New-York tribune., 1922-02-17
w oman Barred.
Seeks Ban on
Whole Church
Mrs. Harry A. Day Wants
Baptists to Cast Out
Congregation Headed bv
DIR. George Caleb Moor
immortality Is Charged
Mrs. Grace Humiston Sup
ports Sister in FightAgainst
Madison Avenue Preacher

An effort will be made to bring
about the d1sfcllowship Of Madison
Avenue Baptist Church as a result OF
the action of its members in cxpellinq
from the congregation Mrs Harry A
Day, of 205 West Fifty y-srventh Street
for prcferring charges of immortality
against it's pastor, the Rev. DR.. George
Caleb Moor. Mrs. Grace Humiston
attorney and sister of Mrs. Day, said
last night that church council Of five
ministers has already been appointed
and has heard testimony at meeting
in the Second Avenue Baptist Church
DR.. John Roach Straton is a member of
this council. Since there is no final
court of appeals in the Baptist Church
Prcsbytcry of the Prcsbyte rian Church
the only possible action is disfcllow-
ship of the church through United
action among the ministers.
Measures are already under way
toward this end, according to Mrs
Humiston. Her father was superin-
tcndent of the Madison Avenue Baptist
Church for a number of years and hel
sister, Mrs. Day, was on the pulpit
committee, was head of the missionary
committee and took prominent part
in all forms of church work.
When the congregation met in the
church on Wednesday night and, after
stormy meeting, passed vote OF
confidence in the pastor and expelled
Mrs. Day by vote of 60 to 43 DR.
were all present It was charged a.
the meeting that although Mrs. Day
had made the accusations and had beer
given several opportunities to appear
before committees and substantial
her charges she had failed to do so
This Mrs. Day emphatically depiet
yesterday.
Before the vote was taken Mrs
Humiston rose in the church ane
dramatically denounced the pastor, VIII,
has served in the parish for nearly
three years, accusing him of immoraI
ties. She attempted to display bead
and a garnet bracelet which she sale
DR.. Moor had given to an eighteen
year. old girl. Attempts were made tt
silence her and a number of womef
left the church, coming back later t'
vote. The membership Of the congre
CATION is. 500 and 125 persons wcr.
present.
The resolution of confidence was az
follows: THAT we, as a church, plac,
on record our confidence in Dr.. Moor
assuring him of our love and esteem
and loyalty, with the prayer that Ri
pastorate may continue to the gloriti
cation Of God and the progress of ou
church, unhampered by any false at
tacks upon him or his character; tha
we, as a church, discountenance an,
further attacks upon the pastor or tn
spread Of gossip and slander as dis
turbing the spiritual progress Of ou
work. and that the church accept thes
findings as final, and thus enable ou
pastor TO go on with the real spiritua
work of the church without further al
noyance or Embarrassment"
| DR.. Moor, seen in his study yester
day, was weak and i'll from influence
He is mddle-agcd man, with youn
married daughter Both his wife an
daughter arc standing BY him in fac
Of all the accusations. Before com
ing to the Madison Avenue Baptis
Church, where he gets $4,000 yea
and has an influential charge, he wa
pastor of the Brooklyn Temple.
"All can say is that the church b,
a very large ma jority has indorsed me-
he declared. "They have also expelled
Mrs. Day, who has been my chief &C
cuser This has been going on for
year now and it has worried my wife t,
death. 1t has all been gossip.
mo definite charge has been made
against me in this church at any time
Nothing has been signed. The best