The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-07

preaching In Whatcom when letter came
to DR.. w. 3. Harrington, presiding elder
OF the New Whatcom Methodist Episcopal
district. containing the charges made
against Mr.. Naylor. The letter. accord
ing to current report, was written by q
Congregational minister residing in Eng
land, near the homo Ct Mr. Nayior. ana
was Originally addressed to DIR. Buckley.
OF New York city. editor Of the Christian
Advocate. the leading organ OF the Meth
odist church in Ameriea.
BY DR.. buckley. 1t ~ stated, the letter
was forwarded to DR.. Young, editor OF the
Western Advocate, published at st. Louis.
The latter. In turn, It Is said. forwarded
the letter to DR.. A. N. Fisher. editor Of
the Pacific Christian Advocate, at Port
land, Or. And he. II seems. mailed tho
missive to DIR. Harrington at Whatcom.
knowing that Mr.. Naylor was then In that
city.
ed the following reference to the case. aft
err the receipt OF the letter by It's editor:
1--WE understand that there 10 q
professional evangelist who has
for some time been holding meet
ings in the Methodist churches I'm
the Pacific Northwest, who COM
fesses to n Dakota divorce and
marriage after such divorce. We
do not know whether he has any
credentials ns minister Of the
gospel, but we are quite sure
that the fact of Dakota divorce
from n wife living In England
should permanently bar him
from any pulpit in this land"
While the letter was yet In the hands
Of the presiding elder at Whatcom, an
inkling of Its contents came to the ears
of the Methodist ministers OF this city.
They of course, had no jurisdiction over
Mr.. Naylor. In fact, the latter IL q men,
Der Of the wesleyan Methodist church, an
: entirely different denomination from the
Methodist Episcopal church Of America
But they agreed that it would be only
proper to give Mr.. Naylor chance to ex-
plain the charges, in view Of the fact that
he had carried away with him their in
dorsement.
Ministers Write Letter.
The upshot of the matttr was that
committee was appointed which drafted a
letter calling upon Mr.. Naylor for an ex-
PLANTATION. The letter was forwarded to
Mr.. Naylor in care Of the Rev. s. 8. Sui
Tiger, pastor Of the First Methodist Epis-
copal church at Whatcom. 1t stated that
an explanation was due, and that any
failure OF Mr.. Naylor to comply with the
request would be accepted as a confession
Of guilt.
Mr.. Sulliger, whose instructions were to
deliver the letter to Mr.. Naylor in person,
wrote to the ministers here, stating that
Mr.. Naylor had left Whatcom before the
missive could be delivered. The Seattle
ministers thereupon drafted similar let
ter, which was sent to the pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Astoria, to
be delivered to Mr.. Naylor in person. Tho
Astoria pastor replied that Mr.. Naylor
had already left that city for destination
unknown.
AT about this time another letter was
received by the Seattle ministers from
Mr. Suiliger In Whatcom. Mr.. Sulliger
stated that he Had, before the departure
of Mr.. Naylor, gone to him and charged
him with violation of the rules OF the
Methodist church attributed to him in
the letter from England.
Mr.. Naylor admitted. Mr.. Sulliger's let
ter said, that he had left a wife in Eng
land and had been divorced in North
Dakota about a year prior to coming
to Whatcom, and had at once married
again in California. But in his own de-
tense he stated, Mr.. Sulliger said, that
the North Dakota divorce was on the
ground of adultery. the only ground
recognized by the Methodist church.
Mr.. Suliger, according to his letter,
demanded proof. Whereupon Mr.. Nay
lor said that he had a copy Of the papers