At a meeting of the official Board of the Church of Christ (Scientist), in Chicago, held March 8, 1887, it was resolved as follows:
1. That we have heard, with feelings of the deepest sorrow, of the defection of the Rev. W. I. Gill, late Associate-pastor of the Church of Christ (Scientist) at Boston. Ignorant of the causes which may have led to his separation from the Church, and disclaiming any right to sit in judgment on our brother, we cannot forbear to affirm that his subsequent action seems to as unwarrantable, disloyal, ungrateful, and unjust.
2. That in this, as in all other trials, the Church in Boston, and its beloved Pastor, retain our confidence and have our sincerest sympathy.
