The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
PREACHER MAxARH AND TEE GIRLS
His Brother Preachers Let Him Get Out OF n
mad Pix by ApoiogtsinK.


TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. l9.-Thc ROY. How
ard Nicholas Manary to-day apologized to the
congregation OF Oregon Baptist Church. in the
southern part Of this county, and thereby per
formed tho last duty required of him by the
council OF Baptist ministers which tried him
Friday and yesterday on charges preferred by
Miss Edith Sparks, and which have attracted
attention in Illinois and Indiana for some dis
lance up and down the Wabash Valley. The
first duty imposed on him was. TO apologize
TO Miss Sparks. On the jury were Mao Bap-
fist ministers from what is known as tho Curry
Prairie Association, with DIR. Dc Blois, Prosi-
dent of the Baptist College at Upper Alton,
ILL.,, as moderator.
Mr.. Manary's home is in the Oregon ~ncighbor-
hood, and no has been there for several months.
having resigned tho pastorate OF the Baptist
Church at NATION, ILL.,, which he took n year
or more ago after leaving the church ut Rob
1nSon, ILL.,, to which ho went when he gradu-
Ind. u few years ago. He is a handsome young
man and was very popular. His friends had
s Believed "' shhe oIR sttsr S VT item 1 by h iinSS to S' Miss Mss
Sparks to be a. forgery. Ho Is very p%cnitent,
and this saved him from moro severe action on
Tho charges submitted by Miss Sparks were:
That Manary had disgraced his ministerial
undue intimacy, with a number of young ladies
y" above the number of twenty" by misleading
g Young lady into loving, him and crushing her
duet during services at the Oregon Church.
which consisted of looking in at the window
presence 70 the services;" by asserting that the
young ladies of the church 80 porsistently at.
tempted to ingratiate themselves in his af;;
them. a letter of rebuke; by circulating the re
to ma thSt b Sss fS MSiIyS Of Se M Mosi Sp @at 90 w and Mb snm
gave rise to the reports about him and ulti-
'naately brought about the trial.
prosecutor. and the. Key. j. w. stark Of
Flora represented Mr.. Manary. When tho
admitted having written Ri I tho letter. but said
he had sent a written apology to Miss Sparks.
and had offered to mako an acknowledg.
undue intimacy with young ladies, was based
on this sentence from the letter: II have had
who posed as swccthcarts or lovers than YOU
have fingers and toes" The defence admitted
i in"i un's 8 w young 9 lady fsase i s.%si lo%ine h IN Il the '% let:
ter was quoted as follows: 81 quote you one
sentence from an open letter on my table, How.
ard. Howard, You have broken my heart into a
broke her heart. You think mo crucli She
me, and til n / crushed her for her idolatry."
The q, f,nce claimed that this was an exsggera.
thing was not crushed, but that She was only
flirting; AnyhSw, II was maintained by the
and moreover, that she never, nt,red com
plant against tn" rever nd h art crusher.
Thtre was some little evidenc of disturbing n
religious meeting, hut the council did not Civ
much heed to It. There was no evidence that
he had said the women of the church attempted
to inRratiate themselves with him.
A motion was made to withdraw ministerial
fellowship, but the council voted it down 7 to 2.
a committee was appointed TO prepare the lind
ings of tho council, and when 1t reported the
findings rs follows they were adopted by a unani-
nous vote: That some of the charges were sus-
tanned; that he had committed a great wrong.
for which he should be reprimanded, which he
should acknowledge. and of which he should
repent; that he Is penitent and ready to
make due acknowledgment to the sister and
to the church without in any way attempting to
excuse or palliate. the offence. Further, the
church was admonishcd to make greater effort
in the future to adjust difficulties according to
the New Testament discipline.