The evening times., 1896-01-15
probably be soon taken if he continues with

probably be soon taken If he continues with
| us.
9th lie. "He suggested TO the trustees that
he could not increase the revenues of the
| church unless he occupied the pu pit at the
| morning service" This is another infa-
| nous lie. by ascribing u Dir. Taimage what
| he never proposed, and what, if ii was
| even suggested. WAS done by outside people
| who desired TO attend on his ministry.
eth lie. Rev. Adoiphus Allen, who has
| been assistant 10 DR.. Sunderland for sew
| erll years and usually breaches Sabbath
| mornings" There is no Adolphus Allen
| VINO has been assistant for several years nj
usually breaches sabbath mornings. This
| lie is comparatively or small Importance.
except 10 show how little regard Tor truth
| and accuracy the liar has.
oth lie. '.Dr. Allen applied to
| the session, ma .ority OF whom sustain
| him." This is one OF those lies which have
truth for the handle ana falsehood for the
blade. Mr.. Allen was conferred with as
TO his rcSigDation. and was offered 81 900
II he should resign, which he declined. lie
could not technically appeal to the ses
sion, but he conferred with them. The re-
suit T'as correspondence between the
session and trustees and they came TO
an agreement to ask Mr.. Allen to waive
his right to preach Sabbath morning, as
they did the same thing with me. TO which
] readily assented. But Mr.. Allen would
not yield, and the session to Il man, as
am informed, now disapproves his course
9th lie But Mr.. Alien and DIR. Sunder-
such dictation." This is lie leo out " Of Whole
cloth so far as j am concerned. 1 do
not feel there has been any dictation to
me and am sorry Mr.. Allen cannot see it
IN the same light. Mr.. Allen, whose Chris
tion name is AdoloS, is not a ID. D., nor
my assistant, but my associate. He has
been with us nearly two years, we have
never had any friction, so far as ] am
aware OF, and now he takes his course
independently and j take mine, and this
Is the first serious question in which we
have differed in judgment, as differ We
do very widely.
e 10Th lie. '.Dr. Talmage was permitted to
preach Sunday evenings as Il specuia ion"
This is in every fair import OF it an out
ragenus and abomina bic lie. another OF The
devils own. The only grain of truth in
IL is that he does preach Sabtatn evenings.
11th lie. IF ii is not agreeable to him
they say he can discontinue his services |
but they do not intend to permit him TO
elbow them out of the pulpit altogether, |
aud have appealed The presbytery against |
the action of the tru-tees."
l cannot permit this falsehoOd TO go |
unexposed, so far as l am concerned. |
As To myself il is false in every particular, |
and II Is mGst gross and flagrant in !
1ESiice to aud calufuuy upon Dr. Iaimarp
who from the very first that he heard of |
the movement has counselled and urged for |
the peace ard harmony of the chD rch, ex
pressing himself as entirely satisfied with |
the existing arrangements, and whose |
only ofrense Is that great multitude of |
people prefer TO hear him rather than Mr..
Allen or myself. and now he is made to
lying articles published by malignant and
mischef-ma king scribbicrs all over the
country, simply because God has en-
dowed him with rare faculties aud given
him the ears of the multitude.
1t is an outrageous shame that a lot of |
uDprincipled vilifiers and calumniators
should be permitted to SANDER and scandal
ize such man as DR.. Talma ge out of no
earthly conceivable motive but the purest
deyitry.
Believing you will feel the Justice of
righung the wrong you have done him by
the publication of that vile article, mised
as l doubt not You have been. by some |
worthless miscEeant who has thus imposed
upon you, remain. very respectfully, etc,
tsignedD BYRON SUNDERLAND.
MIR. ALIENS LETTER.
DR.. Talmage has left Washington for
New Orleans, and could not be seen as to the
possibility of bis resigning, and Rev. Adolos
Allen will take no steps pending the Pres
bytery's action. Mr.. Allen handed the re-
porter tn" following letter for publica-
tion:
Mr.. Editor: In the issue of your paper
on Monday afternoon, January IS, there
appeared a report of the proceedings on the
In that report the following sentence is
found: l. e., 'At the time Mr.. Allen asked
If that would mean his resignation, to
which Dr.. Sunderland replied perhaps he
now stands is liable to do DR.. Sunderland
a very great injustice, aud this no one
would regret more deeply than |. Permit
me to give you the exact language, as
read 1t from my paper before the presby-
terry. 1t is as follows: !. e., Il said to the
doctor lDr. SuDderlandD, What do you
mean? Is it part of your plan to have
DR.. Talmage come In here and go out?'
He said: 4 do not know about that. Brother
Allen, but what ] (Dr. Sunderiand) am
the one to co." This, you will observe,
Is very different statement from the one
In your paper. or course, know
you did not intend to make any report
OF the proceedings but Que that should be
correct, but this mistake is a serious one
ask that you allow me to make
this public explanation, as / know you
Will, In the spirit of she same courtesy which
you have always shown me. Yours truly,
ADOLOS ALLEN,
Co-Pastor First Presbyterian Church.