The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-21
WORRY OVER WARSZAWIAK
PREsBYrERY's COMMITTEE FINDS mrs
RETNsTAT ENBNT rom.

But Presbytery Itself Decides to Have n
Comm ission Try Judicially the Appeal
and Complaint From tho Minority
of the Fifth Avenue Church Session.
The adjourned meeting OF the New York
Presbytery. held yesterday In the Old First
Church was altogether devoted to the Wars
zawiak matter. The petition ofthe young men
OF the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. ask
Ing that the Presbytery remove the session OF
that church from ONCE. was not presented. II
was said that now that the Pulpit Supply Com
mittoe had voted to recommend the Rev. O..
Campbell Morgan for pastor. the young men
had relented and would withhold the petition
for awhile Herman warszawiak, the mission
airy about whom the differences In the church
seem to revolve. volunteered the statement
yesterday afternoon that he did not think the
Rev. Mr.. Morgan would accept call from the
Fifth Avenue Church.
Il have many friends OF influence on
the other side OF the water" said the mis-
sionary yesterday. and I do not intend that
Mr.. Morgan shall rest In ignorance Of the
character OF the congregation that has asked
him to become its pastor He shall know
what sort Of people they are. I do not think
he VIII be s In hurry no 70 come Conne' was
Did you prevent, the Rev DR.. ,Connsll from
SSS SIpsh asked snsd eS ri inc f'' Avenue
but my hS 9 al frends IN England com:
municated with hl m ana after he heard them.
he was unwi ling to come,
walszawiak said that he contemplated no
Church. but that the church as a Christian
body. must desire to reimburse him for tho
damage he bad sustained.
The Rev Howard Agnew Johnston, chairman
q the committee to Investigate the legality Of
missionary in the Presbyterian ammunition
by the Filth Avenue session. read the com:
i %Si,'ss report, rsyIsSSa me sS,Gn q
by making two recon ndations: First, that
the Presbytery decide that the appeal and
5" Mr. Brownel and his irisnd. we're both out
q order; second. tina! the Presbytery, declare
a1 al q ne NEW synoa 'a nr sS
convened. Sominsiiy setting aside the
tanned u by declaring the action appealed from
to be null and void.
An amendment to refer the appeal TO com
dicially was, finally. adopted. though warsza-
wiak's friends tried hard TO carry an amend.
were out OF order and emitting the Declaration
that proceedings n the warszsSiak mate, s
debate was fierce. The Rev. DIR. J. q. Patter-
son. Warezawiak's counsel. accused his op:
pOnens Of HsnE nS o, and
words. The Rev. Drs. r. Z. and q. l.. Shearer
carried the Brownell side OF the debate. The
Moderator OF the Presbytery. the Rev DR.. Duf:
field. was out Of town, and ths com mission will
not be appointed until he returns DR. Patter-
son made this statement after the meeting:
by the bringing OF thess complaints and
appeals II has been made manifest who the
troubler OF Isrnel' Ia. to wit, the prosecutor,
Sllas D. Brownell who OPPOSES the action OF
Presbytery for doing what they had a perfect
right to do"
,Warszawlak said: Two factions 10 the
church got to auarrelling They looked
around for a scapsRoat and found a helpless
jew and pounced on him. The jew 10 always
punched. They brought fiImsy charges Rainst
me that would not have stood for IA week II
had been born OF GENTLE parents. That Is
all"
The next meeting OF tho Presbytery on the
second Monday In December will discuss the
McGiffert controversy.