The bee., 1883-05-26
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Two wrongs do not make right.
He has erred and showed a lack
charity which is unchristianlike. We
do not defend Prof King, for he ought
and must be removed but there is no
good of jeopardizing a noble cause to
spite one man. The twenty students
who left Wayland surrendered their
strong hold in so doing. Had they re-
manned and called for an investigation
they. would have come nearer having
him impeached for his misdemeaners.
When they separated from the institu-
tion they ended all cause for COM
plaint, because they were suited and
he was left to pursue his hateful
course undisturbed. Then they ought
to have been satisfied to let the mat
ter rest for the sake of those who
were willing to remain and gain
knowledge. 1t will be good to them,
though, coming from King. and they
may be useful men and womeh, not
withStanding the fact that he, King,
has never yet showed confidence in
abilities of any of his graduates by
employing even one yet as an in.
structor in the institution. Others
who were in any way connected with
Wayland should have severed such
connections at Wayland, and not at
the Nineteenth street church. The
Baptist Home Mission has done good
work and is doing good work. Prof.
King is not the Home Mission. The
society ought not to be antagonized be-
cause King is wrong. We need it's as
sistance yet. 1t certainly is interfer-
ing with the Mission when anything is
done to hinder Wayland as an institu-
tion oflearning. Better far tolerate the
evil awhile than do as some say,
Break up Wayland or remove King"
If some have got all the good out of it,
(Wayland) they need or want, there
are many others who want learning
and need assistance.
Is it fair to cut this avenue off from
them. If charges are properly made
and pressed energetically they are heard
eventually and all grievances righted.
If that does not hold, bring the cause
which is good one, before the public
at an indignation meeting, with right
and public sympathy on your side,
King can't stay. We should not be
led too far by the Ex-Prof., who from
personal motives calls on us through
our sympathies and passions to aid him
as dictator in founding an insti-
tuition in opposition to Wayland.
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could make his bread and butter there.
Under ordinary circumstances the
movement ought to be applauded and
heartily supported (no doubt the home
mission would be glad to know that
we are learning to help our selves),
but when we see so much personal in
terest at stake we should be very care
full. Already some of our institutions
have come to grief by following adj
venturers in personal fights. They did
not have our interests at heart and
when they found out they could not
accomplish their ends they left us to
get out of our difficulties as best we
could. How mambors Of the sew
eral churches will contribute we can
not tell. The churches are hard pressed
with their own obligations and one
has already declared that it can carry
no burden but its own. The Baptist
Churches in Kentucky. have the same
enter prize as the one mentioned they
fail to give the proper support and the
mission had to be called on. But we
hope in this case when proper steps
shall have been taken, that the pro-
posed institution will be eminently and
independently successful. A good in
stitution is always in order, only we
don't want this one run in the interests