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The People's Pulpit. The Melish Affair
Weissman, David L. | March 3, 1956 issue

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The article throws light on the dramatic events involving Reverend William Howard Melish and the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity of Brooklyn. They stand alone in the age-old struggle for democracy and freedom of conscience. The affair involves two Melishes, father and son. The elder Melish, whose grandfather had been a friend and correspondent of - Jefferson, became rector of Holy Trinity in 1904. Imbued with a strong sense of social mission arid opposed to the hierarchical and aristocratic elements in the Episcopal church, the elder Melish in the early years experienced a series of trials with his then predominantly wealthy and conservative congregation.

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DEMOCRACY; EPISCOPAL Church; CHURCH of England; TRINITY; CONSCIENCE
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