Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-21

from the Chassis has only been met
with criticisms and insults.
Various meetings of the Chassis
have been held. The same men who
are trying to destroy Christ Church
and ruin the man who is occupying
the pulpit at this time, have been
just as busy to accomplish this end
as any three gymnastic bug-a-boos
could be. I will say further that If
the Chassis of Newark persist in their
persecution of this man, they will
find, sooner or later that the people
who are standing Loyalty by him are
the toughest bunch of fighters they
ever saw in righteous cause"
Proof of Character.
Letters received by Alderman
Daniel Hopper. chairman of the con-
sistory of Christ Church. from per-
sons of Coffeyville, Kan, where Mr..
Barker formerly preached, showed
that a movement is on foot in that
city to force the Presbytery of Ne
osha to acknowledge their mistake IN
dropping his name from their fellow
ship.
To refute Mr.. Testers statement
that Mr. Barker's record at haywood
was not good, an official letter has
been received signed by the officers of
the First Congregational Church of
haywood, Ill, where Mr.. Barker was
for three and a half years previous to
accepting the call from Coffeyville,
Kan. 1t reads:
I'VE, the undersigned, officers Of
the First Congregational Church of
haywood, ILL.,. hereby testify that
the Rev Percival H. Barker was our
pastor for about three and a half
years.
I'VE consider him a man of great
ability and a man of character. He
left us in the summer Of 1911 by his
own arrangement. He was very pop
ular and proved himself to be good
pastor"
Letter received from the Mayor of
Coffeyville, Kan, is as follows:
"Mr Barker was probably the
most brilliant minister that has ever
occupied the pulpit in Coffeyville. He
is a man of broad views and sterling
worth; he has received the highest
salary ever paid minister in this
city, and has earned it by hard work
and true devotion to duty. In this
State the Mayor is poor warden for
his city and he comes in contact con-
stantly with the dependent and I'M
fortunate class.
REV. Barker came to my office
time and again, and went with me
to visit the poor and destitute.
az found him a very able aid in this
work, and a man of great heart Tor
the unfortunate, giving from his own
pocket in cases that appealed to MIN
as worthy. But above all this stands
the man as a pastor and preacher
and a jealous worker in the cause OF
Christ for the uplifting of mankind"
(Signed) E. C. RICE, Mayor.
Coffeyville, Kan.
Another letter received from Paul
A. Jones, editor and proprietor of
the Coffeyville Sun, is as follows:
ct feel a sense of guilt for not hav-
ing entered a personal protest against
the outrageous treatment that Rev.
Percival H. Barker received in this
community.
1.-The mental torment and anguish
he must have suffered at the hands
of certain members of the Presby-
terrain Church in this section for
trivial errors and mistakes are moro
in keeping with the days of the
Spanish Inquisition than this Chris
tian and progressive age.
REV. Barker has many friends here
who do not share in the opinions of
those who have been so busy in at
tempting his destruction. While mere
he carried himself as brave, fearless
clean, Christian gentleman, and moth
ing will ever convince me that he is
anything to the contrary.
"I can conceive of no higher honor
and glory that could come to your
church than a united Vindication OF
his persecution and demonstration
to the world that one church at least
is possessed of the same feelings that
exalt the personality of Christ and
that Christianity is practised as well
as taught"