Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1916 — AN ANSWER. [ARTICLE]

AN ANSWER.

I consider it below the dignity of a man, much less a minister, to stoop to carrying on a newspaper qrgument, but ‘inasmuch as I am leaving the charge, I shall answer the article of last week concerning the closing of North Star church. The pastor did not close the church. The district superintendent left the affair in my hands. On July 30, I asked the members and official members to remain after ’the service, when-the question -was put squarely to them, “What shall we do with the church?” After quite a discussion, a motion was made by a trustee and steward, seconded by a trustee and steward, that the church be closed until the beginning of the conference year. It was carried by a vote of B"tcrT. From this it is easily seen that the pastor did not act alone.—(liev.) H. J. HOOVBR.