Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-13

1 had rather have Sunday school board,
! but will be satisfied with q committee
! Some say it will not be q paying
business. Why, we had little
Sunday school paper, and it paid
all our Sunday-school board debt. Why,
with our lesson helps and other supplies
we get royalty of $1,000 paid by the
! lessee who makes profit after paying all
! editorial and other expenses. He thinks
| he has good thing. Pass my resolutions
or snow them under as you please, 1
have done my part. -
After singing "'There's Land that is
Fairer than Day. DR.. }. B. Hawthorne
of Georgia spoke: 81 am delighted at
the sweet Christian spirit of this discus
sion. Let it go on with on eye single to
that meeting of which we have just sung.
We had a Christian fraternal discussion
at our Georgia state convention. 1 pre-
dict such will be the discussion here and
now. We settled the question in Geor-
GA and 1 believe we shall settle
it here and forever. This is no
new question. though some seem dis
posed to treat it so. In 1845 when the
convention formed it considered Sunday
school literature and advancement. In
l845 the Southern Baptist publication be-
gan. Each year thereafter the conYen-
ton supported this society until 1861,
when steps were taken to have or
ganic connection by consolidat-
ing with it the Bible board.
But it went down with all the disasters of
the war in 1868, the Bible board falling
into Federal hands at Nashville. But in
1868 the Sunday-school board was or
ganized at Greenville, S. c., and began
chi
From 1868 to 1875 each year the conven-
ton Endorsed their work. will not de-
tail the history, but have
little book giving it which 1
will deliver to any interested.
This convention at Augusta, Ga. 1885,
arranged to enlarge its Sunday school
literature. Since 1885, year by year,
the convention has endorsed and COM
mended their Sunday school work.
You all know the noble man who was
our Sunday school secretary in lS66-7-S,
DR.. G. G. Biting. He gave then eleven
reasons why we should have a Sunday
series of our own. He wrote we should
not secure our Sunday school supplies
from external sources because they are
not adapted to our use; second, be-
cause they are not so likely to
be received with confidence by
our people; third, because taking
supplies from external sources would
give to others control of a work which
belongs to ourselves; fourth, it would
remove stimulus TO production of our
own authors; fifth, no outside society
could command the hearty sympathy of
Southern Baptists; sixth, it would
staunch the flow of liberality, react
against all our benevolent objects; and
impair the piety of our people; eighth, it
would SOW discord; ninth, it would tend
to destroy the Southern Baptist couven-
ton; tenth, foreign society would be
hostile to our convictions; eleventh, we
cannot be really represented in such
society. Now few reasons for settling
this question. It would be a matter of
grave injustice to Kind Words publishers
not to settle it now. To defer 1t is to kill
the Kind Words series. The property
is now worth $50 200, and you would de-
stroy it. My first reason Is that we
should sustain the majority report be-
cause our publications will become a
source of large revenue. I believe in
four years the series will be worth $780,
600. Now twelve years ago the Meth
odist book concern owed $500, 900. They
have paid this debt save $40 900. The
bondholders will not give up, and last
year the net profits were SS3, 1000. My
second reason is that we shall secure
sound doctrinal teaching, and third, it
will bring our Sunday schools into strong
sympathy with our foreign mission work,
and finally it would inspire us with re-
spect for ourselves.
Since DR.. Tichenor made his report 1
feel like millionaire. If in our poverty
with the iron heel of despotism on our
necks we could have q Sunday-school
series, now that We are the richest peo-
pie On earth we do not need the financial
and of our fraternaI Northern brethren.
[ Applause.
President Harolson subdued the ap-
plause, and DR.. Hawthorne continued:
81 hope no one will say this is an at
tack against the American Baptist publi-
cation society. 1 hope no one will say
am sectional, though patriotism reduced
to its last analysis is SECTIONAL
"'All Hail the Power of Jesus Name''
was sung and Judge Freeman of Georgia
spoke. (The minority at this point
amended their report that the present
contract for Kind Word series be con-
tinued till December, 1891, and that In
Ill the acts of the convention the pub
Ishers be protected).
Judge Freeman said: sI have con-
nections as well as Brother Hawthorne.
believe in the fear of God that it would !
be best for this convention to adopt the |
American Baptist Publication Sunday |
school series. If the Kind Word series is |
worth $50 900, sell them, do good with |
the money and take Sunday school |
literature on its merits. What has |
The Kind Words done in the past. For
i've years the Home Board has had 1t |
leased for $1,000 year. If 1t is worth |
$50, 900 they have not done well. 1t is |
grave reflection on the Home Board. |
Let me tell you how 1 came to use the |
American Baptist Publication society's |
Sunday school series. Thirteen years |
igo became Sunday-school superin-
.endent. We had to pay a Methodist |
irm, J. W. Burke s. Co.. S13 hundred !
for the Kind Word leaflets when we could |
get good ones for So hundred from the
American Baptist Publication society.
So we changed. My brother tells of the |
Methodist Book Concern profits. Well, |
! Methodist preacher tells his people |
What to buy, and they buy; but Bap- |
list preacher can tell his people, and |
hey say, go about your business.
Ny brother quotes DIR. Bitting's rea-
IONS. They we're given twentY-sx years