Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-30
OTHER SIDE or THE CASE.
WHAT $. A. HAYDEN SAID THAT
CAUSED THE CONNECTION.
He suEEested the deduction of SAL
aries aud Reforms ON Those
Lines Rnd Did Not Intend to
Reflect Upon Mr.. Carroll.
To the rOrt werlh anzettce.

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Them--strong Action Taken by the
Baptist Missionary Board" As this
caption might mislead your readers
from the real facts in the case / re-
quest that You publish the paper l
presented to the board meeting at its
last session IN Waco in April, 1894,
as reply to the matter referring to
me published In your Waco dispatches
IN your issues of June 2S end 80 This
paper contains every item that / have
ever written about the work of Rev.
j. NJ. Carroll. superintendent of mis-
sions. The thoughtful reader VIII see
Dy the last clause, numbered 4, that |
TOOK special pains to guard this point
NO charges that | have ever heard Of
nave ever been preferred against Rev
j. NJ, Carroll. Please give my entire
article TO your readers that they NAV
be informed. This is the paper upon
which was based she special published
IN the Gazette come weeks ago which
you had the kindness to correct, which
all the board members that spoke on
the subject certified to be erroneous.
To the Committee of Board of Dlrec-
tors Of the Baptist General Conven-
ton Of Texus
Dear Brethren; Responding 10 the
request of the board to lay before You
the matters OF reform referred to In
the circular sent by me to the several
members Of the board under date of
April 2 1894. j beg leave to submit
the following statements fol the con-
sideration OF the bo6rd.
]. As to the necessity of securing
the general cooperation of the breth-
rem and churches throughout the state
IN our missionary work, there Is, as
all recognize a vast number of our
churches not now in cooperation with
TttNs eli . d. 1..IG
athy arises In part from their lack of
knowledge OF what we are doing as a
board. They have no real practical
Information on the subject. | have
no doubt that every member Of the
board and every officer Of the board
are endeavoring in all good conscience
to do their utmost for the advancement
of missions IN our state. But the
churches and the brethren generally
have not been taken into full and
hearty confidence. The opinion has
been felt and expressed by some of
the most influential members Of the
board. to-wit: Brother j. NJ. Carroll,
SUPERINTENDENT OF missions and others,
that the anr ouncement OF the expen-
SEES OF the board, including salaries of
officers. clerk hire, etc, would inlure
the cause OF missions as soon as these
expenses were made known to the
churches. This implies either that
the expenses are too great or that the
churches are not to be trusted with
the Information.
2, our missionaries on the frontier,
according 10 announcements made in
our pulpits generally all over the state,
arc living on bread alene' No one
vino knows the men who make the an
nounCements will question the truth
their appeals for contributions upon II
and for one / believe Il is true. 1 am
satisfied that If tile churches We're
taken INTO absolute confidence. the
whole matter of expenses and eXpendi-
lures laid before them, and these ex-
penses were Of Il reasonable and
scripturnl standard, there would be
even In the poverty of the times, inn
mediate response TO calls for relief
These are men of God There is bread
enough and to spare In our homes
The prevailing feeling, 50 far as /
learn. Is that the expenses of the board
are In excess of any expenses ever be-
fore incurred by the board. This state
ment is Intended to cover The period
since the consolidation of the boards,
and not to cover a mere comparison
between the last quarter and the
quarter preceding. Even II this pre-
vailing opinion be In error and the
expenses about which no public infor-
nation has been given. the very uncer-
tatnty as 10 expenses that rests on the
minds OF the brethren and the churches
generally, encourages apathy, iudiffer-
ence ana postponement OF relief. II
am correctly Informed, she salary OF
the general missionary has been since
the consolidation, $500 a year. To
this is added the expense OF an assist
ant at the salary OF $500 year
Besides tnis bookkeeper a stCnO-
grapher, and sometimes clerk.
hear IN general way, without having
any accurate information ON the
subject, are employed, and at wages
which could be greatly reduced. 1t is
my opinion. as a member of the board,
that reform is absolutely necessary
under the circumstances We ought
to pay the superintendent of missions
good living, and he ought in turn
to render all the services he can for the
advancement of msslons The con-
solidnticn Of boards should not con-
stitute with mis- visionary Baptists an
argument for increase Of salary of
any Ger, since 1t is the Lords
money and should be used exclusively
in the Lords service. The principle Is
payment for service and not for posl-
ton. Any excess to one and lack tn
another Is not in accordance with the
spirit u the Mex Testament which de-
clares that ut Is not meet that some
he hurdened ana others eassd. but that
tho abundance Of one may supply the
want of another; that there may be
equality"
8, 'rhA reform. therefore. that / shall
Introduce before the board for their
consideration, VIII be the fixing Of the
superintendent of missions salary TO
the old figure Of $780, and that he
shan have $50 q month In addition
thereto, 10 pay for clerical help / he
lieve this Is ample for the work. and
all that we "a dispensers of the gifts
of the churches rhOuid devnta ~ mi.
purpose; that at every board meet
ing the collections and expenditures Of
the board be given the denomination
through all the Baptist papers I'm
Texas that are willing to publish the
same; that In order TO carry out This
provision the superintendent OF mis-
sions be requested to make 10 this
board NJ every session such report
by printed slips, or otherwise as NAV
appear most convenient to him. and
that the recording secretary OF this
hoard be requested To send the same
TO all Baptist papers N Texas for
publication; that this provision az gi,-
ing the fullest publicity 10 our worl,
Is but carrying out the policy OF our
supefintendent Of missions. Rev ]. N
Carroll. openly announced at Bolton
az the time OF his election now nearly
two years ago, ana which policy
commended In an editorial In the
Texas Baptist and Herald "a week or
two afterwards.
4. These proposed reforms arc no,
Intended to reflect and cannot ~. How'll