Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-19
VESTRY OF CHURCH
REBUKES BISHOP
Adopts Resolution of Protest
After Fiery Address by
DR.. Richmond.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10. Bishop
RhlBelanuer, OF the diocese OF Penn
syINanIa, was ''repuked py the ve5-
lery oil Rev. George chalmers tticn-
nond church last night for mis- faIi-
ure TO extend a blessing to the
cnurcn. RESOLUTIONS were passed
aIter a sensational address by the
rector in which ne declared: Il am a
ns nter, my tatner vas a ngh.er and
my grandfather was a fighter, ana l
s.eep petter when L have a hight on
ny hands.
Men call me sensational" con-
tlnued Dr Richmond In explanation
OF his recent uLterances in repIy to
me presenLments against him for
trial before the eccIesIastical court,
'put wait until BiIiy sunday comes.
sunday means business; We do not;
tue church Is only temporizIng. In
order to preach the gospel one must
ue a tlghter.
MY ancestors came from Scotland,
the home of good 1--we preaching and
god Whiskey. To fight comes
natural to me. | am with the man
that is oppressed and 1 do not care
who l damn in my process. My sup
port is with the men that are real
men. You cannot always trust
bishops because they look godly.
"The laws of evolution say that
you cannot progress unless you have
trouble. There must always be an
Itch lor some to scratch and irritate
to bring action. That Is the condi-
ton in the church.
II believe with DIR. Parkhurst that
if Christ were to come to Philadel-
phia there is not a home in the city
where He would be welcome more
than a week. We are afraid of CHRIST
and His teachings. Everything is
business now. We cannot have a
bishop even unless he gets $4,000 a
year salary and has a handsome
house to live in. In the old days no
one was turned out of church as long
as he could preach the gospel. l
have heroic conception of the min
ls,ry."
The resolution adopted follows:
ITO Bishop Rhinelander:
"At a meeting Of the vestry of ST.
Johns Church December IA a motion
was made and passed that a commit
tee of three be appointed to draft a
set of resolutions to be sent to the
bishop resenting the attacks made
upon our rector by the bishop and the
ecclesiastical court and certain men,
bere of the church. Therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the vestry of this
church do resent in the most positive
manner the attacks made upon our
rector, and that the bishop of this
diocese and his ecclesiastical court
and certain members of the vestry OF
this church responsible for these at
tacks be requested to withdraw their
charges.
THAT the vestry stand by the rec
tor and give him their moral and
financial support in defense of these
attacks, and that the vestry take this
opportunity for rebuking the bishop
Of this diocese for his attitude in re-
lation to our Tooth anniversary in not
even sending his blessing"
Thomas r. Bazarth, w. A. Kelly
and r. L. Keene signed the resolu-
tions.
After hearing before a magistrate
yesterday the rival friends of Rev.
Mr.. Richmond and William Hamilton,
ono of his vestrymen whom he had
arrested on the charge of "vandal-
ISM" clashed in the corridor of City
Hall. and one of the young friends
of the accused vestrynan was arrest
ed at the rector's instance for declar-
ing: IF I had the chance 1 would
give him a damned good licking"
The prisoner, Joseph Comegys, was
arraigned later by the same magis-
trate and allowed to sign his own bail
bond.