The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-26
l[T.c.0. BROWN cONFESSES
ACKNOWLEDGES Guilty. REIN
rmxs wfTn MATTE osERNax.
Drops I'm without Snr"i"s
nay Conference and IL Forma"s
Drvo.es From Minisfry-He WILL
u.~r~ eeufInue ca Preach

ass FRANCISCO. Jan. Z.-Rey. c. O.
Ts-ovn uosg Of Chicago. has confessed 70
a. par conference 81 the congregational
.hsYreh snaf the portion Of the charges
..arp.esIrs9 bis name with that OF sdAt'fs
f,vs,naar are true. He appeared before
me conference very Unexpectedly, express
"a fine deepest coufriflou TOR MS Daehsiii-
ing. resigned himself 30 fate was caas-
ssrasf and drogIsrd from the Congregation
ID rnfr,Istry. sh0ok hands with the chas-
,aner. and ended By declaring tina. he was
glad of II fslI
Dr. Brown read the confession 70 the
Pay conference. and In every tone OF MS
yolce vas d tremuIoas plea tor mercy
After the conference had rendered Its de-
ctsIon OF expulsion ne seemed somewhat
hrcaer IL spirits. Nevertheless. he tired 10
keep q brave front, and when asked what
b. thonght about the action OF mis- brother
ministers. replied. 1T IL ali for the best,
i suppose. yet IL Is hard f1r ne 20 bear"
He will rot run away from the coDse-
cussess Of his confession.
RE said today that he would stay here
rafil isis friends had time 20 decide uhetE-'
ef or not they would receive him.
T4le .x-mIFsfster of enc OK the largest
caurenes ia gan Francisco IL q8i.e willing
~ talk Of his disgrace, with a few exeep-
t.sns. aud these involve the details OF his
downfall.
II have made ny confession" said he
"fhere u u.s.. and ! have nothing further 10
say. / have sinncd and / have repented
II WEI not enter into the details OF my
misfortrnes. nor VIII discuss what /
mean by confessing TO a small portion Of
fhs charges preferred agains; M.
Il had thousands Of friends in the East
and they looked IN my face and said they
could not believe the stories circulated
about me. and the stories were not all
true ] bad everything TO live for. had
the confidence ana esteem of my Chi
cago congregation. ] was booked to lee
iafe al fifty OF The principal churches In
The East. That shows the confidence and
esteem the people had In me- and yet duty
esnipsii,d me TO come out TO san Fran
cisco. ] cannot explain. but I felt that
must come. IL was not hasty confession.
! had fought against IL. for lie is sweet.
j had decided that l would telegraph or
write or do something before the confer
enee met. but u was not until Wednesday
that felt that l must come in pergon.
Then wrote 3 note to my wife. telling
her | WAS going on d lecture tour, and
Started west. Ii Was Il strong coincidence
that l met no one On the train who knew
M. / have made tho Journey across the
continent fifteen finles. ard this IL the
ifst time that ] never met any one 1
knew. l waa Il stranger TO every one.
made no effort to conceal my identity
arrived al the hotel In Oakland in the
evening and went 70 my room remained
very quiet because I knew What was
coming and did not want 10 put the mana
Sefs 10 any Inconvenience Moreover
fHew If IL were known that / was here
the meeting of the Bay conference would
be attended BY hundreds Of people.
II don't know what the future will
bring me, but do know this, that | shall
preach the gospel til | die, IL / have TO
preach on the street corners | shall stay
here until know what my former friends
Will do. and ! am ready to bear anything
that my confession calls forth"