Evening journal., 1897-06-16


thoroughly understood" by tho audi
ence.
The committee to arrange for the or
dination of Rev. George II. Trull at
East Lake Presbyterian Church re-
ported that the installation would take
place on Tuesday, July 10. DR.. Maltbie
ID. Babcock, of Baltimore, will preach
the sermon, with the privilege of chos-
ing a substitute. Rev Lafayette
Marks, d. D., will charge the pastor
and Rev. A. n Keigwin the people
Moderator Miller will preside and pro-
pound the constitutional questions.
PROCEEDINGS OF EXECUTIVE SEES
SION.
When Presbytery had gone into star
chamber" session. DR.. McCurdy report
ed on the session of Olivet's minutes in
question. which showed that four mem
bers OF the church had been cut of and
the committee thought without proper
notice DR.. McCurdy said that there
was no record that the members who
had been suspended mad been rein
stated. There were a few mistakes in
tn minutes and they were ordered cor
rected. He said that it was a question
whether the Presbytery ordered the
persons supended to be reinstated. w.
M. Candy said that it was a vital ques-
ton and he wanted the minutes cor
rected. He wanted the members. who
were illegally turned out relnstated.
There was a hot discussion as to
whether the suspension should be re-
moved. II was finally decided that the
men could not be reinstated.
OLIvET WOULD BE FORCED OUT.
The resignation Of Rev. T. e. Mont
gomery as pastor OF Olivet Church was
then brought before Presbytery for
final action. G. f. Eastman. S. S. John
son, James Brown. w. II. Oliver, j. {.
Smith. w. II. German and Benjamin
Hopkins, the commissioners appointed
to represent the church, presented their
I reasons why the resignation should not
be accepted. These men argued that
the resignation Of the pastor did not
express his desire, and that the con
/ gregatiOn has prospered since he has
been pastor, despite the hindering con
ditions. They also claimed that the
/ presbytery did not have the moral or
/ legal right to call or discharge a min
/ lister without consulting the church.
/ They closed by saying that If ths
J
would be the ruin Of the church and 1t
would mean the cutting off Of this con.
( gregation Of 120 loyal Presbyterians
who would be Obliged to resent sucll
unfair treatment and take their church
out of the Presbytery.
BY $50 o'clock all the members were
weak and irritated from the long ses-
sion and turmoil, and Rev. w. j. Fitz
a IN N
the motion to accept the Montgomery
( resignation until the October meeting
in Milford. A vote Of Is to 10 carried
this resolution.
GRIEVING AND A GRIEVANCE.
MIR. Montgomery was seen at tn,
Clayton House to-day and stated tina
he would not be violating faith witt
! Presbytery to give out the following:
Il have now decided to stand by m!
loyal congregation at all hazards an,
want my resignation back. Where
church Is united and prospering Pres
bytery has absolutely no legal or mora
right to step in, interfere and disrup
it, The whole fight now is in Presby
terry, not in Olivet Church.
Some members OF Presbytery do no
seem TO realize the difference betweeI
grieving and grievance. The sus
pended members of Olivet Church
who are branded as vindictive fighter
by our entire congregation, are grievinl
at their punishment, and some Pres
byters are trying their best to distor
it into a grievance.
mot a single charge has been sus
tanned against me, and my opponent
have written all over the country ant
hunted high and low. l trust that oil
vet Church will now be allowed to at
tend to its own business and let alone
at least until Fall.