Evening journal., 1897-03-27
CHAOS IN METHODISM.
Churches Directing All Over
the Conference.
ND nADprmu ArAupc A oluh mr1ruuT
DIR. BARRETT MAKES A STATEMENT

/
THE WILMINGTON PRESIDING Ell
DER SAYS HE HAS ACTED CON-
SCIENTIOUSLY, BUT HAS BEEN
woEFULLY MIsREPREsENTED.
BISHOPS HEARING MAY BE AT
JOB H. JACKsON's.
Me.hodists in Wilmington particu-
larly of Mt Salem M. e. Church, and
/ the entire Peninsula, are becoming
more and more agltated over the &c
cent tearing up" in the appointment OF
ministers by the Wilmington Confer
ence,at Chestertown
Bishop j. NJ Walden will be here on
Wednesday, having decided to come
back 10 soothe the troubled seas, anu
will probably sit at a private hearing
either at the Wilmington district par
sonagc or the residence of Job III. Jack
son.
The disappointed people contend that
| the conference has literally disrupted /
strong and self-supporting churches by
making iniudicious changes and trans
ferring pastors before their work was
done. The bishops cabinet, on tue
other hand, contend that the stringency |
of the times demanded changes that
had to be made at the expense Of ,he
stronger churches
NORTH EAST PEOPLE MAD.
NORTH EAST, Md. March 27-lt isl
putting ii mildly to say our people were
surprised at the receipt of the news of
the transfer Of our Pastor Wise by tne
conference authorities to Snow Hill
Md. His return TO us had been re-
quested by the official board at the
; quarterly conference, and accepted the
( him with the approval of the presiding
elder who assured the board that no
change would be made. But for some
D reason the conference saw proper 20 re-
2 move him from Snow Hill and send TO
] us Rev. l.. p. COrl1ran I'm his stead. The
y Snow Hill appointment Is a promotion
p from North East at least in amount OF
& salary paid, but we doubt If their new
- pastor will find any warmer friends
y than he leaves here. His management
- of church affairs has been successful
i along every line and he and his estl-
i mable wife leave us causing us much
l. regret and with the earnest good wishes
=, of a host Of friends. both In and out
l. of the church. for their future prosper
f. ty and happiness.
] DIR. BARRETT MISREPRESENTED.
= Presiding Elder Barrett, when called
ID upon at the district parsonage, No. 3Ol
n West Seventh street, this morning, by
r. an Evening Journal reporter, was
N greatly depressed at the serious situa.
n ton in New Castle M. E. Church where
he the congregation has threatened e
m lock out any minister who may be SEN
he There but Rev. v S. Collins.
10 "I have nothing to hide In my pari
= Of this matter. ! have acted conscicn-
N tiously from the very first. But ] dc
,e not evade any responsibility, and If lhe
New Castle officials lock up theiI
church tomorrow against Rev. S. M
Morgan. who has been duly appointed
se their pastor. they will get themselves
lr into much trouble. New Castle church
ie is tho property of the Wilmington Con
I'd ference.
T. "The New Castle people have most
lp unreasOnably misrepresented me. Ihey
ne have held me responsible for things
Id did not do and have accused me OF not
In doing things which / have done.
b. Il would do anything in my power
Is for the New Castle church. and tolo
st its officials so from the first. / have
now wired the bishop to come back tC
Wilmington, and expect him here al
the district parsonage for full hearing
~ on Wednesday.
" ~ Il emphatically opposed the remoya
from my district of Mr.. Collins, and es
49, pecially after he had been called ant
E had accepted a call to New Castle. Blu
~ what could / do? The bishop said th'
= interests of the church demanded Mr.
II Collins appointment to Georgetown
,c He had been over the field and ha'
"a given It careful thought. / opposed i
~ and told the circumstances at New
rd Castle.
h. "The matter rested there until hal
Ir hour before the appointments were rea'
A. out. Then the bishop repeated his de
sire to appoint Mr.. Collins to George
town. On n vote the majority VA
. against me and ] had to acquiesce.
OF Had they given me half hour NOR
he I could have wired to New Castle, 1u
,i- situated as ] was. ] could do nothing
n Then there were only two minister
nj not assigned, They were Mr.. Morsal
r. md Mr.. Compton, and we all though
a. that lt was decidedly the best TO SEM
o- the former to New Castle.
80 FAR as snubhing the New Castl
delegation on Thursday. when tn
A., cabinet met at Dover. that is absoluter
- untrue. The presiding elders listenc
~, most attentively and full hearing wa
~ ! accorded them. But while they Wer
there. Presiding Elder Adams receive
~, a letter from the Georgetown official
ne saying that they expected him to pro
~ tect their rights and not let Collins s.
y, under any consideration. When W
~, nut il to vote three presiding elder
~ were against me.
mot a man in New Castle or in IN
90 conference regrets more than ] do thl
~ unpleasant affair. II is one of those in
80 cidents which occurs repeatedly in th
Methodist itinerancy. but the New Cas-
q, tie men have made it worse by allow
T., ing personal feeling to override good
~ cool judgment and the people have col
m demned me on one-sided reports. | re
~ pea. will do anything for New Castl
a. but shirk a responsibility, and that
o's will not do.
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