Year: 1859

THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT.


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Dr. Cheever and the Chnrch OF the Furi-


tans.


MEETING OF TIE NEMBEkS OF THE CHURCu-THE
MISS TOMBSTONE MISSION APPROVED AFrER A PRO-
TRACTED DEBATE THE STATEMENT IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH RESOLUTIONS, ETC.


mesting Of members Of the Church Of the Purians,
Union square, held Monday last when exciting
aud debate took place with TO MISS John
stones mission to England ami DR. Cheeyers action with
reference thel etc.


1hs meeting was presided over by Mr.. O. J. Bennett.


NOTION TO EXCLUDE REroRIEas


Before the regular business was commenced motion
moved aud seconded to the effect that all persons
prss ut not members Of the church should retire


One ecnteman took exception notion 80 far II
related ladies' pres Mt, wio though not members
q the church, members of the congregation The
notion be thought ought not to apply to them.


Another member took exception to the moon sofar as
II might relate 10 the reporters Of the press


Mr.. FAIRBANKS said the resolution TO expel report
ere from their meeting that evening might be wise,
bot II certainly struck him as very unwse. Re
portcrs press the present age Of the world
an institution Of great vaue and necessary had they
become and 80 perseverng they In giving the public
he benefit their services that they might just well
undertake TO keep flies from the head Of molasses bar
rel reporters from any meeting viii h excited public in
tsest Besides useless TO do for the very birds
q the would carry 70 the newspaper press intelligence
or whatever might be done there that evening The
periepces Of h9 church, well the experience OF all
political bodies-Kpow Nothings among the number
bodies Of bound together by solemn compact not to
reveal anything that might trapspire their meengs
show that impossible 70 keep the dongs Of meet



~ II to keep the air from blowing.


motion then put "that the reporters Of the press
be requested 10 withdraw


The motion was lost by large majority


oBJECT THE MEETING.


The CHAIRMAN then read the advertisement calling the
meeting and requested that the persons Interested would
state the object oiA


Mr. FAMBAyKs then rose and said that tho gentlemen
Who had taken active part late affairs in connection
with the church. had 10 the determination of calling
meeting of the members Of the church once for
purpose Of asceitaning the church willing 70 hear
the they would assign for the they
taken in sending Miss Johnstone England to raise
money Tbs was not done IN behalf Of the church.
was charged against tbem They could have right
do that and they contemplated it, they would
seGw to the satisfaction Of & s We neysr thought
hcy hao found themselves in a very tight way. They
could get money pay their debts the only way





small Of money Designed tor the churches in the
es " the OF their church here. They had
been repeatedly told cy wealthy members Of the church
they could go on that the church could be
supported much longer and that must 60 down. These
gentemeD-men Of wealth and influence, some Of them
holding Offices in the churchrefused when applied for
aid assist in avcrng this calamity and refused to give
q single dollar towards hqoidating the the debt Of
own contracting Finding, therefore, that they
could GIT nothing at home, they took the
responsibility upon themselves not to send agent
ho0 On h, hal of hut n tn he
used for snstaong the church. They felt their duty
ask money from those who had it and who willing
TO give tor sustaining church like theirs, and they did
not stop ask whether the W ates OF the Atlantic rolled
bstween them their friends or the praes OF Illinois
Therefore that they had sanctioned the mission Of
Nas Jobnstone England money and they in
tended TO place that money In the hands Of committee Of
s.ven I'VE Of whom 70 DO msmoers OF the church
two not connected with it, and that long as that
ipit faithful in denouDcng slavery the church
vas to have the benefit OF it; but If the
psror ceased this work. then the committee would be
empowered 10 apply IL other worthy object That
money intended TO sustain free unmuzzed gospel
That was IL. They bad drawn up statement OF all the
circumstances, which was Low ready to be submitted to
the meeting.


cd by Mr.. Barvey, who opposed the reading Of the
STATE ment, the ground that was drawn up by self
constt committee without the sanction or concurrence
Of the church. He demanded behalf Of the church
that all the circumstances connected with Miss John
stones mission 10 England be publicly announced by
Nhnse who had in recommended such under
taking that the odium of theac should rest with them
alone.





having the referred read He thought the
meeting ought TO hear that statement but If they did not
was matter Of 20 great conseqaencc Tor whether they
received IL not they intended to have published both
In this country ana in England.


The question put from tho Chair whether the
statement read not, and carried In the affirmative.


Dir HART in introducing the subject, said that he was
one Of the members Of the committee referred to- aud
was happy ut having opportunity of rendering &C
count Of their stewardship. Their only regret was that
they had funds at Sent but they trusted they would
come in Que season Inst year Dr. Chcever and two of
II tha vE ,hn IF IF tha
who voted for the resolutions which were published
the other cay succeeded in raising two thousand dollars
this city the benefit OF the church This year they
boped 10 much larger amount outside OF the city
There objection the part Of the trustees any
one else their operation them why should there be
their operation now? They made precisely the
concerning the church and its wants their
friends here that they had male 10 their brethren in
Great Britain. Where tncn the diference2 f they
had right, individual members OF the church. to go
70 merchants and members Of other churches in New
York tell them that the Church Of tho Purtans
ed funds which the either would not could
Furnish and that il they wished this noble citadel of truth
ana Tree, stand they must Its AID, then he
similar ,spesent.,ions and with similar similar re-,
the Board Of Trustees, after the annual meeting in
March, had held two protracted meetings, and pubshcd
resolutions the effect that Dr. Cheever and Dr. Har,
Dy with the of two other brcthren had gone
round the city Of New York TO obtain funds for the Church
% the aa IS ha nions and
injury upon said church, for which most
they could not hold themselves responsbe And then
suppose all the papers IN the city religious and secular,
democratic and republican, had come out with long aru
ces headed "A Dsgraceful Appeal and stigmaiang the
Church Of the Purtans mendcant church, and charg
ing its pastor with everything that bad and then
eupposing that the church itself had been compelled 70
ts exercises and Obliged TO call meeting to adjust
the difficulty would they not have concluded, from
simple fact Of the case that they had been seized with
panic almost as ridiculous as that which had sciz.
ed the virgnianss But this would not have been
q whit more prepostcr0us than the excitement
that has been raised by appeal to Great Britain 1t
the right of every member OF this church, If he
found it in need to obtain aid for in any quarter upon
FAIR and honest representation He had much right
labor in any and every direction for the supply of its
temporal wants as had for the supply Of its rtua
wants. and the church should no more find fault with
HIM in the one than in the other They would ap
prchend no danger Of rebnke In making the most mourn
fu representations and conesscns of their condition at
the throne grace in telling the King of Kings, sur
rounded by all the herarchs Of heaven that they were
poor and wretched and blind and miserable and naked
and had need OF all things But II they go 70 their be
loved brethren Great Britain, bound TO them by every
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