Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-12

Nunnally "tn the next place VIII me
reducing reduce? Docs the report
duco? According to the nsurre oi me VIZ. I
majority report you VIII h"nv - ]
representation than now. but ne, nv
report. II adopted, will accomplish thht.
You will stiti have about 200 delegates
and 1900 visitors. J 10 NOT ll'f
reduce It; | would not have II redueS5ui
but I would relieve w, r,lm.li ~,
I'm which we meet from the burden OF
hospitnlitv 1 think the time has come
when the delegates should attend Ihe
convention at the expense OF the churVn
or OF the body that sent thelh VI as
their own expense. ~.
He offered a substitute to this erect.
President Harralson announced NM
the question was the adoption OF the
Or. Hawthorne arose. Il arise to a
I point Of order" he said. rs thtt teso-
luton before the body
4 Brother Nunnally-Its before me-
| DR.. uawthorne-I make the point OF
/ order that the brother 10 not In order;
[ President Harrulson-rhe chair ruled
that II was proper TO discuss the Ques-
ton Of provisions. UaughterD -.
DR.. Hawthorne was recognized "
make q few remarks, which, he SAID
would be very brief. II wish to say IN
I the beginning" he said, that ] shnll
vote against the minority report ana
I'm favor Of the majority report
[ brother Nuunally has left us In doubt
ns To what he win do. lie Is very
. much like that country school teacher
who. when asked what he PROPOSED
to teach Ia regard to the shape OF the
earth, replied he would hccominodGle
his teaching TO circumstances that ~
was prepared to teach that II was HAt
/ and that IL WINS round. l am In favor OF
the majority report. 49,
Nov. brethren, upon one thing
think we are likely TO agree. am
satisfied that II is the conviction OF the
vast majority Of this convention mat
our representation must be reduced
/ believe thli to he the concensus
OF opinion that the time has come
when the interests Of our cause ana
OF our religion demand a reduction or
! representation one reason has already
been stated There must be some basis
| which will reduce our representation.
This is necessary because, as you see
today. we are compelled To meet IN a
vast auditorium like this, and II Is
impossible Tor the average speaker 10
make himself heard by those sitting
on the back seats. We need TO get
into smaller plnces
Another reason Is, | do not believe
we can calmly, dispassunutely deliber-
ate upon the great questions we are to
decide here and upon the interests
that are committed to our hands, in
the presence Of a great, excited crowd.
| / do not want 10 sec this great con-
vention Of ours degenerate into mere
society. into a mere Joint stock COM
pany, for that vs. Just what the con-
ventlon win be n you put n down upou
a financial basis, and every church
will have representation In proportion
To the amount OF money put Into the
corporation. Talk about Baptist prin-
clples I know Of nothing more I'M
beptlstic than an organization like this.
based on money We want something
more than a society IN which churches
shall have representation In proper
ton to the amount OF money they put
into II. The idea that this great body for
away portion Of money that has
been given to missions IL absolutely
absurd. | should have very little re-
speet for 1t II l thought Its purposes
were limited to Just this one thing,
Besides this, all the money is disposed
OF before we get here. II IL all disposed
OF before we get here and a good deal
more besldea. We are met here, not
for the purpose OF making appro-
prlations Of money raised during the
last year; that's already gone, We
are met here TO devise ways and means
to raise more money. That's one
thing
. Il viii say I do not believe in a
mere society, a mere Joint stock COM
, | pany. / want the convention TO be a
> great representative body, a conven.
! tion which shall speak FOR all the Bapa
lists and Baptist churches OF this be-
loved Southland, and we cannot have
such body. except upon the relative
, basis OF representation.
l Il believe every Baptist church ought
TO be represented In this body, and by
the plan proposed In the constitution
every church In these Southern states
viii have representation In this body
We want to Keep together. You must
nl-R IhRfn T4nppgnntutiOn tho
basis OF money, but upon the basis OF
a numbers,
we have something else to do be
= sides appropriate money. We have
a something else to do besides mission
q work, This convention IL fosterinl
I great educational institutions; ~ is On
= gagged In publishing a literature fo
J., schools IN the South. Shall thos,
7 churches that are receiving 1t havl
o nothing to say as to what kind OF ut
: erature It shall be? For this reason
r that We are engaged In work that con
o cerns all the churches and which ef
% fccts the interests OF all churches II
= the South all the churches should hay
g representation In this body. Adopt tn
= plan proposed by the majority and the,
v VIII have representation.
y IF l had been on the committee
y would have opposed this system OF rep
:, reaentation, for I think 1t would hav
~ been a much more simple plan To hav
a.. uAlhNtu 80 lnlhN representatives. 10
? each state and so many for every fou
~ or Ave thousand members.
- think 1t would work easy, but do no
W Offer an amendment to 1t ut this stag,
~ shall vote for the majority repor
At as II Ia. by this plan all the churche
Al Will have representation"
A In concluding his remarks, Or. Haw
T. thorne again alluded to a. Z. A.-isr
by saying, 81 would be competent to sa
IN In the name Of 100000 Baptists In III
n South that Baptists viii never be NJ
NJ true to their history; that now an
- forever they are FOR absolute llbert
10 OF conscience and opposed to all r,
hgious qualifications for ciVil office.
e. Loud applause greeted this last ser
,n tence.
"A DR. Hurts spoke for few minute
~ aud then Brother Whitsett OF Loujsyill
IL moved to table both the majority an
minority reports, and this motion pr
AT vailed by vote OF 4i2 10 he
AZ a resolution was offered making
AZ encumhent ON each delegate hereaft,
G 'to pay his own board while attendin
O. convention"
on The convention, however was M
ready for such drastic measures an
IN tabled the resolution.
m Brother Brown moved that article
to section & of the constitution