El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-14
His Chicago Brethren Are
Again Trying Him.
PROBABLY BE UNFROCKED
For the Second Time Within Two Months
. Council of Congregational Divines
Have Assembled to Set in Judgment on
DR. q. A. Brown, tho ex-San Francisco
Divine, Whose Escspades In That CITY
And:the Exposures Thereof Have At
forded q Weapon to the Opponents of
the Christian Faith

I CHICAGO, Ill, Febru ary 4.-This
morning, for the second time within
two months, a council of Congregation
al dlvines assembled to sit in judgmen,
Francisco divine whose escapsdes in
hat city and the exposures the ~eof have
for nesr.y year past furnished food
70 tie scandal mongersand af-
ponents of the Christian faith. The
council of today differs from the one
that last met here in that the latter
was national in its character, while
the present judicial body is composed
of local divines, W tn wh9m rests the
decision whether DR.. Brown shall cOn-
tinue to minister to the Green street
Congregational church of this city or
shall be regarded as unfrocked. If the
decision is against the divioe and the
congregation persits in sticking to
him it will then become the duty of
the council to declare the Green stree
congregation outside the pale of the
church. The situation differs, more
over, from that existing at the time of
the national couuciI from the fact thai
re 'ore that body Dr.. Brown loudly and
elcqu. ntly proclaimed his innocence,
whereas he is to-day face to face With
his own confession made few weeks
since and in which he virtually ad
mits everything charged agains,
him by Miss Matte Oee msn an6
his other accusers. When the divine
who make up the tribunal filed into
Association hall this morning their
faces we're stern and set aud the ir-
dicasions were that but short shrift
would be given to the self-accused
pastor. Rev. DIR. George w. Coleman
of the Lake Forest church called the
council to orc r, and the petition for
the meeting, signed by five divines
Who have hittorto been friendly to
DR.. Brown, wa lad. Following this.
in solemn and deliberate tones, the
re9ietrar of the to,lncil read the now
famous "San Francisco confession"
made by DR.. Brown. The room was then
cleared for deiiberation. Prior to the
council being called to order pastor
whobad hitherto been extremely frieno :
ly toward his erring brother ex-
pressed himself in this positive man.
ner:
81 think there is no doubt what
ever that Mr.. Brown will be un-
tremendously dropped. I speak un-
reservedly for the majority of the Con-
gregational ministers, think, when 1
say that he is regarded as hypocrite
sharp and decisive. It is not his con-
fession in itself that has caused the
pastors to feel so bitter toward him.
His fellow preachers could forgive him
his sin in itself. 1t is the thought of
his consummate hypocrisy and his
deliberate falsifyipg. Now he seems
70 be beating up many waves about
himself in order to gain public gym
pathy, but this wilfhave small weigh
with his brethren of the pulpit"
Members of the Green street Con-
gregationsl church said this morning
that if the decision was unfavorable to
their pastor they will withdraw from
the session and form an Independent
church.