Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-16
REBELS" OUT OF
SCIENCE CHURCH.
HARMONY REIGNS
First Reader Forced TO Resign
~: Reporting Faults to
Mother Church.
MANUAL PROHIBITS TALE
TATTLlNG TO hub" BODY
Seceders Say They We're Dis
eliminated Against for
Lack of Wealth.

That peace and harmony viii reign
supreme in the local Christian Science
Church from now on. is the belief OF
the members Of the First Church Of
Christ Scientist as expressed by them
today. As told in the Evening STAR
on Saturday, the first reader, Frederick
w. lie PORN, Of 1882 Broad street, has
been deposed by the trustees Of the
church, and since the thirty-two dis
gruntled" members have resigned,
there will be no further strife or con-
troversy among the congregation. The
rebels are out" said one of the mem
beers. land we are glad Of It,"
A. S. Curtlss, of is Ingraham place,
.SJne Of the trustees Of the local church,
issted a formal statement last night
in which the charges against the for
mer reader are set forth. Mr.. lie
PORN is charged with breaking n Of
the strictest rules of the church by
reporting to the mother church IN Bos-
ION the alleged faults that he found
with the local governing body. 1t is
said that although the officers Of the
Boston church never replied to his
communications, the reader %neverthe-
less continued TO send in reports with
the hope that some day he would gain
recognition and be rewarded for his
zeal.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. LIE PORN deny
that they were asked to resign and en-
p~hatically state that they left of their
own volition.
Referring 10 the wholesale secession
from the congregation one of the trus-
tees TODAY said: This Isl not the first
time that q body has decided to leave
the church. Ever since its organisa-
tion, thirteen years ago, there have
been dissatisfied persons who sought
personal powerZ About four years ago
a number OF them left, but later asked
, that they be taken back. We needed
their request, but no sooner were they
in the church han the old difficulties
again presented themselves. We did
wrong in taking them back, and will
not do so this time. / want to say that
the m alters that ouT reader reported to
the Boston church were all petty and
ridiculous. 1t is surprising to me that
"a man Of Mr.. lie Porin's calibre would
stoop to telling tales out of school We
all thought him a broad-m-inded man,
and were shocked at the stand he
took"
aRebeis" speak OF DETERMINATIONS
The "rebels' were not willing TO talk
about the matter today, but admitted
that they left because hey We're being
Disseminated against by the majority
because they were not wealthy or soci-
ally prominent "ro put the thing In q
nutshell" said one of them, tho ma
jority. that is, about 140 OF them. did all
they could to make things disagreeable
for us. We were practically forced to
leave. No. we will not start another
church. we will either worship at homo
81 attend the churches in the vicinity.
We can go to New York, Montclair,
East Orange or several other places
where we will be made to feel at home"
Article 2. section 13, which Mr.. LIZ Po-
rim is accused OF violating, reads as
follows;
"A member Of both the Mother
Church and a branch Church of Christ
Scientist, or a reader shall not report
nor send notices to the Mother Church
OF to the pastor emeritus of errors of
The members of their local church, but
they shall strive 10 overcome these
errors.
Each church shall separately and
Independently discipline its own mem
bers II this sad necessity occurs"
The letter demanding the resignation
OF Mr. lie PORN, as given out last night,
is couohed In the following terms.
Mr.. F. w. Lee PORN, First Reader:
Whereas. You. Mr.. It. w. LIE Porin.
first reader, First Church OF Christ
Scientist In Newark, have violated
article H., section 10, OF the manual of
the Mother Church in Boston, Mass.
(read page 5D, and other sections not
necessary to mention
sWm Advocate Further Action
Resolved. That it is the sense of the
undersigned trustees Of the First
Church Of Christ Scientist In Newark
that the said f. w. lie Perrin is hereby
requested to resign as first reader. said
resignation 20 be IN tho and Of the
clerk on OF before Monday, January .,
1911. BY so doing you will obviate