Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-01
|ROuBLED WITH 4 DEBT,
|ouMITTEE REPORT TO THE pAP-
list MISSIONARY BOARD.
|he History OF the Finance. OF the
Boards Before Consideration
Is Gone Into in Detail.
The Statements.


III
1peciaI Dispatch.
.,-,,,a ~. INA m Al ,ha meet-
Y. .,..is.
ing or the state poaru oi ii'iSslVIS "
the Baptist church, held here Tuesday
|n,eht the report Of the speclaL commit-
II s.,,.,,n, =, ,,ra,,ar, o,d n,,hi,ah
vi appoti''eu " ~
~ statement OF the expenses ana debt
I'll the state board. a comparative
M ,,ar,or, a, e.,,arsas ~ ,,issin, ,,,or,
u -, -,.l. ,,.,.g.,... -, -.
ptfore ana since cohsoiluauoh anu an
1ppeal to the Baptists of Texas lit be-
Ma Of mIsslons. was read and unani-
"a ,-,, NJ. ..,,,,,..., -
N "'op'eN' i'V eoIi'''ii
Nsts OF l.. L. Foster ana H. u. Garrett'
nm besides them all members OF the
(. ia ,,,ass,,, .,,raa tho -orort These
IA 49,.
Ne L. L. roster presiueht' D. D. 'Sai
thorough, W. r. Maxwell, proxy for
~ n Mooee. II. II. Carroll. A. j. Faw-
~ -, "a r.,,,a,t Al IT
w. D. - LloEu' d. %
Btandlfer. w. H. jenkins, 5. H. HUM
rhreys. c. l.. seasholes, per j. b. Hard
X, ,,l.a rr,,,, I NJ carror pinelsnev
I,a,,a,,, 7
HaWhins' prpNy lor ?, ~, BE-.
~ hooneu, Proxy Gerraii W r. I'at
homer Wells r. l., aaron, y VA ~
ufnore' D j. Ahuerson' ., ~ n, 49,
HOY LOT j, - las, ~, No.
We II. turner, PloNs ~
man; Q. Faulkher' proAy lor ~ 90, -
4arrett, Heorse " ,",tn, po s,, ,or
~ 8 rogers " l. - w
W iruett, . n,uu'e' ~
aHmlth, huius y. DuIlesVI'
& AFTER rseltihs 'lle eaus.s ~. ~ -
pointmeht OF ine coiililii.tse W" "a, To-,
goes INTO prleI aeeouiiu-'oL ~, ny 80
Hph TOT the ,ohsoliuati"u VI '"S
niohary p9hru, say iI Is,,,,,,o,
am. me $3.50 a,,soi,da,ion was
"a Ihe po'sy VI .ai le,,,,a,',,o,, as
euopteu ny ,he s,1 ,,,'i,..,,,o,
the resuit VI II 80. l,5 a,,,er'
'<Npresseu III vli ai',,,,, ~ vas
Nise 70 tne p ~, aseteS ,,ulan "a ex.
chargeu " ma. ,nle i'nI 'e9 ,,'ara oi,t
penses OF the several uoarus $500,
ol prop9ruoil W tne an, attairad ~,
+ cpi,ee!eu a,u W. se,ettr- don,anaa M
I44 mat tner conHlctihb ueiiot"H v
agents for time ana opportunity 70 pr
s tent the claims OF slel .,'r.,, 's
Boards at our ASSOCIATIONS
created friction petwesn p,e,l IN. az a
fl feelings We're engenueteu that teiusu
70 cripple our missionary WORK anu ~
kome Instances 10 result IN Closing lhe
spoors Of some of the churches TO all
.ftf our agents
'N Upon the threshold of consolidation
Z the united board was confronted WIN
W debt, which had been aIlrlbu,eI 20
fuperlntendents holt, Crahhll ana car
Won me report holus tnat no pu.,'
tlar individual IL responsible having
fean accommodating for several years,
Eating back TO the consolidation OF
4the general association anu state con
Htention, prior even 10 tolts autniiis-
ffration. In our opinion. says the
tommlttee. 1T Is wholly the result OF
IA he several changes IA plans OF WORN
Atnd supeNntendents OF MISSIONS,
H4 The report SHOWS the CROWN OF tnA
febt. being at the last board meeting
( ~ April about Sb,2ls..o. rms ~ que 70
loss by change OF elther men OF nleth'
tds. During taIroll auIhiillsiI
'Ahnd especially when the concentration
"a as taking place the uept li,ete"s ~,
y S2SOO. Whlcn - hpou. euual W nv
= falling on OF Inc contributions Vi 'h'
f'home board to the Work,
Wight Have LiIuidn,ru tue De".
In other WORDS hau ,tls saI'ie aii,oua'
teen granted 10 our soa a " w noi,,'
PICARD during brother Ha .m,as p Snr;,s
q !sratioh ,iai We ~ rnathar scar
bnth lStother lio,l anu 1o,,nh,s NE
aanlinlstrut'oi. 'i5e , ,,,, IA,
fumption ~ wa. ~. " ,,,,is ~ an, st ali
~ . SH stataments oInimod Il
have been made by denominational pa
,,ers and bv private circulation regard
nc me work of this board and its gen
srel superintendent, whereby the breth
rem throughout the state have been lee
10 believe that the money they hav'
"A siven 10 the cause OF missions was be
In Maid TO the superintendent of mis-
atoms instead of TO our missionaries
and that there were some dark-hidden
n inysterious transactions of this boar'
that would not bear the light Of day lay
being covered up ana KEPT from W
tbrethren and churches we are palhe'
20 state that the sources OF oehvN ..o
lence are being dried up ana our ssSre
sbeonsiderabie Increase of debt at tn
tnd OF the hsAe IuisIsa;,re and falls
~ .nless 'nss a snnsdiiv aorreoted in
st !i.eii,e r,,,,, awaits every denomlna
{.t,,,aI In, o,as, renresented by us, and 1
H. n,,i,, a question of time when w
Is V"rs anSronted WITH the hlmIlIat
sIa'i DC .J nf diseharcing our gen
= !. rlas a., tho field or else plunge into
~artex of debt. from which we ca
never honorably recover. This