The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10
j. H. DILLINGHAM;
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Bile, SO meeting was called for bust
ness of Importance and published SO
in the daily papers. When Presiding
Elder Thompson began the meeting
he said it was for general class
though he was informed what the
meeting had been called for. He said
that there We're no charges filed
against the Rev. R. Seymour and he
would not do anything as there were
no charges filed He was informed
that there was no Stewards Board to
file them with and he then said file
them with him, that he was the man
that would act. The charges were
put into his hands in less than As
hours. Did he act? Oh, no, he was
in the hands of Rev. Saymour's lady
friend and no one but such as had
Rev. Seymour's O. K could get an
audience with him. asked him on
the 18th OF January what he intended
to do with the charges. and Rev Sey-
mour's lady friend was right by his
side. He said well l am going to
give everything over to the Bishop,
he will be here and he will act"
(And he did act).
Now my readers remember there
was no Stewards up to this time. On
this night there was a trial to put
some members out of the church for
taking part in the meeting mentioned
above. I will give history Of these
| trials as soon as Rev. Seymour gets
through expelling and suspending
| members from the church for nine
| months. Nine moM1hs seems to have
| great deal to do with Rev. Sey-
| mour's life.
| Rev. Thompson the Presiding Elder
| of this district stated he would be
out OF the city on the day and night
OF the 18th and that he would be in
Hastings. Mimi, so Rev. Seymour,
the Bishops friend, called meeting
for some trials for the 18th at p. NJ,
but what a surprise to the people
when they opened the door upon
was the Presiding Elder-who had
said that he would be out of the
city-in small room and surrounded
by Rev. Seymour and few of his
friends and they put everybody else
out as fast as they came in. 1t was
| here the secret Quarterly Conference
| was held which will stand as dis
grace to this district as long as time
shall last and the Stewards Board
consisting of few of Rev. Seymour's
| friends were confirmed. Rev. Sey-
mour had to have this Board to give
| his friend the Bishop an excuse in
| his favor Not even the Secretary
| of the Trustee Board was allowed
to remain in this meeting and they
would not. even pray until all those
who opposed Rev. Seymour had been
put out of the room. When he began
to pray, opened the door noiselessly
and tipped inside and I saw the Pre-
siding Elder and Rev. Seymour on
their knees, facing the door, and each
had both eyes wide open. When l
entered the Presiding Elder said
Lord help us to watch as well as
pray" and with one hand he motion
ed me away and the Rev. Seymour
said Amen. So the trick was com
plete and a few of the friends of rev.
Seymour were confirmed, and it is
common belief that Rev. Seymour
| did not put one man on the Board
that would consider one charge or
action against him. So the Presiding
I1uS1 Ii. poOu anu D1O1lOp ".
| T. Shaffer said to the people that no
! they come through this Board. How
long will the A: M 4. Church stand
| under this ruling? No, Rev. Graham,
! it will not live Is years.
The Presiding Elder and Bishop G.
T. Shaffer offered as an excuse for
taking this stand for Rey. Seymour,
that the members of the St. James
A. NJ E. Church had complained of
Rev. G.. w. Gaines and had asked for
his removal but no one without Of
fering an insult to Rev. G. w. Gaines
would compare him with Rev. R. Sey-
mours Rev. Gaines is a gentleman
and a minister of the gospel of a high
standing and he left no cloud on any
home in st. Paul by making unusual
visits at unusual hours and he never
collected any money and refused to
report it. He was never accused of
lying in the pulpit and he never wrote
and published an article in paper.
under the pretense of an interview in
which he slandered his members.
There can be no comparison in this
case at all. but just notice how easy
it was to get the Bishop to move a
gentleman and Christian minister
like Rev. Gaines and then notice how
hard it is to get the Bishop to even
consider charges Of very serious
nature against his friend Rev. Sey-
mour. The petition to the Bishop
asking for preacher in Rev. G. w.
Gaines pace, stated that there was
nothing against his character and
! spoke of him as an able preacher,
but that his age was against him
and that we wanted a younger man
as we hoped to build new parsonage
and a new church in the near future.
There might have been a few other
lines in the petition which I do not
recall at this time, but the Bishop re-
moved him. But how different with
this man Rev. Seymour When you
tell the Bishop about Rev. Seymour
he says it is case of Greek meeting
Greek. Did the Bishop ever hear of
liar and destroyer of homes be-
ing the equal of honest men and de-
cent women?
The Bishops Visit to ST. Paul.
The office Of Bishop of the A. NJ.
E. Church was not looked on as
mockery or the name assigned for
laughter before this.
VINO would have thought the
Bishop would come all the way from
the Bishops Council in the South for
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