The San Francisco call., 1899-07-01
Rector Law Agrees to
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TWO. EXPENSIVE SERMONS
DEAR BROTHER "vALENTINE'
WOULD PREACH.
Close q. One Of the. Most Remarkable
Church. Fights Ever ~:
Waged in. This -.
T.: State. -
Oakland once San Francisco Can
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Rector. Law has. capitulated. :. The
Church of the. Advent is out $500. It is
understood that the larger portion Of this
sum came from .the golfers OF: j. j. Val
eEtiHe:= As the main point Of contention
letween the. rector and his senior war
den 9 @ass.tySo sermons. prea ehed- by i, }.
AaleutiHe "aga5ns tie expansion and demo
RAJ imperialism, it naturally follows
tbat-@t8e. president of the great tax
sll.rk5ng express company occupied the
pulpit al $3.50 per OCCUPATION.
Time has added r. The price at which
Dr. Law was prepared. to move out. A
-eH.. weeks. ago .he would have done 1t
Tor three months }aIy.: which is $500.
Now he has sue acded ia convincing his
powerful. Ntstrl that they are thoroughly
lpJtent lnG.E..tile doctors interpreted
t.rL.*of- Chj.1s politics. and they. are will
-.u = TO pay fine: ur-Ce to- save the church,
Al mo ,sl tj-GaS:~there was a very in
ttrestIle gathering. at san. Francisco.
-\-eStra rItu -t.oute. StaIGtT and j. J. Val
enti1ce@ met .witA- Rector Law and nego-
tlat~,s -tnr. peaCn. The terms offered and
al. .-lf,s-l ..5 tre Five months salary and
ieatt.-t. Il lseuee during. all that time for
El#-.-gf .E.. An effort was made to save
la-r .EtIhe iunC g. but it is said the rector
F. ~. E.slG not compromise, but took all he
il&gfC and in return handed in his
q. few days the. rector will go on his
Las- eTn .=Na cation. and IN: the meantime
sig@ rstry viii look around for a new
RECTOR with the aid of Bishop Nichols.
EllS happy adjustment of the difficulty
.W.- prevent The. unpleasant duty fall
-sEtE upon the eStTy OF reducing the pas
@gers salary 70 that Of an office boy, which
SIS contemplated TO be done at the next
p +@-.I7g OF The VestrX,' july IL A scheme
.s.>-s Fl9poSeu 70 cut the pastors salary
-. Ior although II Is. impossible to
= -l-+ q rector. AT. VIII, except Tor hagrant
i-i=llIs, I he. trainers. OF Episcopal law
ieft.the salary in the discretion
.Ifls endS=ofle of-.the most remarka bic
hufels. fights that ever developed, even
II Oakland. :. t.Or the first two years OF
~ e%nr l.aW 5. :pastOrate he. was all that
s-5iG be @ue%4Led-. The membership grew;
.1.ltl be assistance Oi his wife he inaug-
ira ed:as vested choir Mrs Law played
p. .ae@Qrgan and tie Church of the Advent
-0qlned-. ~ ! -reCJOrs. UndOing COM
.lleneeG with "the.IssUance Of a remarka BILE
Lltle magazine about the size of a small
Sheet of notepaper:. =. Somehow or other
Lilo rector always seemed TO say edito-
,lia.l Just w hat his. congregation would
-ltaer- have :: left :UnSald. p For many
ugItlS .the='5C hDlr' and Nave" was de
grQted5 TO .eulQgtzing Dear Brother Nalen-
tine EVERY possible opportunity was
taken. to. h6aU A. halo over Mr. Valentine 5
aead, anQ+iH' return Mr.. Valentine 5 purse
seemed To- be wide open for anything the
-huTch wanted. la TACT, Brother. Nalen-
-lue painted t4lu: church, Carpeted it, put
stained vl!3d doAYS. 81. it,. ana when. the rec
tor went East for a holiday the parish
WAS persisUentIy informed that Brother
y 5.eutue had madt II particularly easy
Tor us in. the matter Of transportation"
- SIX weeks ago. matters came to d crisis.
Lle Festrymea derra Dded the rector
.-5~ guatiOn. TWAS at once thought that
after all the adulation exhibited toward
.lEardeu Valentine he would fee. to the
SECTORS relief. Dr.. Law was inGauuous
slough 70 refer TO the honor he had
.euferred on NJ. Valentine. This brought
forth from Mr. Valentine his resignauOn
Is ii vestryman, and the statement that
Rector Law was in no position to order
aim In any direction.
Without Mr.. Valentine apparently the
rector could do nothing but make the
nest terms possible 7 his he has done,
and the incident is. closed
one Of the best informed members Of
the church gave out the following state
meut tonight:
.Dr. Law has practically finished with
he Church Of the Advent At the meet
lg to-day We reached an agreement, and
] have no reason to think DR.. Law will
break it All through this unpleasant
business the vcstry has acted in a gen
Lemanly. Christian manner. and there are
-rme who think the VeStrymen should
have been more vigorous, but they de-
ided not 10 resort to harsh measures un-
ass it should be necessary. 1t will not
row be necessary. . ! sincerely hope that
wc shall not he required to take any more
action in the matter