Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-27
NEW POINT MAY Be
RAISED IN CASE OF
REV. JNO. N 'ELMOYLE
Whether Presbytery is the Sole
Judge OF the Pastoral ReIa-
ton Of a Member.
GOES TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

t'rcshytery is sole Judge of pastoral
relation will probably hc the contention
of the l'rrsbytcry uf New castle Ia IT'S
appeal IT the McEmoNlc cas-, Ia the
Presbyterian General Assembly whose
snuual spsSlou will n, hold at Wtnona.
tnd beginning MAY le and continuing
10 DAYS
rhr NctimoNlc case relates "a i;"N-
JOHN M,ElmoNle and m, pastoratc of
tht IrcshVtcru.n church AZ Elktou.
Nj t'rpsbVtcrN fVo wears ago, after
investigations Complaints that In Nc
EmoNl, lacked discretion - perform
ma tn marriag, ceremony dissolved
hia pastoral relation with said church.
~ McEIuoNI, appealed 10 the synod
al naltmor, Composed ot The frrslN
tsries az NcW castle. Baltimore and
Warninstou. re-, Iocl SRGilhIian act
ins for the appellant Before synod
setet ar tho appeal Tho congregation
ouHtcd eldcrs uuffcndN 81 ~. pastor
aud elected s.d,rs trsendN IT. hIm.
Prrst, trrl a.. ltrcd IA, ,.r. .uon illegal,
aad pr Nlmos appealed to synod
Asaa
-.noa session p Baltimore asst
octusr# .cfr...d th, ea~, - ludi. al
oammIss.on ,a h presented hi ."..av 4
iUs aepo
r 1,rsr.u. .a, audlrs~ anhu,
-,ltr~ a, matters referred ~ .u
~, complains " Wtr, n,t appointed
ii decide Nb, h, taa's nnr As to
ri, propurtor al .e# the srl un-
.rtunate .ndt.oa, Nst.c h Elh-
t.n Chur,n
In N, ease af III, te : Gan'an
as.tsnst "a, \,W ,t~'., l'.,sl> ttrN We
q that pre~h> t,. cH.d di~st.virg
.. uAstura isaton Is MOON E,v John
So l.mo,ly ANA 's. I"Nfun Chursh
fhaH having pre-, ..l~ trl hr given
u.e u.t., to tht ps~.. tppoa as s.
ua.,l t tr,ord3a Nfh thr action
Gcnera Assrmaa 7nN min-
aast $3.50 which -tat.~ tha. tn
f Il~4a.u' 81 et In# pa~t.a.t relation
,,t. aai..e u lttl l.a. us l. E.t'-
tstb paSt.E and .uE r,gst.or and
tarfbe ht ra' heirr hoard no,.,ioa
fh l, ,.an nf rre~hl .,U, THIS r-
procedur, Ne 3. E. nae,~
l tH, action ia T#s~h,t.rs .h,
,sprcaN, Is ,..O th' 'tc' .hat
harrcs wer, prrt, red tsatn> .1s
pastor
IL thc case y Rev 1.ue " Etuoy.s
AGAINST ~. Prcsnyter1 \,w cast.
W. and thai while the e..-.s,n II r.d.rs
Na, s.u hy N, congregation Was
ft.u' author!2aticr II session or
rr. .httsrv. Net nasm4.h as 4, con-
formed 81 the recently sn"aded charter
of IN church aud .aa~mu As the
General Assembly has a.. dcd that each
.ugrertuov mtt detcrmlrs is oWr
sdt 81 election .t 'td.r- tui Las flr-
'a. i arrd taa reruiaf n '.,.-
81 doe. MOI elalda's aa "a. 'i"n
was rct .oea athsas ~ssd.a ln
,feU - .h. a,t,. S., i..r hest
anf esta.et.l aa. tn t1e~. elders
sgr trd h. Ipo saat.oH
r..a ,ed s p~.-It p..sht..rt
q rdtrsI Z. s. me.t..- n. ta. or-
-rtsaf V.'hr ~ d,. ,'fo 'r
election ~ elders W ard na; ,hc
r~esh,,s as N,V rt-.e -r,d j. scat
- comm t-~la0s tra 81. F.Ni"n
r.h ~ eide. rs. spaa ~.,5 ht .hr
-.Iar - ~. ehur r ", direct the
.tN caste Pro~h>tegN 81 re:a~n - nc
l.A..n chm. s ,he rer.st.. ard minutes
cf HI, sess1o. 81 th, church.
synod adopted IN, -epo-' and Elder
- Leonard Wales gaN, notice q an
snpeal 10 m, Genera Assembly
Mcmhers ~ Pr-sby'ers admit that u
did not ofneialy cite Dr MoEin6yle 70
appear. but they say ne was present
when citation x th- congregation was
read