New-York tribune., 1906-04-11
ATTACK ON DIR. SHEARER
CALLED Il BUSYBODY.
Nr. Hobbs, of Nassau Presbytery,
Says He Interferes Too Much.

The Rev. j. Howard Hobbs, OF the First Pres
oyterian Church OF Jamaica, at the spring meet
ing of the Presbytery Of Nassau yesterday. at
tackled the Rev. DR.. Frederick E Shearer. of
No 156 Fifth avenue New York City, stated
clerk Of the New York Presbytery for alleged
interference with the prerogatives of Nassau and
Tor displaying craven spirit" Mr. Hobbs
Was seconded by two of the delegates to the
meeting and a resolution was passed that the
attention Of the New York Presbytery be called
to the resolution relative to DR.. shearer's al
legged unwarranted interference
The meeting was held in the First Presbyte-
ran church of Far Rockaway. Mr.. Hobbs Of
fered the following resolution:
Resolved, That all vacant churches in this Pres
nyteLy De instructed TO apply for pulpit supplies
supplies, and that no church in Nassau Presbytery
n~,c nave any communication with the Rev DR.. Fred
erlck ek 4 Shearer, OF New York Presbytery. rele-
I'VE I'VE 70 supplying the pulpit. other church af-
Mr. Hobbs. in attacking Dr. shearer. had the
following to say:
There have. been two or three cases of such ex.
er part that notice at last be taken. DR..
reference in our affairs some years ago COM
Fm!IIee Fe OF FIushing citizens appointed for the
FORMATION Of a Presbyterian church. DR.. Shearer
g Eot some Of the members into a consultation and
ban and % WAS s al Nassau he PTes6yteTy vas under
When faced with this, he disclaimed any intention
Of truth and dFPayn GTaTen spr Aan A 5e
interfered with a church seeking permanent pas
saw members of the New York Presbytery re-
gardlng Dr. Shearers attitude. and asked them
what the matter was with him. They replied that
charges against him e and so enable them to rid
e themselves M OF him Dr. Shearer has repeatedly
no right TO interfere give aid to churches which
Of ang so@e 1 kh9T ali Tas about n2 @ @
t SaeaIeI, VINO carries ministerial bureau IN his
Mr.. Prau. of the Elmhurst Presbyterian
Church, stated that DR.. Shearer had endeavored
to arrange with his session to supply minis
ters while they had no permanent pastor. and
had been informed that they could manage
their own affairs
4 agree with what the Rev. Mr. Hobbs has
said" spoke up Mr.. Davidson of the First Pres
byterian Church OF Hampstead There is a big
row coming in the New York Preshytery. We
will hear from it soon. 1t has some men like
Shearer and that ilk that ii has got to deal
with. Shearer is what may be termed first
class busybody- say give 1t to him"
The resolution offered by Mr.. Hobbs was
unanimously passed. The Rev. A H. Fish, of
Islip, moved that the stated clerk Of the New
York Presbytery be informed of what had been
done, with a view TO having the New York
Presbytery know Of II. II being suggested that
such report might be pigeonholed Mr.. Fish
recommended that a copy also be sent to the
=
Hobbs said that might not be effective either
for the reason that the moderator, the Rev
Mr.. Nixon. is DR.. Shearer's minister COM
promise resolution was passed that notice be
sent TO the New York Presbytery.
DR.. shearer who lives at No. 2465 Broadway
said last night that he knew no reason for the
attack which Mr.. Hobbs had made on him. He
said he tried hard to love the brethren of Mas
sau Presbytery like good Christian. He ex-
planned his duties in regard to church supplies
as follows:
I am the chairman of the committee sup
plies and vacancies. The other members are the
Rev. DR.. David G. Wylie and Lieutenant Gov
ernor NJ. Linn Bruce. This committee supple:
ministers to vacant churches at no cost
Churches are not obliged 10 write to the com
mittee unless they want to. Some outside
churches are glad to get New York ministers.
When asked about the charge that he hat
medded in the affairs of a Flushing church DR.
Shearer said:
These people came to me and asked how
to start a church, and I tried 10 help them.
gave them a lot of information and they car
have more if they want IT.
DR.. Shearer seemed amused when told that h,
had been accused of having pull with the
Rev. Mr- Nixon. the moderator Of the Presby
terry, because he attended the latter's church.
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