The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-10

i bad report from his misconduct fol
lowing up his name from other chara.
eS he&has had in the past.
" That Rev. r. Seymour is and
will be detrimental now and hereaf-
ter TO st. James A. M. E. Church OF
St. Paul. Minnesota.
vi. For coming to my house and
bringing false report ABOUT the
Trustees ii regards to them handling
the moneys of the church.
(Signed) Joseph Adams.
st. Paul Mimi, January II. 1906.
To Bishop C. T. Shaffer and Pre-
siding Elder H. H. Thompson
John H. Dillingham;. member
of st. James A. M. E. Church of St.
Paul. Mimi. do hereby charge Rev.
R. Seymour with having committed
crimes expressly forbidden by the word
OF God and of practice sufficient to
exclude person from the Kingdom
OF Grace and Glory. That is to say
Specification 1st:-That is to say
that the said Rev. R. Seymour did on
/ the 10Th day of March, 1905 ask me to
wire false statement to Rev. J. G..
Anderson of Chicago, ILL.,
Specification End :-That the said
Rev R. Seymour did on or about the
3Oth day of December. 1905 accuse
me OF publishing and giving to the
people booklet in which | stated
that the cost of the parsonage was
S2,435.00 and that we had in bank
81 $4,000 OF that amount. as there is
no such statement in the booklet |
claim that was false statement and
that he knew it at the time he made
it. | also claim that the pretended
Interview wherein the said Rev. r.
Seymour asked himself and answered
himself some questions that were I'M
true. and this was conduct unbecom-
ing to minister of the gospel
Specification 3rd:-I charge Rev.
R. Seymour with making false state
ment from the pulpit namely on De-
cember II. 1905. He read state
ment that he himself had prepared
wherein he stated that five persons
namely: John Jenkins, Geo. Bell, T.
H. Lyles, J. c. Broyles and S. Belle
sen had made a thorough investiga-
ton of the affairs of the church and
that they found the financial affairs OF
the church in such deplorable condi-
ton that they all resigned from the
office of Trustees. There had been no
investigation by those men whatever
and Rev. R. Seymour knew at the time
that he made this statement that the
aObve named men had made no in
vestigation into the financial affairs
of the church. This statement was
false and unbecoming of a Christian
minister OF the gospel.
Specification 4th:-That the Rev. r.
Seymour stated to the congregation,
December 31st. 1895 that Attorney F.
l.. McGhee had said in his (Rev. R.
Seymour) presence and in the pres
ence of j. D. O'Brien that if he (Atty.
F. l.. McGhee) had known the facts
in the case that he would not have
brought the suit against the Trustees
of the Church as there were no
grounds for it. I claim that this
statement was false and the Rev. r.
Seymour knew when ne made it. this
is unbecoming of a Christian minister
OF the gospel to make such false
statements before his congregation.
Specification 5th:-I claim that
Rev. R: Seymour has violated his duty
as a minister in that he has not APP
pointed a Stewards Board and certi-
fed the same to the Quarterly Con-
ference since he has been in charge
OF ST. James A. NJ. E. Church. There
has not been during his time any reg
ular organized Stewards Board and
for this reason there has been much
confusion in pursuing the proper
course especially in preferring charg-
eS.
Specification 6th:-I claim that
there is now and has been for some
time a great deal OF dissentlon and
dissatisfaction in the church.
Wherefore pray that this said Rev.
R. Seymour be placed on trial for the
above offenses and that he be dealt
with according to the discipline laws
and rules Of our A. NJ. E. Church.
(Signed) John n. Dillingham;.
Dear Bishop C. T. Shaffer and Pre-
siding Elder H. H. Thompson
l pray that you both or either of
you will recognize these charges and
proceed to try the accused according
to the law Of the church, as there is
no regular Stewards Board in st.
James A. NJ E. Church to refer them