The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-04-25
Again In Court.
Same Old Presbyterian
WrangIe, Once Settled
In Tennessee by Chan
\ ceIlor Bullock who was
Sustained by the Su-
preme Court.
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tween the presbyterian church
aud the Cumberland Presbyter-
ian church has been taken to the
federal court for adjustment, a.
bill of complaint in equity hav-8
ing been filed in the United
States district court, at Nash
vile by William j. Darby, q
minister Of Indiana, and S..
Spencer Chapman, Of Pennsyl-
vania representing the Presby-
terrain church, Of which they are
members, against the Cumber-
land Presbyterian Theological
Seminary and the trustees OF
Cumberland University. Tn Q
bill asks among other things,
that the court decree that the
union which is claimed to have
been contaminated on May "a,
1905, between the Cumberland
Presbyterian and the Presby-
terian church, be declared valid
and operative, and that the de-
PENDANTS be enjoined from hin
dering or in any way embarrass-
ing the trustees Of Cumberland
University, who, it is stated,
hold a trust Of endowment fund
formerly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church, but which
became the property Of the Pres.
byterian church when the re-.
union Of the churches was form
ed. Compliments also ask for
such other and further relief as
may be suited to the case.
The bill filed in the case is a
documento Of considerable length,
in which is given the history Of
the disagreement between mem.
bers Of the Presbyterian church
resulting in the founding of the
Presbyterian church. The diff
erence Of belief resulting in the
secession of the Cumberland
Presbyterians is given in full,
and is followed by an account Of
the steps taken toward reuniting
the churches in 1904 by the
meetings of the general assem-.
blies Of the two churches, re-
sulting, as set out IN the bill, in
the formal uniting of the church
es on May "a, 1905, and later the
organization of another Cumber-
land Presbyterian church by a
minority of the commissioners
Of the general assembly Of the
original Cumberland Presbyter-
| ian church.
The bill further states that
some thirty years after its organ.
ization the Cumberland Presby.
terrain church began to interest
itself in the education of young
men for the ministry, and that
twenty-five years ago the church
decided to endow a theological
department at Cumberland Unis
versity at Lebanon, for which a
fund Of SIS, 900 was raised and
placed in the hands and under
the control of the defendants in
this case, and which it was claim
ed was in the hands of the trus.
tees when the union of the
churches was contaminated. 1t
is claimed that this fund was
held by the trustees of Gum Der.
land University until 1911, when
it was decided to discontinue
the theological department of
Cumberland University and
transfer the trust fund to the
Lane Theological Seminary at
Cincincinnatti, a theological in.
stitution of the Presbyterian
church, having the same purpose
as the theological department Of
the Cumberland University.
After this was done, according
to the bill, the Cumberland
PRESBYTERIAN church, established
at Mckenzie, Tenn. a school
known as the Cumberland Pres.
byterian Theological Seminary
and claimed the trust Or en-
downment fund Of $4,000 for
that school. The suit is brought
to prevent the fund from being