The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-03-07
Burton.

AS M.I.C. Sthl persists III mlSrepfeSent-
ing our church matters, desire to reply to
his last statements and then the matter
shall drop, SO far as l am concerned. At
the commencement of the erection of this
church the MP. people circulated o. sub
scripton headed by the statement that al
orthodox churches should have the privilege
of occupying the church when not in use by
the M. =. Without that agreement the
church would not have been built. AS to
what each society paid OH that subscription
list, let me say that no society, as q society.
paid one cent toward the church, and that
the members of the M. =. church did nOt-
pay over One-half the cost. Yet they want
to take all the credit-it belongs TO all the
people Of Burton and vicinity.
AS to the union Sunday School officers
and the charge that it was run by the NJ. K.
folks, one year ago let me say. the superin
tendent was Baptist; assistant and secre
tary Nj. p; treasurer Nj. E.; and NJ L. les
son leaves and papers were used.
Where do the M. Els. come in TO run it.'
The NJ. Ps. had right to have Sunday
School of their own. Did not the Union
school have the same right to keep up their
organization after you left them? You
must know you did not invite anyone &C.
join you, but OH the contrary the NJ. L.
minister remarked in the pulpit that there
were too many outsiders in the school anc
that he did not wish to lock arms with the
worlds people. You know, or should II
you try to inform yourself, that there is no
Nj. E. 5. 5. in this place, OF any school that
the M. E. people us society have anything
to do with.
Now the situation is just this: Because
the Union school did not propose to be gov
erned by the NJ. T.. g. people, the door was
10 ef thr NJ II In tI1,.
language of M. u. c., ''Oh, consistency,
thou art jewell" Now i am not member
of any of these church organizations, but
am man who loves to see fair play and to
see men and women live up to what they
agree to do. If / should get mad ut neigh
Dor A. because he would not do as l wished
him to, have right TO pitch my spite Oh
neighbOr b.? l sometimes think tha5
church people can do things that are wrong
and have them hushed up, which If did I
would be voted out of society.
The M. f. people did offer to pay off the
church debt If the M. p. would give then
an hour every two weeks in The church,
which they refused to do. They virtually
agreed to do this on the subscription paper
The superintendent of what you call the
NJ. f. school did not tell anyone what you
state he did. Neither did any member say
that they would leave the Union school and
go with the NJ. e. Why did not NJ. Z. c.
tell the people that the janitor was stopped
from ringing the bell for the M. f. services
and that a member of his church stood In
the door and remarked that if the NJ. X.
people got in they would have to walk over
her?
If the M. L. G. people wish to explain
the matter so badly why do they not call
public meeting and explain, and save the
printer ink and time? When you were
stating that one of your members paid more
towards the church than the M. T.. ana
Burton people combined, why did you not
state that the same man paid more than ali
the members of your class combined, and
that without his liberality you could not
have built the church and that it would
sink out of sight? He Is good, whole
sOuled man, always ready to help the needy
He helped you grandly and believe every
one thanks him for it.
The nj. p. people are friends of mir o, /
have nothing against any of them indi, idu
ally. M. y. G. will find that Burton p, pie
will always use him well, at least they do
me, and go there quite often.
think when the KEY was turned on that
church door Christianity received the worst
setback it ever did In this community and
one that IL will take q good while to get
over.
Brothers, think this matter over. Ponder
it well. Ask yourselves II one church ia
not large enough for two societies to occupy,
when each one only uses It once in two
weeks. o. ii.