The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-04-01
REVOLT GROWS AGAINST
THE REV. GUY |. WALLIS
Meeting Called to Fight for the st.
Paul Property Down in
Staten Island.
BISHOP GREER pONDERING
II lie Doesn't Remove the Rector the
Congregations Members Plan
Court Action.

Thirty members Of st. Pauls Epsico.
pal Church. Staten Island. Of which
the Rev. Guy l.. Wallis is rector. have
added their names to one hundred and
| thirty previous ones asking Bishop
Greer 10 remove the rector. A coll
was sent out yesterday for n meeting
tn be held on April ? to strengthen
the demand for removal and to ap-
peal to the courts for possession Of
the property II the Bishops decision
Is unfavorable.
The new slgners are some OF staten
Islands well known citizens. one Of
| them IL Dr. Henry G. Johnston, u
well known physician. and a member OF
the present vestry. II II asserted that
Edward VANITY, who was excommuni
Gated by Mr.. Wallis. did not get up
the meeting. and until he received ar
invitation 10 attend II knew nothing
about 1t. Mrs. VANITY. the daughter Of
Judge Ward. said:
"My father and my mother, joining
him. save the st. Paul property To
the people of this community. lie might
have given 1t TO few people here,
but he didn't Here comes a man. stand
Ing on his legal rights az rector. WHO
de-, !des all questions his way. Many Of
us do not like his way.
"lt has been said that my father
was broad and liked this new ritualism
and these new doctrinal teachings. Let
me recall some facts from my own
memory. The rector Of the old ST.
Paul's was the Rev. Thomas W. Pun
nett. He was rector while my father
built the new church. the present one.
His successor was the Rev. Arthur l..
Stanley and it was the latter who con-
Quoted my fathers funeral service.
There We're none Of these later notions
In doctrine and elaborateness in ritual
These came in with the Rev. AlonZo
l.. Wood and St. Pau.s went down in
Influence. in attendance. In usefulness.
until at the end Of sixteen years hardly
anything remained.
Now we have the Wood customs
only more so. The choir boys. Of whom
my father was very fond. are gone
The present rector doesn't want them.
II matters not at all what the rest Of
us want. 81. Pauls does not need q
Car.
MY family does not seek possession
Of the property to keep II. don't
know what the meeting on April 2
will do imagine IL may make up n
fund to push III" legal suit shall
not propose such thing. but ! know
there are determined men and women
here. The people, not my husband.
kept on signing the protest to Bishop
Greer, and they will keep on protest
ing"
Bishop Greer refused to talk on the
appeal 1t was learned from another
source yesterday. however. that he re-
CARDS the case as most important and
intends to take at least month in
preparing careful opinion.
When told of the proposed meeting
on April and after he had read the
interview with Mrs. VANITY. Mr.. Wallis
said:
Mrs. VANITY is talking through her
hat. She wears the hat. have noth-
Ing further to say. I am sick OF the
whole matter
Pressed little further he said: "If
l had my way ] would have no vcstry
at all In a parish. The clergy should
devote themselves wholly to spiritual
affairs. ! don't believe in organizations
mems clubs. nothing Of the kind.
know my ground"
Col. Whistler and Nestryman Daley
were with him. Mr.. Daley said tho
signatures against the rector were
those OF Methodists and others At
the morning service yesterday about
one hundred persons attended.