To the Presbytery of Walla Walla

Only because of her responsibility before God if she should be silent, Miss McBeth protests most solemnly and earnestly against the ordination of her former pupil, Moses Montieth, the sacred office of the Gospel Ministry, and also against his being placed in charge of souls even as a licentiate. Moses Montieth (whom she knows better than does any other white person living) was of her 2^nd class of pupils. He fell deeply into sin and was dropped from her school for years, was taken back (into her presence class) after his professed repentance, principally on the petition of Enoch Pond whom he has been seeking to supplant. He was liscened in the expectation of his teacher that he would study for the years he would need to study before his ordination. His studies after his liscensure were very irregular. About three weeks after he entered school three years ago he stopped study, separated himself from school and his fellow students and never returned though he promised to do so. He is still an ignorent man, is very far lacking in the knowledge he would need to fit him (intellectually) for ordination.

1^st He has violated his vow at liscensure "To study the peace, unity and purity of the Church", and has followed divisive courses for more than two years; separating himself entirely from his fellow candidates for the ministry as well as from his teacher .

2^nd He was the principal ‘aid’ in dividing the Kamiah church. Without his work in going from house to house among the congregation, and seeking, by every means, to separate and draw away from the Kamiah church and writing (or having written) down the ‘Names’ the list of which led Presbytery to give a 2^nd ‘pastor’ to Kamiah that 2^nd Kamiah church would scarcely have been possible.

3^rd He has proven himself to be utterly lacking in moral stamina, easily led astray by evil influence through he knows it is in the direction of a return to the old paths. In or while following the present influence, Presbytery (which he characterizes as ‘weak’) cannot have the least control over him, but by giving him power will raise up future trouble to itself, to the Mission, and to the missionaries.

No one can have such interest in what relates to the best interests of her former pupil, Moses Monteith, as has his teacher Miss M^cBeth (S.L.). It is not for his own best interest that he should be placed in a position for which he is utterly unqualified. He has proved himself to be without the stability of character, and principles which would make him a safe guide to others, or leader, or shepherd of souls. And for the sake of the souls of others, his teacher, Miss M^cBeth, most solemnly protests against his ordination and against his being placed in charge of souls in anyway – even as a licentiate.

S.L. M^cBeth
Mt Idaho, March 21^st 1892