Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-09-17
HENRY CRAWFORD ANSWERS REV.
FRAZIER.
Denies That The RsV. Was Defended BY
The Ohurch.-His Card Of Aug. 9th
Was Against Rev. Frazier Aud
Not The Ohurch.-A True
Staten snt of Affairs,


L am sorry that Rev. Frazier use the
church in answer mr. card in yo1r pa
psr OF Aug. 6sh by saying he was de-
Tended by leading his church to be
published in Planet" or August 20sh.
am compelled TO answer him though
am sorry that st. Johns Church was
published Hs has published IL By SIX
deacons when there has not been but
two &c act since Rev. Woodbridge left
in August, 1897. uotil Rev. Frazier or
dained Deason Fultz in May, 1898.
Two of the names that the Reverend
publish in the Planet" OF the Goth ult.
have never been elected as deacoas.
No quorum OF .dssoons have not
been in that church since June 25th
1897, until nov.
elect pastoc in st. Johns since Rev.
Timothy Harris was pastor. When
Rev. Frazier came in our church on
last March, 1898. people in calling dis
lance OF the Church |id not kaow il.
He was placed in St. job Re by eleven
persons and the cnurcn mas one hun
dred and three standing Members. In
April, 1898. / appeared bafore Rsv
Frazier in regular church meeting,
aud called his attention Co the oOsh
and 100th pages OF the manual to prove
to him that had never been heard by
the council or legally dealt with.
This tran was set by Rs-. Wo)lridge
in Ju1e, 1897. Immediately after the
death OF Rev. Tim othy. Harris. He
waited to be pastor of thu ch1rca aud
was not elected and would not agree.
So for spite and prejudice they accuse
me OF dispnting soma bretnren's word
in May, 1898. and this is what they ex-
cluted me for June 25th, 1857. They
said for disputing nine hrethren's word
but they hsve never found but three
who got up the trap.
ask them for the record of my ex-
clusion but they never did give it.
Rev. Woodbridge said that il sthey did
not give ms the record they could not
consider that was excluded. I COM
muced with them five months after
| that.
was waited on by Deacon johnson
and Deacon Fultz. Rev. Frazier said
in April. he could give me my record
but has failed to do it.
Now, he said in the PLANET" of the
Goth u1t., that all he said on the first
Sunday in July was that / could not
commune with the church.
must say, he never said he never
said word to me but he stood over
the Lords table before the audience
sud said that an Elder in town told
him that Icommuned at his church, but
( should never eat bread aud meat out
of his hands. He said that had been
to the Minister'S Meeting trying to
call a council over the head of the
brethren OF St. Johns Church. He
also said, that he stood so high in that
meeting that the brethren said, REV.
Frazier is out there and we won't have
ANYTHING to do with it :"
He said that he did not fear Brother
Crawford il ne were as large as q house
He seemed to have been i1 much pas
sion and consumed about half on hour.
The bread was carried back aud the
dsacous were not served. He told
| his officers il came in there Co put me
out-that the church belongs to the
commonwealth and he was the COM
monwealth.
Rev. Frazier talked with ms on
Broad Street, before be put his card
in the paper. / asked him why did he
act like he did on the communion Sun
day and he said because Rev. White
sent him word by Brother Skenker. the
tirst Sunday in July, not to let me com
mune because it would make against
the church going in the association
and that / had been to his church &c
communion but ne rejected me. 1
have a witness who is Brother James
Thompson who was present when ne
spoke these words.
1 have never been to Rev. Whites
Church on communion Sunday in my
life Rev. White denies sending any
word and furthermore he doesn't know
Willis Skenker. Rev. Frazier can't
deny this as have n witness, who was
Brother Edward Garter, 60 prove 1.-THE
words came out OF his mouth.
HENRY CRAWFORD.
las. TEoM . witnesses