The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-25
DR.. EMBREE BACK
The Bridgeport Church and
DR.. Embree Unable
To Make All Satisfactory Ar
engagements.
WILL STAY IN KANSAS.
The Recent Trouble Said to Be
Responsible
For the Outcome at Bridgeport,
WILL STAY IN KANSAS.
For the Outcome at Bridgeport,
Connecticut.

DR.. A. S. Embree late pastor of the
First Methodist church has returned to
Topeka and he will not be pastor of
the Washington Park M. E. church at
Bridgeport. Connecticut. The cause of
DR.. Embree's return to Kansas arises
from the scandal in Topeka though he
was fully exonerated here. While he
and his friends are reticent concerning
the matter there is no doubt whatever
about the cause of his return.
Before DR.. Embree left Topeka for
Bridgeport he knew that there was
trouble ahead, and he anticipated OPP
position in the congregation. While
DR.. Embree might have insisted on
keeping the position to which he was
elected he rather chose to give it up
and avoid dissatisfaction and opposition
in the church.
His friends in this city express sur
prise at seeing him return so soon.
| When he left Topeka he said he would
return IN a few weeks to hnlsh the
packing of his household goods, but
he was not expected so soon, and the
result of his visit was even more of
surprise. The salary which he was to
receive at the Washington Park NJ. E.
church was to be s., 500 and the parson-
age. That was the same salary he
received from the First NJ. E church
in this city. The Washington Park NJ.
E. church has membership of 700 and
the congregation is a wealthy one; it
is the second church in Bridgeport,
Conn.
DR.. Embree has but little to say of
his reason for refusing to stay at
Bridgeport. For publication he fur
nished the following short statement:
After an interview between a commit
tee representing the Bridgeport church
and myself, in which 1t was represented
that peculiar condition exists IN that
city which would make my coming en-
barrassing, both to the church and my
self, I expressed a desire to return to
Kansas, and will ask the authorities
to authorize me to do So"
This morning DR.. Embree went to
Manhattan, where he has some private
business to transact. He is expected
back Saturday.
The members of the official board of
the First Methodist church are at a loss
to know what has been the cause of the
trouble at bridgeport. Mr.. +. ID. tuI-
Ter said today: Il expect they heard of
DR.. Embree's late trouble and he being
rather independent, maybe he didn't
explain it to them the way they want
ed. But he can go there and insist on
staying if he wants to. He is mem
Der of that conference. 1t all lies with
the bishop of that district. I was sur
prised to hear of the trouble, but I ap-
prehend that DR.. Embree will not go
there at all. He will let them go to
grass The Bridgeport church is a
wealthy one and it is unfortunate that
he has had the trouble.
Mr.. P. I. BOnebrake said today: "I
didn't get to see DR.. Embree but for a
what the trouble was. can't imagine
what it can be. We were much sur
prised to hear of it."
Chas. P. Adams who is a member of
the official board of the First Methodist
church, said today: DIR Embree didn't
like it in Bridgeport. Just what the
trouble was I don't know. They may
have heard of the trouble here and de-
cided they didn't want him, and then
he may not have liked it there. We
know very little of it here yet,
Bishop J. H. Vincent said today: mo
one knows what will be done in the
matter. 1 don't know that church in
Bridgeport, and SO I don't know what
the trouble was. DR.. Embree didn't tell
me just what was the matter, except
that he didn't want to stay there"
The scandal to which DR.. Embree has
been subjected in Topeka has been a
great blow to his ecclesiastical aSpira-
lions. For a few years it has been DR..
Embree's hope to some day be appoint
ed a bishop of the Methodist church.
He stood high in the church and was
said to be on the road to promotion.