The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1889-10-26
MAGNOLIA MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1889


expressed or understood, ARE saying "this
is right, and SO we Will do
luasmuch as the work fOr which tile
Association was organized requires special
and constant attention, and efforts on
the part of Christian workers to success
fully prosecute il; and whereas this hn,lN
meets only once ia q year il Therefore be-
cunes necessary for a system 10 lie adopt
ed through which the Association may
from year to year be perpetuated, and
proper attention given to each object
tostcred, and the work carried on during
the interim of the holv.
ln order to accomplish the foregoing.
the Association, in her wisdom aud hy
mutual consent and aid of the churches,
appointed an Executive Board or commit
tee, 10 whom IS committed all the work Of
the Association necessary 10 hc accunl-
plished during the interim OF recess oi
the body.
In this the church coinrided saying hy
by her delegates, ''ameIi," 50 Let il be,
and So we viii do. Thus Il second time
committing themselves assuming ohliga-
tions and duties thnt they are morally
hound to pay or do.
The especial work committed to this
Board is the mission work If the Assucia-
ton, (see plan Of work.. The spirit Of
ms " WORK thilssl"iisl' + me spiilt oi
Shris' ana pelnhgs I" every one ni nus
n,ls'clpl,S ana elllnIeS lhem 10 exercise ~
this Work, Nca, ~ any man lllve not tue
Sp,r' - 1hilat' y = none oI Ills
IloW ilhportah' tli'll 'll'lt every ehnren
n''Ne 'hia SllIi'' anu every nell9'f ana
every s.rN"iil nave us Splilt, thei' lhe
necesstlN y ! 0i7f uSaloh 81 n'ltN alil So
ui,tia'ioh w IT, lill'lS' ol tne past i'f
NJ -, i'ie llert 10 S'N Plieil ilhetl'ai,N, that
tn'Se servants pastors oi me chnrehes,
W Gull'lhle Tor iiiis hrSiecl oh ihe part
q 2, ch'reheS, Or eise thr ehulthts haHe but
iiltie y, confidence ~, ana iros respect Tor
t'lril pastors lh'le eNlehllA y
WtnhS l,, somewhere
~ ohe Iaet : NerN aPpafeht even io
.ssr,' u r,r,h,,, 't ~ M ama l Z
,nrant th,t sn,n, nm, shnniJ cn.n,,,.,"t
and hslinya !, y nnaJ cr',,', le'tt
clnrrhas. n,,1 thair p,etors
Ob. n thoso chnrahrs nud nastors wonll
co.onnrntr with tbp Honrd rhut i mn,ver
for good and whnt u great GOOD would
soon be done for him, whose mission was
tu go about and do rood.
How SOON would the destitution BE- sup
pned ana 0nr people reloce IN the liberty
81 the HoS1el ana etcuihl life, where now
apparent,
We conclude TO do otherwise is suicidal
ior me ehnrclieS, sioWiN,pul surely dfaln-
ihS thclr vitality bringing on us MANY
nave doha premature decay aud cauS,-
qnelh death
Nor does it stop here, hut the blight
and loss OF vitality IN transmitted Ia their
child--the Associations And this hady,
for lack of vital force withheld by the
mothers an for the want nf unnlism,nt
from the ilip source, has become 81 ex-
trcmcly weak and .n nrnstratpd, that
chronic iulispOsitiOu has set M aud Vir-
tlutl death will surely follow
Nor Is this The cn yet. The ini1uity oi
parents are visited t1thp thrlanl fourth
gcnrltion; sn we See thr granl-child. the.
Executive }oirl, coniamin ited, Impaired
and pAralyled from the Introduction nf
this foreign anl destructive principle
into all its premises, thus robbing iho
Board OF all power to do cool. The
churches through their delegates, SAYS Ia
the Association Edo. The Association
says to tha Executive Boar do. Now tie
power to do comes from the churches. il
this is withheld from the Association.
/ This body cannot help the Board aud the
Board becomes p0wcrless foI good. There
fore any failure III the work must recall
upon the churches, since tliey arp the
prime canse of such failure.
Nor is the cnd even vet. The churcle,
Executive luarls ana Associations ~.
All factor, in the great denomination ol
\ Baptists, aud apathy in the minor fac.
1 tors. effect materially the major ones: a
/ the whole b0ly becomes eiiectetlnnd Vita
4 force plralyzeI, aml our denomination
\ robbed not ollY of lis mower Int also M