The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-01-09

wa Win O hot ouu oiiiniuR UOWu on
it all day. but there is a beautiful
grove and lovely shade at the church,
besides those who go to the river for
recreation every Sunday always take
their dogs and guns. They say
these are to protect them in case a
ferocious wild animal should attack
them while enjoying the delight of
theday. They take their fish hooks
also, these they say arc for mere
psstime for the women and children
TO amnse themselves to keep the day
from becoming monotonous, while
the racn are wandering along the
shores looking for amusement. They
say it could be no harm to fish any
way rs the fish will seldom bite dur
/ ing daylight. There are a grea,
many who spend all day Sunday on
the river who don't take their family
with them. Sometimes there are
several in the crowd who 60 out
duck hunting; they start very early
even before day. Several times your
correspondent was awakened much
earliersthan he wished Sunday morn
ing by the sound, Of tremendous
vol'ey of shots which rang forth upon
the early morning breeze like there
might be the army of the Potomac
marching up the Colorado river, but
as the heat of the sun becomes more
Intense the battle would seem to
waive until all would be quiet once
more along the river. There seems
to be several reasons for the practice
the people have accustomed them.
selves to, also, there are several rea
sons why these people do not attend
church more regularly. 1 am going
to state some Thugs entirely from
memory, and should there be errors
| beg pardon of the many readers of
The TIMES. 1t is not the names.
dates or amounts that | shall vouch
for but it is the system and its evil
influences, which shall try to. bring
to light. There is not at all times
harmony even in the best families.
There seems to DC a contention among
the Foreign Missionaries or Mission
airy Board. l should have said of
Texas Baptists. There are two men
who feel themselves quite able to
handle all The affairs of the Mission
ary department, one, | think, was
CAN'T the other Crosby.
UNPOPULAR SYSTEM OF FOREIGN
MISSION BOARD.
There arose question sometime
ago about the method of distribution
of the missionary funds. One held
that too much money was spent to
pay the large salaries of those officers
of the boards, the other held that the
system was all right or was as good
as they could get. However, the
breech has been widening until tue
membership all over the State has
become thoroughly alive to the lues
tion and were very much worried
over the outcome. While the evidence
was being produced by both factions
one party produced evidence that at
the present rate Of missionary collec-
tions and going through the different
boards as at present provided, if one
dollar be sent from this country to
some of the foreign countries there
would be but very little of it left
when it reached the foreign country.
| think there would only be seven
cents, or in other words there is only
about seven per cent. that ever
reaches destination. However, these
allegations have had a great tendency
to make the members think for them.
selves and is causing much contro-
eversy at many places that / have
visited. Some Of the most reliable, 1
trustworthy and devout Baptists that
[ have ever met have positively re-
fused to ever give an, thing more TO
be handled by the boards as formerly.
Nearly allathe preachers want the
old system to continue, and at one
time lone of the preachers after,
going back for several years to prove
his conversion and high calling by a
letter he had signed (snpposely) by a.
very noteworthy Texas preacher, he
then proceeded with his sermon from
thetext: "Can q man rob God,
yes, ye have robbed me in tithes,
etc. The preacher went on to say
that he was called of God to that
work and all must give their tithes.
He .hesame,yery fierce in his dcaon-