Evening journal., 1922-10-16
fX-BISHOP IN
DEFIANT MOOD
Brown Waits at Home for
Former Peers to Prove
Heresy Charge
DECLARES HE'LL
FIGHT CASE

GALLON. Ohio. Oct. 1s.-The
Rev William Montgomery Brown.
resigned Bishop Of Arkansas. now
living here. who has. challenged the
House of Bishops OF the Episcopa
Church TO prove its allegation Of
heresy against him. is waiting at his
residence. Browneila cottage, for an
answer.
Bishop James Rideout Winches-
ter, of Arkansas who followed Dr.
Brown in that see. Is chairman Of
the commission appointed by the
House of Bishops to call on DR..
Brown in answer TO the challenge,
but a Telegram from Little Rock
quotes him as saying nothing has
yet been done by his commission,
but it may meet in the near fu
ture."
DR.. Brown comes back with the
allusion to Pho minutes of the House
of Bishops at the general conven-
tion I'm Portland last month. where
the charges of heresy were made.
and points out that the. commission
was to stop at Gallon, on the way
East and initiate the, Enquiry then.
He says he is ready$for the COM
mission any time.
Turn about is fair play" DR..
Brown declared. "2'he House of
Bishops is not in session now. but
the letter was sent 10 the presid
ing bishop, who can arrange 10 have
me examined. ana the bishops may
put themselves hon record in writ
ing"
AFTER the action OF the Diocese
Of Arkansas. the conviction that I
must be tried and deposed prevail
ed: but the Bishop of Tennessee,
who is the executive officer of the
house. though as much as opposed
as any TO the booklet. Communism
and Chrlstianism.' did what he could
TO head off the movement by per
suading the bishops in particular
and the church in general 10 he con-
tent with a discrediting Of its doc
trines which would tend to limit the
circulation and influence Of the lit
tie work.
~He seems to have carried the
Bishop Of Arkansas with him, for, in
spite of the action of his diocese, |
for which he was chiefly responsible,
he now contended that 20 try me
would be like arraigning an inmate
from a lunatic asylum.
IF was not to be discredited by
being tried and deposed, 1t must
be by an answer TO my doctrinal |
representation or by a disavowal, |
or finally, by calling in question the /
soundness Of my mind.
Bishop Gailor contended that for |
one of the bishops TO answer me |
would be an irrational, undignihed |
procedure. such as the killing Of a |
fly with a sledge hammer.
THE idea of discrediting me and |
ply heresy by a disavowal was next |
abandoned: and so. as a last resort |
IL is TO be accomplished by brand }
ing me as crazy. For reasons which |
seemed to me good and sufficient I /
determined TO put up as good a fight
as I could for my ecclesiastical life.
Accordingly. I have been beard
ing the lions in their den by sending
four letters 10 members Of the
House OF Bishops. OF these, one
went TO the Bishop Of Ohio, two Of
them TO the Bishop Of Arkansas,
and one TO the presiding bishop"
Bishops. DR.. Brown said:
Il will offer. and hereby do offer
myself 20 the House Of Bishops for
a thoroughGoing mental examina-
tlon by the professors Of psychology |
in Yale. Columbia and Johns Hop
llins universities. They are not per-
sonally known 10 me, but ] am will
ing TO trust them.
IF the members Of the House of
Bishops will place themselves on
record as believing the representa-
lions Of the Bible. literally interpret
I'd. concerning the creation of Adam
and Eve; the planting Of the Car
len Of Eden; the fall Of Adam and
Eve and It's effects: the birth Of
Tesus; His death and descent into
lell; His resurrection and ascension
nto Heaven. and His second COM
ng TO, raise all deceased men. women
md children from the dead. and
o judge and send them to Heaven
,r hell, will resign, and do hereby
lgree to resign, my seat in the
rouse.
IF you do not accept the first Of
hese offers I shall feel that you
hould not reflect upon my mental
condition In public or private. but
ather appoint a competent artist to
Illustrate the situation with a pic