The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-07

Marry into the Family OF the Rejected
Is AFTER the observation-disclosures
Avoided, Anyhow, on wednesday.
The Rev. John Lloyd Leo Of the West
minister Presbyterian Church gave the he
direct yesterday 70 the stanleys, the Gal
braiths, the Messengers, the Kindlunds,
the Carpenter and other families Of the
church that have been leading the fight 70
have him ousted.
Lies, lies. lies, all liesi' said he, when
the charges made by these and others were
repeated TO him, together with sundry
epithets shouted at him by that consider
able faction Of the flock that shivered In
the rain on Wednesday night while Mr.. Lee
ran the corporation meeting to suit him
self. The Rev. Mr.. Lee Is feet tall and
when he says "lies" It sounds like fight.
L want Il distinctly understood said
he, that 7 am going TO stand by my guns.
am not going to get out and there Ia no
body that Ia going to put me out. The peo-
pie that have been making the trouble in
this church are born trouble makers, who
are unhappy when the dove Of peace hovers
lightly over ALL"
The pastors friends have been saying
way TO make room for a young preacher
who used 70 be an assistant pastor Of the
Westminster Church before Mr.. Lees time,
a young man who they say Is engaged to
be married to a relative OF leader Of the
faction against the pastor Mr.. Lee was
asked about that.
i shouldn't like to be quoted directly
as saying that Is the case he answered.
1T is true that / have heard IL, and l regard
It as the most sensational feature Of the
trouble.
sNow / have held my peace he con-
tinued Il have said not q word while my
enemies attacked me and called me all
Devils disciple was one, was IL notl'
the pastor was asked
Young man. said he i deny your right
10 put words 10 my mouth. However, TO
resume, am going to talk bit. There
have charged against me, never was
In favor Of selling the church property
and securing another site That was not
the cause Of the trouble, IL was all brought
about by the determination OF certain
Young men on the board Of trustees to in
terfere with the prerogatives Of the session,
myself and the nine elders. We resisted
that Naturally trouble followed. The
Stanleys Kindlunds GalbTaiths and Find
lays and their friends took the matter
/
trustees. The elders, worthy men stood
and still stand with me,
80 far as the increase in my salary il
concerned, / am getting less on an average
than ever did. Last year with 81 600 straight
salary and percentage Of the general
| income reof ived by the church, l got s. ,O34.
Under the new salary rule | will receive
| simply 81, 500 and no percentage. or course,
! the trouble makers sieze on that and wave
! II in the air like a red flag.
U IN Lon, uTnrlWaa 10 t.tat
was not Of my own initiative" said he.
! THE people Of the church have grown
| tired Of the meddling and disturbing
tendencies Of the young men l have named
and others. Therefore they voted 10 put
all the power in the hands Of the elders,
and they gave me a vote Of confidence
Mr.. Lee said he thought 1t was perfectly
iustifablc TO keep out such persons as
howled a o d in the rain Wednesday night
IN they ned got in, he said, there was no tell
ing what might have happened.
why, il might have come to bloodshed
he declared. Anyway, they had no right
! in the meeting They were in bad standing
every soul Of them, some Of them suspended
some communicated. some wofully be-
hind In their dues Oh, there was multi
tuda Of reasons
He was deeply panied, most kecnly cha
erined. he said. that the activities Of the
police in hustling the locked out members
gave the unrighteous Of the Tenderloin a
delightful hour or TWO
why, the North Presbyterian Church
had to do the same thing the night they
took the vote on whether to move OF not, -"
said he The procedure was perfectly
legitimate. 1 wouldn't have had those
trouble makers inside for anything. Blows
would have been struck, the eanctity Of
| the edifce desecrated; most anything might
| have happened
Mr. Lee wound up his talk on the in
| EQUITIES Of the other half by saying that he
doubted II they contributed 10 per cent.
! OF the revenues Of the church. MY friends
! give ct least % per cent. Of the money the
! Church receives FOR its support, said be.
! Those In opposition 10 the Rev Mr.. Des
| have appealed 10 the Presbytery, II was
understood yesterday, 10 remove him. The :
/ the procedure under which the election
! Of Wednesday night was held. Hereto
! fore the Presbytery has kept out Of the
] rlimpus as much as possible, but Affairs have
! got TO such pass that the body must take
| action, both sides we're saying yesterday.
| tor Of the Presbytery and the Rev. Dr..
! frederick +. Shearer, D. D., il stated clerk,
/ the only permanent ONCE OF the body.
! Neither Of these gentlemen cared 70 discuss
| the trouble yesterday Presbytery meets
The pastors foes in the congregation
| say that the action Of Wednesday night
| will not stand. The Presbytery will annul
! the election and order new one they say
| They declare that MIR. Lee carefully kept
! out Of the meeting everybody he was certain
would vote against his plans. and that he
would not pay the slightest attention in
the meeting 20 those that desired 10 speak
against his course.
! The Westminster Presbyte nan Church
! will have a new preacher before many
days. they said We've enough against
] that man Lee to have him kicked out.
Dear me, how excited these young per-
sons are, said the preacher when this was
| told him.
EAST SIDES MUSIC HEARD.