:.i his jltlctnre: the postman brought a
= couple. of letters for the.:clergym DR..
Brown read one. ana thrust it in his pocket
: He then: tore omen the other; and, as he
:" "perused it, "a smile irradiated his counte-
.:nance: - :@:. -. =: -. <- ~ =: = :
.'.Look atthat,'' e:cried, concealing the
=. signature and showing the: letter to a
=. friend who. stood near him. '.Who can
: say now thatC. O.: Brown has no friends?''
- The letterwas an autograp invitation
from.W. L. Goodwin pastor: of the Cali
:2fornia-s street NJ. E. Church, expressing the
: hope that the reverend doctor would oc-
:. cqpy the sender's pulpit on Sunday after
next - Il -. ::
..@W hats the use OF. speaking about the
future.2'3. e. asked Mrs: Brown. .:-@sT am: so
: much afraid that things may be misre pre-
sented.!n - = :: ::~;@ IT, -:
- ~ have. nothing TO conceal, replied the
:. doctors. - W hat i say*here at home am on Q
my:frlendsI m RI, would:procain,'i il :neces ssary,
:: from the housetops: Hasn't O.. O. Brown
:: as much right :as: anybody else to take a
:. v vacation: and go or come where he pleases,
II he does 'rfght?'i. 80: =: ::
= 4'tYes, rejoined Mrs. Brown "but / ha te
-: TO have people know hat we are moving"
". =, We are not.comm mitting a crime," was
!: the clergyman's response. t'If we choose
e.. to visit friends I@cannot see what shame
there can be intit:or: what reason for con.
=: cealng 1t. = Further than: this / cannot
Z speak K in ! relation to my future move.
ments.h -: =. -
3; nv dlQemar. .f.":Chrlstensen;" the: church
:: clerk, was jublIant when the matter of his
pastors attitude: was mentioned. +: =:
:. +: s: DR.. Brown he said, nhas come out
= from his pastorate with. his head as high
3 .*as when he.first took chargeof the church,
- Otcourse we are sorry TO lose him.: but he
preferred that lit should be: so and the
:: members. acceded.< though: most =unwill.
:: lngly. = The: oPposition$ as they .call@it
would gladly. have refused to accent the
:. resignation in order to. be able Ito expel
" the pastor If 1t could, but in spite of all its
(: endeavors. the! flock obeyed the voice OF
the shepherd; :. =:
:: Or. Brown has no reason to fear for his
= future. During the; past few IN months enc.
:: mics have: sprung up in various onarters;;
but friends, noble and .inhuential. have
crowded aboutthe accused pastor from fai
=: and: near. DR.. Brown has held s>own:
and held it we'll.
There is another m after about which !
am somewhat. worried, N:continued. Mr.
:. Christensen. ."I have been :ordered nv tic
pastor: and: trustees to write certain let
ters, which / cannot write until I have
some docum ents before me These docu
ments on: the night. before the .meetine
were spirited off to one Of the newspapeI
offices, and though L have made the. mos
strenuous: efforts TO regain! possession O
them l. have not yet succeeded. lever
went to the. newspaper office on Wednes
day night shortly before midnight bu
-: was unable to learn anything as TO the fat
:. of the papers which:were, or should hnv
been, entrusted to my official keeping. II
easel do: not get them this: evening I will
have to adopt legal measures for their re
covery." :: =: - :
Opponents of DR.. c. o. Brown went n,
and down yesterday in the elevator of th
Columbia building in high glee.
They were on their way to and from tn,
Office of Dr.Jonathan T. Mcdonald I,
: squeeze his hand and to congratulate. hin
and one another on the fact that DIR
Brown was no longer pastor of thei
church.
They speculated as to the identity OF th
new pastor, but no one was mentioned TO
- that position, according to DIR. Mcdonald
statement. and nothing had been done O
was on foot looking toward the naming O
a successor to the vacant pastorate. =:
In fact the doctor. who has been at tn
head of the anti-Brown forces for month
past, did not seem to know any NOR
about the affairs OF the church than tn
elevator boy.
Deacon Morse denied the report tha
there had been meeting of d.. Brown
friends yesterday morning. He said tha