Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . expelled. That he was a popular minister is apparent from the highgrade of his appointments. Reference has already been madeto his faithful instruction of the children of Sands-streetchurch before the days of Sunday-schools. At the close ofeach period of his service in Brooklyn he reported an in-crease of members. It is painful to read the record of his expulsion. Hemight have been held in grateful and lasting remembrance,but if known at all in th
Old Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, [electronic resource]: an illustrated centennial record, historical and biographical . expelled. That he was a popular minister is apparent from the highgrade of his appointments. Reference has already been madeto his faithful instruction of the children of Sands-streetchurch before the days of Sunday-schools. At the close ofeach period of his service in Brooklyn he reported an in-crease of members. It is painful to read the record of his expulsion. Hemight have been held in grateful and lasting remembrance,but if known at all in the history of the church, it will be asan admonitory beacon. The crime of adultery was the groundof the charges against him. On reliable authority it is stat-ed that he ran away with the wife of a steward in his church,and did not return. This man should not be confounded with the Rev Thomas Drummond of blessed memory, who died at his post in St. Louis, in 1834, and concerning whom the Rev. Dr. Wm. Hunter wrote the touching and beautiful lines, commencing-- Away from his home and the,friends of his youth,He hasted, a herald of mercy and XXXVII.
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