Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-11-18

ishino the untruths that have bsen told
bv ministers and laymen concerninR
the convention. She has been and l.
misreprese ;ed. maligned and ignored
by men who pose before the public a.
men of truth, preachers OF the Gospel
Of peace, who say like Paul. speaS
the truth and lie not" aud yet unfoI-
tunately they have aud do lie, upon
the convention.
THE sTATKMRNTs OF THE MINUTES.
The minutes OF the Lexington snnu-
al NEE ting are out. They were pre-
pared for the press by DR.. Binga. OF
Manchester, therefore they can be &C
cepted as stating facts.
The brethren who seeded from the |
conventions give as their reason Tor |
such. that the conven zion broke the !
compact OF co .oper alton in missionary |
and ed NC ational work with the Ameri- |
can Baptist Home Mission Society,
Southern Baptist Convention and the
General Baptist Association, (white)
OF Va.
The minutes chow on page %, that
the only thing done by the convention
touching the compact Of co-opera ion
was to place the Seminary back TO
where it was in the beginning. prior TO
its having any contract with the Home
Mission Society. The monopolizing
powers, giving 20 the Seminary 1000
per year for the Presidents salary
said you must give up. depose Prssi-
dent bay 80 ,oE We will not give you the
$1,000 per year. The convention sim
ply said we will give up the 81 QUO per
year, bat not Prof. Hayes. We will
hold on to him as the President or our
Seminary.
A COMPLIMENT TO THE PRESIDENT.
The editor OF the Virginia Depart
ment Of the Philadelphia Christian
Banner, of May 9Th. 1899. saye: "Fcr
manhood. race pride aod integrity
Prof. Hayes is loved and highly re-
spected by the leaders and best think
ers in the state of Virginia. both col
ored and white. He has rendered in-
valuable service to the cause OF edu-
cation in Virginia, so much so, until
the brethren have decided to sustain
him IN his efforts to make the work at
Virginia Seminary q success.
1t hardly seems possible that one
man could have done what Pro-.
Hayes has done for our educational
work since he has been President OF
Virginia Seminary. But the work
speaks for ITSELF
At the Lexington meeting the said
editor accepted the office OF GORE
spending Secretary OF the Convention,
and SAD nothing against the act ot the
conven 10 sustaining President Hayes
the Home Mission Society.
NO REPEAL OF THE COMPACT.
Page 80 or said minutes shows that
there was no repeal OF the compact of
co-operations aside from the Virginia
Seminary.
Resolved That we appreciate the
efforts put forth by the American Bap-
fist Home Mission Society, the S1uth-
ern Baptist Convention aud the Cen
eral Baptist Association Of Virginia, in
behalf OF cur people
"Resolved 2. Thas we most respect
fully ask the said bodies to continue to
cooperate with the Virginia Baptist
State Convention in the future prose
cution OF missionary work In this
state"
Such speaks for itself. The Virgins
Editor of the Christian Banner, speak
ing of the General Association (color-
ed) that recently met in Lynchburg.
Va. saws "The Association was we'll
represented by the most influential
brethren from all parts OF the State. y
It seems that the seceders, went out
from as because they were not OF Us.
With all their superlative influence
they had not 80 churches out OF the
1892 colored Baptist Churches OF the
state, aud not 100 out OF the 716 ord ain
ed colored Baptist ministers Of the
state
AwoRD ABOUT THE GENERAL
A General Association is composed
of District Associations OF the state.
or the 80 colored Baptist Associations
in the state. how many OF them were
at Lynch burg, in the bosom of the lit.
tie General all the District Assoeia-
tions Of the state had held their annu-
al meetings and had ample time fol
representation and yet superlative in.
fuential brethren did not draw them.
The Lot Carey, Corresponding Score
ry seemed disposed to criEicise Prest.
dent Hayes who was in attendance af
the Pennsylvania Baptist State Con-
vention (colored) recently held. The
Pree5deab is fully able to defend him.
self, but will say that he has more il
tellectual brains, Notwithstanding his
black skin and predoninanceo of AfrI.
can blood, than has the corresponding
secretary with his white skin and pre-
dominance OF Anglo-Saxon blood.
The corresponding secretary ought
! to tell the public how much money
was raised ia the Lot Carey Conyen-
] ton at Baltimore. How many mis-.
siOnares they have and what are they
doing?
THE LYNCHBURG MEETING.
1t seems strange the Christian mis-
sionary public does not knowSlhoV
much money was raised at the Lol
Carey gathering; how much money
was raised at the Secesh gathering il
Lynehburg, how much money "thI
most influential brethren from al
parts OF the state" have given 80 TIT
University at Richmond, and how
much money have they given TO TIT
cooperative missionary, institnt'