The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-07
REV. DR.. 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 DIR. 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.. Onn
"At the time l said that either Warza-
WAX was guilty and should be dis
missed from the church, or John e.
Parsons was guilty of a 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-
terrain church last summer, when DR..
Hall announced the decision of the ses-
sion In the case of Warszawiak, helped
to widen the breach so far as DR.. Halls
position was concerned. The congrega-
ton, however, as a whole was not af-
fected by the incident, the manifesto
ton of sympathy by DIR. Hall only
serving to endear him the more to
them.
Herman Warszawiak is a native of
Russia who vas 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 DR.. Halls churc and placed in
charge of a mission. His success was
phenomenal. There was n 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 a financial matter.
Warszawiak desired to build a church
edifce capable of seating 1000 persons
to be known as Christ's Synagogue
His friends in Scotland offered to hell
him, and Miss C. Y. Douglas, of Edin'
burgh, collected and forwarded to hin
e2,175 Rev. A. f. Schaufner, vice
president and superintendent of the
City Mission society, thought he should
nave the handling Of the fund. Wars
zawiak thought otherwise. His rela'
tions with the society were severed, and
he opened an independent mission a
Grand and Attorney streets two years
ago.. There he developed into a more
successful leader, and DR., Hall bap'
tized more than so Of his converts.
DR.. Schaufier denounced Warsza
WAX. n warned those who contrib
uted money in Scotland to his worl
that the money was not applied to tn
purpose for which 1t was contributed
Miss Douglas received letters from thii
city which convinced her that Warsza
WAX was dishonest. He went to Edtn
burgh in 1895 with go, 400, the amour
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 fal@ehood. Subse
auently he was tried on charges o
visiting a Hoboken gambling nous
and risking money. He was conyicte'
of immortality, and an appeal was taken
Or. Hall still asserts Warszawiak's in
nocence.