The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-22

The new church has been called by the
same name as the old. to wit: st. Phn-
Up s a. NJ. E. church of Savannah, Ga.
%. The real estate constituting the
site of the old church is under a mort
gage debt of about $1.000. with interest
at 8 per cent, to one William j. Williams.
and owes current debts to the amount OF
$500.
Y. We find that Rev. L. II.
smith, a regularly ordained elder of the
a. M. e. church, who is amenable to the
dlsclpline of said church, was regularly
, appointed as pastor in charge of the said
81 Philips church, on or about Dec q,
1873, to serve for the next ensuing cen
ference year. That said Rev. L. H. Smith
was in charge of said St. Philips church
during and prior to and since said storm,
sald Il. II. Smith not having been removed
nor any one appointed in his stead That
the presiding bishop, Ri. Rev H. NJ Tur-
ner' to aid Rev. l.. Fl. Smith in protect
ing the interests of ST. Philips A. II. e.
church of Savannah, Ga, appointed Rev.
w. H. Harris, and later Rev. A. A. Whit
man assistant pastors, Rev. H. NJ Crltten-
den having been appointed and subse-
quently Withdrawn by the presiding elder.
Rev. S. D. Roseborough
%. We find that the value of the
old church property, together with The
parsonage adjacent, was, prior to the ca
tastrophe, estimated at $4,000.
whereas, the Georgia annual confer
ence of the A. NJ. e. church, to which the
SAID st. Philips church is amenable, has
complete Jurisdiction in the issue, after
careful consideration to secure equity, and
with view to peace and harmony OF
all concerned. We respectfully submit
the following recommendations
l. We recommend that the said
church site at West Broad and Charles
streets shall hereafter be known as St.
Philips curch, and the said site at New
street shall be known as 81 Philips Monu-
mental church, and that each body shall
elect distinct set of officers.
'2. That the mortgage debt on the
old church property due Sept. 90, 1896,
shall be assessed by the congregation
worshiping al the old site, and all current
debts on the old church property due Sept.
70, 1885, shall be assumed by the congrega-
ton Worshiping at the new site.
''3. We recommend that the meme
bers of either congregation shall be allow
ed to elect their place of membership and
worship without prejudice.
"a Not adjudging it necessary TO enter
into review of all me details, we have
omitted specific mention of certain mate
rial, furniture and fixtures, belonging to
the old church property, which we recon-
mend shall be returned to the old site by
any person or persons having the same
in their possession, except the pulpit
chairs and church record. And we further
iNSOliAiCilO mat the COlSIGSdliOI NOA~
shipping at the site of old st. Philips
church shall be adjudged the rightfud GUS
todians of any and all property belonging
to the same.
80. We find that Rev. L. Fl. Smith has
not treated with due Difference and cour-
tesy in the premises the authority of the
presiding bishop, who is the chief super
intendent of all Of our churches and
church interest in the Sixth Episcopal
district.
1--WE therefore recommend that said
Rev, l.. III. Smith. apologize in open con-
ference.
We hope that these findings and recom-
mendations may do equity and bring the
peace and harmony so much desired to
this historic church."
After some remarks by Rev. L. II.
Smith and others, the report was adopted.
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