The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-10-11
OLIVET'S TROUBLE.
Forty Five rlembcrs VIII Leave Unless
Synod Revokcs the Prcsbytery's Ac-
r.
ton.

Forty five of its one hundred members Will
make application to withdraw should not
the Synod revoke tho action Of the Presby
terry which oustcd Rev. r. E. Montgotn-
cry. This will wreck the organization.
The dissatisfied members who are the
most influential and largest contributors,
give two reasons for their intention. First,
that their pastor has not been treated
fairly and second that tho Presbytery has
usurpcd the authority Of the church in
that tho church Is not allowed 90. choose
Its own pastor.
So great is the dissatisfaction that there
are strong probabilities Of organizing u
congregational church, over which pres
byte.ics and governing bodies have no
authority. The religious doctrine of the
cungregationalisls are similar to those Of
the presbyterians.
Yes,e rday was the PASTORS last day, and
his friends turned out to such m extent
that the church was crowded at all The
services. He made no farewell address,
neither did he make strong reference To his
trouble.
His talks were strong. strictly scriptural
and such us have heretofore made him
popular. His evening text was from HO.
brcws. I, 8: "Fcr VIC which have believed
do enter into rest The subject was the
terrestrial journey to an expected city.
The preacher spoke of life as u Pilgrim
HBe Which Itt SuHh VI All ugHs u1C Taxing
Tho Journey is through the valleys as well
as over tho mountains No Two of tho
camping places are alike. The birthplace
of the pilgrims is in the city Of hereditary
sin. and this city is built on the three hills,
OF conscious guilt, CONSCIOUS bondage AMI
expected Judgment.
The journey really le;ins, tho pastor
said, with IL knowledge OF right and wrong,
with au awakening Of tho conscience and
1trt Ia In Avis inn
Of the journey leads by tho cities Of Self
Reliance, which Is devoted to the idol tens-
pies fpridr, Of morality. pride Of knowl-
edge and Pride 0! compassion. .ie second
city Oh the journey is that Of Carlal Dc
sire, in Which arc words of happy home.
accumu latod wealth, social popularity,
public distinction and historic lainp
Tho ely + Self will il another one. 1t
j the city u! arbitrary will. aud iu III city
the government is in this way; the sheriff
is monarch; the will rules. he voice Of
the people IL hu-hcd; their feelings arc
suppressed Thv judge is dupuzel; the
reason j., abandoned
The next city is That Of Ignorance,
where the citizens do Eos know heir rul
their Jaws, then taxes or their friend,
Another stopping place is that Of Dislrust
where the dIstrust is in the officers Of tn
tity, Il hope To have new officers and hope
h. reform the cid officers. In tho city OF
KEN CsDeCtiu!l the citizen, arc helpless in
these ways; old cntJnicI attack the cit. =
z"us tied and sCuurgG them: unilnositle-
blaze and the fire company i, diaOrgauiztd
huG the trusted friends havo mu\cA to-.
another uluCe. In the srv.u'h CITY, u,
Ct Ar opition, thu - at no y
..au, n,e luc death OF puleute tho Iui....
children, the cold grave, the judg,uentday.
In the city OF Melancholy in tho tar
! south the sun rarely shines. and thea only
through IA cluad. it is very cold and Dlus
terry; it rains hard ..and oi;cn, poisonous
parasites alone will live; reptiles are the
| invorite native animals the people eat
! uouldy food, they bury their children
alive, they become caumihals and live or
the discussed, they use their collin for II
bed.
| his city, Mt Montgomery snid is p0p-
unr and is kuuwn by its location which IS
near the side Of IL mountain, near th9
| opening Of II coal mine, The ci,izCus dig
coal day and night, they despise and talk
| against the sun and thCy live IN awful
dread Of Ii cave explosion.
| The destination Of this journey is to III !
expected city, which is joyous to the good
| and dreadful to the wicked, Those who
| have jUurneycu through tho wrong road
reach the city Of Unrest. When the weary
travellers arrive here they revisit the
cities u the past, and SO continue travel
hing forever. But the destination is very
! different with tho,e who have travelled
on the shl road, The right road leads off
from each OF these CT les and go S in sight
Of the rest with sometimes Jnly IA CORPORA
| ton line Or river between the roads. I hose
who have journeyed on the right roud
| have their pussp1rts Of faith colluc;cl and
examined at tho end Of the Journey. The
passports may be received from any Of this
appointed cousu!s at some station along
~ /, i,,,,
| lJngsutTerlng, gentlencss, goodness, faith,
mrekness and temperance bearing the
stamp Of each station. They are accepted
by the receiver
The countryis strange, yet all are tlea =
cd as royal heirs for the Son of the SOvr,-
cign once passed Though and gave dlrel-
ton regarding the journey. Those who
have been with the authorized guide of the
county are received rs happy tourists
bearing their beautiful sacred relics and
directed into the city of Rest In this city
all things are real an Interchangeable. A
home Is assigned and servants giva soud
cheer at the Fathers word.
His morning theme was Gods Love to
the World"
a member of the church said last night
that the part he most objected to was that
the prcsbytery proposes TO send II preacher
here without our advice or agreement, and
then expects Us TO pay the bills This is SO
unusual i'll Presbyt erinn bodies that we
cannot talnely submit o 1t. Ii they had
left us alone we could have managed the
affairs of tho church and everything would
have been MI right, Mr. Montgomery Is
IN Hb.c o ~ p ~ h but this action h, 6
put stigma upon HIM which is entirely
unCallGd Tor
The dissentCrs have not been satisfied
with causing the trouble, but now they
nre pursuing MIR. Montgomery. and some
OF them actually written to u church at
Summit Hill, Pa, from where Mr. Mout.
gomcry was nboutto receive u call, warn
Ing the people there again t him. And
mind you, nothing has been said or can 10
said against the character or ability OF the
preacher who Is one of tho most !ltgkly
educated men in the preobytcry to- day, be
ing d graduate Of Princeton Seminary y
| Turned Out oil of School