The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
REV. DIR, JOHN HALL.

| by the financial condition of the church
Mr.. Bonner asserted that the dissatis-
| faction with Dr. Hall by the members
| Of the session commenced with the
| Warszawiak incident last summer. Had
that not occurred there would never
have been, Mr.. Bonner believes, the
slightest opposition to DR.. Hall. Her.
man Warszawiak had charge of one of
the missions of the church. Charges
of misconduct were made against him,
and he was found guilty by the session
and dismissed from the church.
"Dr. Halls sympathies were with
Warszawiak, and he stood by him a
little too long," continued Mr.. Bonner.
"At the time I said that either Warza-
wiak was guilty and should be dis
missed from the church, or John e.
Parsons was guilty of great libel on
him."
This incident, Mr.. Bonner thought,
tended to make a breach between those
who thought Warszawiak should be
dismissed and DR.. Hall. The dramatic
incident In the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian church last summer, when DR..
Hall announced the decision of the ses-
to widen the breach so far as DR.. Halls
position was concerned. The congrega-
ton. however. as whole was not af-
fected by the incident, the manifesta-
tion of sympathy by Dr. Hall only
serving to endear him the more to
them.
Herman Warszawlak Is a native of
Russia who was reared in the Hebrew
faith and educated for the position of
rabbi. He embraced the Christian re-
ligion after his marriage, and came to
this country in 1890. He was received
into DIR. Halls church and placed in
charge of a mission. His success was
phenomenal. There was one meeting a
week at first<'and the average attend
ance was 40. He was soon holding sew
en- meetings a week, and the average
attendance was 500. This work was
continued for four years, and then there
was trouble for him In the mission So
ciety regarding financial matter.
Warszawiak desired to build d church
ediilce capable Of seating 1900 persons,
to be known as Christ's Synagogue.
His friends in Scotland offered to help
him, and Miss c. Y Douglas, of Edin-
pul III GolleCltu anu lOIWaTutu 10 MIN
G2,l75 Rev. A. f. Schauftier, vice
president and superintendent of the
City Mission society, thought he should
have the handling of the fund. Wars
zaWiak thought otherwise. His rea-
tiOns with the society were severed, and
he opened an independent mission at
Grand and Attorney streets two years
ago. There he developed into q more
successful leader, and Dr. Hall bap-
tized more than so of his converts.
DR.. Schaufller denounced Warsza-
walk, and warned those who contrib |
uted money in Scotland to his work |
that the money was not applied to the |
purpose for which it was contributed. |
Miss Douglas received letters from this
city which convinced her that Warsza-
walk was dishonest. He went to Edn-
burgh in 1896 with 82400, the amount
she had sent him, and accrued interest
She refused to see him for four days.
He persisted, and when he was admit
ted he placed the money before her.
Warszawiak applied to be ordained
by the New York presbytery, but, de-
spite DR.. Halls efforts, he was rejected,
being charged with falsehood. Suisse
luently he was tried on charges of
a Hoboken gambling house
md risking money. He was convicted
# immortality, and an appeal was taken.
Dr.. Hall still asserts Warszawiaks in
,Orenra |