The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
WESTMINSTER oHURCH ROW.
statement OF the Case by q Locked Ou
PaFlHhioneF.


To THR ENRON or THR syS-St' In Tn
Sun Of Friday, April 7, appeared an article
IN regard 70 the trouble that now exists In tho
Westminster Presbyterian Church. In this
article the views Of tho pastor are stated IN
full. lie has laid before tho public NO.
Jorlty Of the actions taken IN the late church
meeting, but has been very careful 70 present
them IN a light most favorable 10 himself
u IL only right that some one should nov gNs
the facts 70 the public In the light IN which
a man OF sound Judgment. business expert
ence and Independent mind sees them.
According 20 the last report 10 the General
Assembly there were ts7 members Of the
church; OF these eight were suspended or
communicated, which leaves 40 members
In good and re gllar standing. At the meet
ing held on April there were, according 10
the figures Of the telers. tsl members voting
These included all who have Joined the church
In the last few weeks. Where we're the other
2o5 members7
large proportion Of these can easily be
accountedfor as more than 100 qualified voters
were turned from the doors under the preteIt
that their names were not entered upon the
church books. People who have been regular
attendants and contributors for the last fifteen
years were thus turned away, while thosa
who have been members for less than three
months. together with those who we're pledged
TO uphold all the actions Of the pastor were
allowed 10 enter the church by means OF tho
parsonage, thus escaping the restrictions i'm
posed upon those who endeavored to enter
the building by the usual means. How. in the
face Of all these conditions, can this meeting
be called anything else than farce
During the year ended March 81, 1904, the
Y. NJ. {. A. occupied the parlors Of the church.
paying for their use 81, 100. or this amount
the pastor received half. or $3.50 A. his Share
OF the increased revenues. In that year the
pastor. according 70 his own statement r.,
the increased revenues. This was averaged
for each Of the FIRST two years Of his pastorate:
while nothing was said OF the amount which
he received for the year ended March 81. 1906
The Y. NJ. G. A. will not again occupy th'
church parlOrs. II will not again pay tha
church 81 100 for the use OF the same, and hos
church viii not again have so large 8 surplus
70 divide with the pastor
rect ayeraRe which the church will be abba
in the future 20 pay the pastor, we must
first subtract this $3.50, The unusual revenue
tors surplus for that year, namely, the ono
ended March %, 1904. secondly We must
divide tho total surplus for the FIRST three
years. namely. $1,000. by four. On account
OF this controversy there has been no surplus
for the year ended with March, 1905. This
will make the average surplus which the pas
tor has received $500: thus showing that in
accepting stated salary OF q. 800 the. pastor.
while asserting that he r. accepting a decrease
OF $500, IL actually receiving an increase %
500 per annum; And vet: according to a
cares nothing for the amount OF salary he
receives.
face, the pastor OF the Westminster Presby-
terrain Church n making his last fight, tie Is
trying hard TO do this in the RaTb OF a much
prosecuted man; but the gown is too small
81" ONE OF tbs EXCITED" YoUxo PEOPLE.
NEW YORK, April 3.