Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-09

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porter and was greatly agitated over
what some members of the church had
to say about her. "Some people think"
said Mrs DeMott, that it was I who
let the secret out. That is not true.
want to know now who is in the right,
Mr.. Phillips or the pastor. I hope the
thing will be settled finally and the
pastor cleared of all charges"
One of the most ardent supporters of
the former pastor of the church is
F. s.. Barber, of the Barber Extract
Company, whose home is at los Mt.
Pleasant avenue. He is a prominent
member of the congregation. In con-
v~ersation with an Evening STAR re-
porter today he declared that the
preachers friends have no intention of
allowing the matter to drop. but will
insist on a full and public investigation
Of the quarrel.
After asserting that envy inspired
the charges against Mr.. Lumbar, Mr..
Barber said:
Il have known Mr.. Lumbar for many
years, even before he assumed charge
Of u church, and I know him to be
upright and honorable in every way.
That Is a whole lot more than I can
say of his traducer. Mr.. Phillips has
frequently pointed with pride to the
fact that before his conversion he was
a vile sinner His campaign against
the good name of a fellow clergyman
proves he is n yet. 1 would give a
thousand dollars to meet him, and I
would gladly suffer the consequences
For a long time there has beer dis
ooroodaa ~ kA@ M 49,
Church. but 1t was not until last night
that he cause Of 1t was openly dis
cussed. Then from the pulpit of the
Prospect Street Baptist Church, East
Orange, George R. DeMott, a deacon
In the Rev. MI. Lumbar's former
church. declared that the clergyman's
resignation was not voluntary. but had
been demanded by the officers Of the
church because the Rev. Mr.. Lumbar
had been involved with a young woman
In the congregation
When Mr.. De Mott finished speaking
Mr.. Phillips spoke. corroborating the
deacon's story, and told Of a comics
sion he alleged the woman in the case
had made to him. He said that IN 1908
the oma came to him and delivered
herself of the most horrible confession
he had ever heard. detailing her jnti..
macy with the Rev. Mr.. Lumbar. Sub
sequently, he said. while he was rom
Quoting revivals In Warwi. X, ". T.,
he received a letter signed by men
who stated they were officers of the
Newark church, asking IL he knew any
thing concerning Mr.. Lumbar's rela-
lions with women of his congregation.
Later these men asked him the ques-
ttA-a oa-4otnAa fn thu lnftA.s 6r.t -
MED having written him.
Mr.. Phillips stated the young woman
had beer converted by him while he
was conducting revival services In Mr..
Lumbar's church in 1908 and had later
gone to him with the story involving
her pastor. At different times prior to
April, 1910. he said. he had told the
/ deacons and trustees of this story. He
said they demanded the resignation Of
Mr.. Lumbar last April.
Mr.. De Mott then said that Mr.. Lum-
bar had promised to resign Al once.
He failed to do so. however, according
to Mr.. De Mott. despite the fact that
the request was made after the lay
body had called upon him and asked
him about his alleged intimacy with
the young m At this meeting
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present and to have stated that she
had made a confession to Mr.. Phillips.
She is said to have asserted this con-
fession was a spiritual one.
Women Take Hand in Investigation.
1t was also stated last night that
the church body undertook an investi-
cation and that Mrs. De Mott and Mrs.
J. T. Brown, the latter the wife of one
of the officers, called upon the young
woman and asked If she had made a
confession. She is said to have replied
that she would neither deny or affirm
the rumor but declared that IL she
had been guilty of "a crime with her
pastor she would certainly say moth
ing about it.
Since April, according to MI. De Mott,
the church body undertook to investi-
gate the alleged misconduct of their
pastor and found that his name was
linked with that of other Newark wom-
en-. They then decided to act immedi-
ately, he said, and late In November
asked Mr.. Lumbar that he make good
his promise to resign.
The alleged confession, according to
MT. Phillips, was made at the home of
the Rev. w. H. Scott, in New York.
When seen prior to the meeting last
night Mr.. Phillips declared that he
could make no statement until he saw