Evening journal., 1897-04-22

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TION.
Stan Correspondence Evening Journal
Middletown, April 22.-The Spring |
meeting of New Castle Presbytery is |
over, as is also great amount of un-
pleasant talk concerning some of the
ministers who constitute its member
ship and have pastoral charge of we'll
known churches.
Olivet Church's young and ambitious
pastor, Rev. T. e. Montgomery, has
demonstrated that his Christianity is
no sham by resigning as its pastor,
sacrificing all that is dear to him as Il
minister and turning himself out into
the world should Presbytery accept
his resignation and dissolve the pas
toral relations.
Rev. w. Frederick Lewis, who is such
a genial man and successful pastor that
nobody can but admire him, has hui
inflated himself to a confession of his
dOctrinal views, and they were so un-
questionably sound that Presbytery
not only declared it's faith in his or
thodoxy by saying so, but chose him as
it's representative 10 the General As
sembly, a distinctly high honor.
MR.. LEWIS CLEARS HIMSELF.
Mr.. Lewis case came first He naa
been charged with heresy. He arose
and addressing the Presbytery, said
Mr.. Moderator, l rise to a ques-
tion of personal privilege l desire to
make a statement.
Owing TO false and suspicious rumors
concerning my orthodoxy (most Of
, them press reports) / feel called upon
b. to conscientiously state in defence of a
cruel presentation that first, / believe
( in the atonement Of our Lord Jesus
/, Christ; second, l believe in the work
of the Holy Spirit of God third, / am
in harmony with the doctrine and form
of government of the Presbyterian
Church.
e This brief statement, Mr.. Moder-
y ator, ! owe to myself as a minister Of
I the church; to the Presbytery of the
laying on of whose hands received or
dination; to my church over whom, in
Gods Providence, l am called to be 4
4 minister
y y On motion of Rev. T. A. McCurdy,
+ d. D., Of Central Church, Wilmington,
e the statement was declared satisfac-
I tory and was unanimously adopted by
a rising vote.
OLIVET'S PASTOR GIVES UP.
The difficulties at Olivet Presbyter-
ian Church were formally brought be
le fore Presbytery by call for the report
D of the special commission of the Pres
= byterv appointed TO investigate affairs
[. at this church. The committee made
a series of recommendations which
m were afterward expunged from the
r minutes as, while they were being
d read, Rev. T. E. Montgomery sub.
r mittsd his resignation as pastor of oil.
le vet Church. Mr.. Montgomery said ht
" did this after most careful considera.
y ton and urged that the PresbyterJ
take action upon the resignation as
soon as possible.
3D. DR.. Swan moved that the resigna
pr ton, together with the full report o
Il. the committee be withdrawn Mr.
4. Montgomery declared that he was will
ing to give up. 1t did seem, however
that he could not get justice.
. DR.. McCuTdy stated that he wa
fully convinced that Brother Montgom
cry, IN this case, had the spirit of tn
= Master in him. He had demonstrate
that in his case he is right.
DR.. Riegert stated that Mr. Mont
d. gomery's parishioners had admitte
w that Mr.. Montgomery was an excellen
- preacher and delivered strong sermon'
CONGREGATION BEFORE PREsBY
Terry.
at DR.. Swan offered a resolution callin
he a special meeting of the Presbytery t
ou allow the congregation of Olive
ed. Church TO show cause why the resis
nation of Mr.. Montgomery should nc
nd be accepted
Rev. J. B. Turner moved that the aC
. jOurned meeting be held in Centr;
Presbyterian Church on the the thir
eoo Tuesday in June, at which time til
SIS congregation of Olvet Church will I
an cited to appear before Presbytery an
oppose or favor the acceptance tn;
Re will cut off Mr.. MOntgOmery's pastor
relations with the Wilmington churc
4. MR.. MONTGOMERY UNDER
- STRAIN.
1t was apparent to everybody TIL
Mr.. Montgomery was undergoing a s
( we're mental strain in the proceeding
E of the afternoon. The staunch su
porters he has had at Olivet have b
: come very dear to the mans hear
= and he could scarcely restrain his EN-
ton as the resignation, written by h
own hand and probably cutting hir
self off from his dearest friends, w
read.
FOR THE NATIONAL CONVENTIO
For ministerial representatives in q
= General Assembly, DR.. Miller Rev. y
f. Lewis, Rev. J. S. Howk, Rev. Jol
on McElmoyle and Rev. w. J. FitzSim
mt were nominated and, on an election
ing ballot, Dr.. Miller and Mr.. Lewis we
of chosen. The moderator declared n
If a FitzSimon the alternate of DR.. Mill
olid and Mr.. McElmoyle the alternate
the Mr.. Lewis.
are From the elders, these nOminatio
e. were made E. G. Polk, j. J. Buck
l. Todd, d. c. Hudson, w. II. Oliv
Edward Reynolds Mr.. Hudson W
and elected on first ballot, but after TIN
irst Intellectual ballots, Mr.. Buck had to
lew chosen by acclamation. Messrs. Pc
ere and Reynolds were chosen alternates
the General Assembly meets in Wino
lere Ind. on May 10. DR.. Miller and
urn Lewis are from Newark and Wilmil