Show PREACHED POWERFUL SERMON ON VIRTUE BUT WAS GUILTY LINCOLN Neb July 27 The The Rev Hev W W. P. P Ferguson pastor of the First Methodist Methodist Methodist Metho Metho- dist church of University Place a was suspended from the church after a two days days' hearing on charges of misconduct miscon duct with Mrs Cross a member of his congregation at whose house he boarded After hearing Ferguson deliver a a. powerful sermon on virtue Mrs Cross confessed to with the minister at various places including his study and hotel The hearing was before seven Methodist Methodist Metho Metho- dist preachers surrounding cities Although Mrs Cross Cros was the J witness several others substantiated her testimony e She testified t that It was not l t ng until she heard the powerful sermon r on virtue that she realized her position She finally succeeded In bringing herself to the task of making a confession to the church board Milton Burke cashier of the First National National Na Na- bank who was also a boarder at Mrs Cross' Cross home testified that the clergyman clergyman cler den gyman was Indiscreet even In the presence pres pres- Brown code ence of general the the apo secretary ry M Miss of S the Josephine Young Women's Christjan an association another boarder said she had been driven to take up her abode In another city and to withdraw withdraw with with- draw from Fergusons Ferguson's church because lecause of ot the ministers minister's conduct In the early eighties Ferguson was a minister in New York City F For r thears fl th years ears he was president of the Centenary College Institute in Hackettstown N. N J J. J and later pastor of ot St. St Luke's Lukes church Lukes church at Newark He spent several years in Los Angeles and Redlands Cal before comIng coming cornIng com corn ing to Nebraska a year ago and has ranked high In the Methodist ministry He is 50 years of age |