New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-12
WARSZAWIAK ONCE NUKE.
HIS CASE AGAIN BEFORE THE PREsBY-
Terry.
DR. JOHN HALL. DIR. SAMPLE. DIR. BOOTH AN
OTHERS INSIST on AvowrNG THEIR

DR. JOHN HALL. DR. SAMPLE. DIR. BOOTH AND
OTHERS INSIST on AvowING THEIR
LOYALTY TO CHRIST.
The Presbytery OF New-York spent the greater
mart OF Yesterday afternoon IN discussi"s ."''u'
phases Of the Warszawiak case. i"o ,"o"'ns seo
DR.. John Hall. Of the Fifth Avenue presbyterian
church the pastor OF Mr.. and Mrs hermann
warszawiak asked the Presbytery 10 appoint
committee to consider the application OF 'he youne
Hebrew Christian missionary 10 DE take" u''.' -
care Dr. r. F. Sample was made cha'rma" "a
that committee, and after spending twenty "ou's u.
considering the matter reported on Dece"oe' "
that II was not advisable to receive the applicant
This recommendation was adopted. The report aiso
contained a sentence intended to excuse MI ""'
zawiak which understood to reject upon 'e"
ish morality and a special meeting was caheu "
consider this sentence. AT TINS mee''"s "e'" o
December g. the Presbytery disavowed RESPONSE
hu,,,, for tho language Of which complaint had
been made.
Notice OF a protest against this action was given
by Dr. Booth and others. Yesterday tns pio'e''
was read and ordered on the minutes. IL oeiies
that the Presbytery did not have knowledge OF al
that the report contained and that 1t ala sho" 's
unqualified approval OF the clause to which ooJec-
ton was made The protest continued as iollo"s'
Furthermore the undersigned respectiu IN rs Pre
nests ns to as sonn"c TIVE w s dscame Of
responsibility for the language OF me rspo, d fess
Christ as the source of restraining and corrective
influence superior to that OF all other reng'onS' o
cemher % previous TO its action against which we
protest OF the following resolution offered by III
"ResoIved, That the Presbytery regrets that the
spirit and intent of it's action has been ra
and accept in common with them the Ud va also
sc,pnresv as sprea T as the fullest de-
velopment Of divine and saving truth, anu es, n;g
the religion Of Christ the source OF restraining
and iya inf
gions whatsoever 1t this distinctive feature
that n n G 3he liberty Of
which we accord to our Jewish friends Al t,,J the
s Sn the Hebrew s race or to crcse their public
social home life. We recognize among n ,hgn
spirited iri of our felIow-citIzens and cherish
deeply aectonate interest In the SEED o, imam
whose spiritual children we are. INVOKING upon p'
them we seek for ourselves the blessing OF our
discussion the Presbytery came short Of its obi,
cations TO testify to the suiciency ana ruiness O
The truth as II is In Jesus and thus gave sr0ui,u
for apprehension that II was unwilling 10 Ipn ,
the Of the Of
aggressive work for the conversion OF me a,c.en ~
people of God to the true and only Heoee"'e' u
men VI,
The protest was signed By these cergymen ROD
ert Russell Booth. Charles A. Stoddard, X. r.
Sample. John r. Davies. John Hall and James u
Patterson George W. F. Birch signed the para
graph relating to the records. but not those touc
Dr. Hall brought up another feature OF tnis now
which reference made in The Tribune ye rN,s,
oav signed by 100 Hebrew converts. expressing
,beir conGdence in Mr. Warszawiak and their love
for him DR. Hall supplemented TINS paper ape vo we
man from the charges made against him by Jews
and others parliamentary contest hen en ms b
lasting more than hour and resulting III ,iie
Inference of the paper presented by DR.. Sample
committee on December IA TO the session OF tns
Fifth Avenue Church for proper consideration anu
The Rev Dr. Samuel McComb. Of Belfast, Ire
Land and DR. w A. Bartlett. formerly or WASH
ington were among the cergymen invited 10 sit
as corresponding members. DR. Davies called at
tention 10 the Carnegie Hall meeting on FRIDAY
night in the interest OF foreign missions. for WHICH
boxes NAV be secured Of w. r. Worrall, at No
900 Proadway Other business In the Presbytery
Included the Introduction OF paper relating TO
sunday funerals introduced by DR. D. g. wye
and referred to the February meeting. In TINS
paper the Presbyterian Church members are urgen
10 avoid having funerals Sunday. unless IL Is
absolutely necessary to have them on that dag.