Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1898 — BROWN ADMITS GUILT. [ARTICLE]

BROWN ADMITS GUILT.

Preacher Confesses Immoral Conduct to the Bay Conference. Bay conference, the ruling body of the Congregational Church in Sun Francisco, met and expelled Rev. Charles O. Brown, the unfrocked minister, who was after-, ward given a church in Chicago. A sensation was caused by a confession ami a plea for mercy from Rev. Mr. Brown. He was present and said the accusation against him was true. He said he had turned utterly and with abhorrence from his sins long before he was publicly accused. Brown says he was overcome

with remorse on his way East to accept the Chicago pulpit, and then wrote out a confession, but after being kindly received in Chicago he reconsidered this determination. The committee considered the confession and reported unanimously in favor of dropping Brown from the roll.