Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-17
CoLORED BAPTIsTs MEET.
the Work OF Yesterdays Convention in Both
Morning and Evening Sessions.
Duties OF Missionary.

The Colored Baptist missionaries OF Texas,
under the supervision OF Rev. A. r. Griggs, are
still in session at Mount Pisgah Baptist church.
There are many ministers in attendance, and they
reflect much credit upon the cause which they
represent.
Yesterday mornings session devoted to
an important subject among them; and all
seemed deeply interested. The subject IN which
the meeting OF the morning was IN consi deratlon
OF was: Fifteen Things that missionary
Should Do This caused a warm DEBATE, In
which Rev. A r. Griggs OF Dallas, j. l.: Allen
of Abilene, E. W. D. Isaac Of Tyler, ]. Taliver
of Rockdale and others took part. The matter
at issue was settled satisfactorily TO the whole
convention, from the fact they adopted Fifteen
Things that Missionary Should Do. - Through
out the entire morning proceedings peace and
harmony reigned supreme in the attempt TO
right the wrongs and TO foster the interests Of
THE EVENING SESSION
was opened in the usual form. and regular pro
ceedure OF business then taken up. Ten
things that missionary should not do" was
considered. They were as follows:
Not take q preachers church.
Not interfere with the internal working of
regular Baptist church.
Not be hasty in his actions.
Not use intoxicants nor use tobacco in any
Not indulge in social games.
Not 90 up and down as a tale bearer.
Not encourage other denominations. Here a
halt was made owing to the fact that Rev. Mr..
Allen and Rev. T. W. Wilburn objected to that
However
seventh article, regardless the opposition: The
eighth was not to spend too much time visiting
churches where it was not needed.
Rev. T. W. Wilbourn offered the ninth article,
s'Not oT,iain deacon unless ne had the scrip
tural qualification. - This cansed very heated
debate, in which the whole convention engaged.
Rev. E. W. d. Isaac ana A. II. Rawling trans
lated several words in Greek pertaining TO the
word ''deacon.' After discussing the subject
the article OF Mr. Wilburns WAS altered TO
read, Not ordain q deacon without Bible quail
Ifcation, - and then adopted as the ninth ar
ticle. The tenth was not to incur unnecessary
Al the above articles were agreed to and the
convention iudulsed in debate pertaining 10 the
mode Of receiving members into the church.
ReY. A. r. Griggs of Dallas claimed the floor
and made a statement rs to what were custom
churches. He said that members from other
churches Of the Bapti0t faith could be received
into another church Of the same faith upon ex-
preston OF their Christian testimony without
the consent OF the church that had with
drawn their hand of fellowship as
every Baptist church in itself was an indie
pendent body. The custom OF referring the
member back to the church Of which he was
formerly a member was only for peace and TO
show christian relationship Det@ee9 al sap
fist churches of the same faith. Further. that
whenever a church failed to accept Christian
acknowledgment by. letter or. otherwise. then
the church which had reclaimed the brother
could proceed, as their action would be legal.
He afterwards modified the statement b. saying
that it would not hold good in all cassS.
ReY. /. Toliyer said that the coloEed Baptist
churches could not produce single record o:theiT
proceedings for ten years past, and could not
see the propriety OF such a custom as requiring
a person who had been excluded from the church
for ten years to return to The same church when
ever he desired to unite again. Rev. A. X.
Griggs objected 10 this statement, and named
several churches that could produce records OF
twenty years ago.
Rev. hughes said he had always tried to keep
mp Baptist usAges, and thHt he accepted Rev. A,
r. Griggs' statement as correct But at this day
and time the Baptist churches were
Overwhelmingly illiterste, ard be only looked
10 that body to do the educated
part OF the church Justice. lie said that right
here in Fort Worth we bad such 20 contend
with, and that II was clearly demonstrated 7jfn
all parts of the state. Il should meet at this
convention q wise and candid adjustment. Sew
eral ladies spoke upon their mission work in the
different fields OF labor. Then the meeting ad
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