Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1888-05-11
DR.. KEkORlCk
Replies to Elder W. L. Williams in Words
With The Bark on EN-.

Bro. WILLIAMs:-In writing out my
discourse which appeared in the INTrRi-
OR Journal of the 9th it never once o.
CURED to me that it would provoke a re-
ply from any one. | am not conscious
that | once thought of you. BY the
kindness of the editor, without intend
ing to cause controversy, and with the
kindest feelings, though very plainly, |
shall note for your consideration few of
the many and astonishing errors in your
reply, hoping that you will as a chris
tian gentleman promptly correct them:
l. You give to me the largest and best
capacity, which think is a grave blum
der the best christian character during
II long life, and the purest motives; and
still you seem 10 question my integrity
and my motives! Is this consistent or
just, when you have no grounds forsuch
questioning?
,. You speak OF me as canaan ol war"
war to the DEATH" of my extremely
sectarian views and feelings" of my "ab-
solutism and the EXTREMIST sectarianism
in their legitimate elimination of my
labors being saturated with fault-find
ing" etc. II these very grave charges
were even partially true, how could you
accord TO me the best christian charac-
ter and the purest motives? Ii ! should
say the same OF you, as | believe sOmcof
your friends have, would you not regard
me as Il positive violator of the Golden
Rule? If anything from my tongue or
pen was ever half so warlike, fault-fnd-
ing, pettish, unjust and untrue as is
large part of your reply to me, ! think
the congregation at Downey City, Cal,
should deal with me for detraction, mis-
representation and injustice and require
OF me the best evidence OF the deepest
repentance.
;. You give my position in these
words Every effort the Church may
rightfully put forth to convert the world
to Christ must be done by an individual
congregation" You here recognize the
Church as whole and each individual
congregation as one integral part Of that
grand whole. For more than 40 years
have been largely in print and before the
Christian Brotherhood, about to this eff
feet, viz:
/. Evangclists, or missionari, $, went
OF their own accord. See Cor. s:l7, az
one example.
.. Individual congregations sent evan
gelists, as when the Church at Jerusalem
sent Barnabas to Antioch, land much
people was added unto the Lord" Acts
ll:22-23-24.
3. \ plurality Of congregations united
in choosing man to travel with Paul.
See 2d Cor. g. 1924. II seems that each
congregation chose ''messenyer" as did
the Seven Churches OF Asia in the inter
est of John in Patmos, and these mes
sengers met, chose evangelists, sent them
and attended to everything necessary to
the most successful missionary work
This was congregational co-opcmtion
in missionary work-nOt the work Of
an individual congregation and not
human organization or society
a, the term is now used And it is
presume, beyond dispute, that their
work in this way was more effective
than any work ever has been since un-
der any human plan. This was the plan
in the early and most successful DAYS of
this reformation. We had, like the first
christians, no human organizations then.
Why should we need them now, seeing