The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
R. ROBINSON RESIGNS.
p,RsT HE TELLS PREsBYTERT ALL
1BOUT HIS TROUBLES.

"a. EaaRreE@tuou - hVuA AhNh NANNbI NV
Ths, were Impertinent. lie ssys-Har. Van
,.,...,ner Tries 20 Tell or Raisstatenenta-
r,s rev. Dr. Pntterson Taken TO Task.
1yhon tho New York Presbytcry met yester-
A. tho Moderator announced that the Rev.
~ r. 8 Robinson of the New York Presbyte-
r,an church had something to say. DIR. Robin
.or "a the minister who, somewhat to his sur
n,iso found the Rev. John r. Paxton b his
nulpit on a recent Sunday.
81 came here" said DR.. Robinson. %clasping
bis hands before him and fixing his eyes on
them. "to mako the usual request-to ask that
Tho pastoral relations existing between myself
and my congregation oe uissoiNeo' 1 III" so"S
IN do no such thing"
Tho speaker's voice was heavily charged with
Indignation as he made this opening. Then he
,yent nm to describe what he said were the nle-
pnl proceedings of his church to get him out.
81 don't want to have anything of that sort
ao,o IN me" he continued. 81 hold to my Pres
byterian right. won't resign in the face OF such
reprehensible foul play. won't submit myself
TO any such disordorly direction. The imperti-
nence OF these people has been insufferable. I
am still the pastor.
81 should be very glad to do az they ask, but
I accent no presentment that denies u notice to
the church proper or to the minister. Heavens
and earth. Did anybody ever hear of anything
Of the kind =
DIR. Robinson told how he resigned from tho
church two years ago, and how the conGrega-
ton, men. women, and all, instructed its COM
missioncrs to oppose his leaving them.
"Presbytery then voted" continued DR.. Rob
inson, :" that THAT DIR. Robinson. be requested
to remain. What could 1 do IL the founda-
lions be destroyed. what can the rafters dot /
could do nothing but set myself In the ash heap.
l knew we could not go on. 1 had resigned be.
,a,sosI hod M bnpa ~ INV fu rtho mr. naefrlpeea
under existing conditions What those condl.
lions were didn't say. But Presbytery appro.
priatod $4,000 for the church. Humph! /
knew that wouldn't do any good. That wasn't
what they w~antcd-money. Well. there didn't
come anything good out Of that. Those people
were apparently rather Disappointed At gctting
"A year ago read this paper to the session;
looked at Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,, who was sit.
ting on the edge OF a chair in the front row. II
paper IN his hand and shook his head r%uefuiiy.
nation. / took 1t 70 the presbytery IL February,
month. They would never let mo rcah a word
Of 1t, except that one time when they didn't
thousands Of dollars of It, 81 200 at a time,
and pleaded with tears in their eyes for me to
alton that did not know Joseph. and for this, the
third time, the matter of my resignation is con.
II request that the pastoral relations be.
tween myself and the New York Presbyterian
Church be dissolved"
suit for the money he had lent to tho church no
had been fully paid. He thon sued for So, 900 Of
his salary with which to pay his lawyers fees.
"Ionly, want Presbytery to understand, " he
S Sen nm ed that mth eSn FOR two AYE, years now ! haze a .t tried to
S byte y s and ~ Ew NTH! great re TSs em1 .,rs without the
Elder Fl. w. Jesup made the formal motion
that the congregation be cited as DR.. Robinson
asked. p. Q. Eckerson, a member OF DIR. Robin
sons church but not - member of Presbytory,
rose to speak:
81 object!' cried DR.. Robinson, jumping to
his feet. 1T is an outrage that the man should
DO here"
kiliaen Van Rensselaer,, who is 2 member of
Presbytery as well AS of the New York Presby-
terrain Church. rose and moved that Mr.. Ecker
son be permitted to speak. The motion was lost.
Mr.; Van rensselaer, rise to a question Of
d.; Robinsop.I protest. ! object; He must
Mr.. Van Renssclaer-Dr. Robinson has made
SO many Measurements.
pr. Robinson-Thi is disorderly and unbesr-
able. Ishall not submit. ! shall rotire from the
Presbytery II he continues.
Mr.; Van RsnsselasFfn j. } Robinson has had
DR.. Robinson jumped up and began to look for
his hat. Before he found it Mr.. Van Rensselaer,
was persuaded to desist, and Mr.. Jesup's mo-
The Rev. DR.. w. r. .Harshaw asked that his
pastoral TelhIlOHb Win inc flTSL Union HreSDy-
terrain Church be dissolved. His failing health
and a call from a church In West Pittston were
the reasons he gave. After his congregation
and how they were grieved by his decision TO
leave. Presbytery granted his request.
1t was resolved that the Rev. Hermann =.
Faust of the Allen Street Memorial Church, n
Hebrew mission, be admitted to ordination.
Some of Mr.. Warszawiak's friends voted NO"
very loudly.
The Rev. DR.. Patterson rose to a question of
privilege. He said that he had received n letter
from an elder who was Kiliaen Van Rensselaer,,
II afterward turned ou) rebuking him for a
statement made by him to the newspapers of
Nov. 10. DIR. Patterson said that the news.
papers had abridged his remarks and so changed
their import. Mr.. Van Rensselaer, professed
himself satisfied.
II. W.. Jesup. a member of the Warszawiak
commission. said that he was not satisfied. He
expressed In The strongest terms his resentment
against DR.. Patterson's printed words.
Are We to be appointed on committees and
commissions only to be slapped in the face by
members of this body T. he asked.
He introduced q resolution to compel DR.. Pat
tersOn to either deny the statement or apologize.
After general discussion. In which DR.. Patterson
repeatedly evaded answering direct questions as
to whether he had really issued the statement,
tho resolution was laid over. As soon as Pres.
DR.. Patterson and slapped him on the shoulder.
Don't you tell them" he said, in a tone heard
all over the room. "They have no moro right
to make you tell whether you used those words
than they have to ask you whether you would
steal. II they turn you out Of Presbytery we will
turn them out, too"