Religion: A Notorious Squabble

Another attempt was made to remove Dr. John Roach Straton from the pastorate of his Manhattan Church. Proposals to cut his salary from $9,000 to $5,000, to bring in a certain assistant, and various other supposedly antagonistic moves were defeated by Dr. Straton’s friends. Dr. Straton is in Europe.

The prayer meeting which was followed by the renewal of this notorious squabble was crowded. It was pointed out that several members of the congregation attended prayer meeting only on fight-nights.

S. Raymond Estey, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Superintendent of the Sunday School, listened to the debate and then resigned from the Church, declaring that he was ” through.” “… Fight, fight, fight! … If I want a fight I can go down to my office and pick a scrap. When I was converted to Jesus Christ, I didn’t expect. …” He will seek another church.