Richmond planet., 1903-01-24
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punish him by an apology or exclus,o,,
haS was IN his mind? You will see
that he would not state what his,purnoSe
was Well we will talya ~. S,pse ,pSee
acts. sO1i LIE LIE,
If you will take this paper. you viii
see that in this first meeting straight off
he offers motion that Bro. Mitchell he
excluded. He struck him between ti,t,
eyes. Williams never withdrew his
motion. nls'
One of the men says that it reminded
him of the days of old when thew cries
| cruelty Him! Cruelty HIM. When,
some one gets up to move that he he.
summoned, Williams and 25 Others voted
| against it.
A PURPOSE AND A MOTIVE.
When he comes up he says, Exclude
! him! exclnde him' Some sav DonSt
oolt. lie says, Eyes, exclude him.
ana tnen votes to summon Mitchell be
next meeting? This man who can
smile and be william. Who is the mar,
that makes the motion? Is there no
| one IN the crowd that can stand for the
| church, bat Nelson Williams. Ira
is 1T this man that said that this man
must be turned out of church without n
nearing: There are charges about i'm
moral practices and the persons so
charged are censured, but this man has
done nothing and he was to be turned
out of the church
| Az AGGRESSIVE IAN.
Apologize for what? Didn't r. T.
HUI tell you that Mitchell did not use
language until the time when they in
terrupted him? Mitchell is an aprress-
i've man. He leads his people not al
ways as regard as all right. Mitchell
protested against the method of trial
fte called attention TO the law of the
church. Said he, al appeal TO Won 10.
try me before the proper tribunal.
Was he to submit as a whipped
spaniel. Must he submit? Is he Co
have no spunk? When he cited to them
tne church polity they cried, we don't
want TO hear that"
III there is any spunk in a man. il is
at that time that it would assert itself
Is that the kind of manhood Won
want TO cultivate in this state? This is.
the same class of people that appear be-
fore you here. This is the man who
did it, and who asks you for money 10
put into his pockets.
THE EFFECT OF AN EXCLUSION.
There is an effort to get back into the
church, Mitchell told you the effect of
the exclusion, that TO exclude g. person
from the church the colored people be-
lieved is Co bar him from Heaven.
do not believe 1T, but it affects his
people.
1t would not affect me because don't
believe it. 1t has been held by some of
the most eminent men that this is the
belief among the people.
KNOCKED, BUT 1T OPENED NOT.
There is man standing on the ont
side; lt has been said, KNOCK and it
shall be opened unto you." Mitchell
knocked and there stood at the door.
barring his admission Nelson Williams
There was a meeting held, peace meet
NICHOLSON Williams was there,
What did he say? / was there, | had
enquired about the meeting and knew
OF no such meeting, He said he took
interest in all of the meetings and at-
tended all of the regular meetings and .
was there
| asked him if that was a regular
meeting ano His Honor had to speak TO.
him about the meeting before could get
reply. The committee had gone out,
others had gone out and had asked
about the meeting and he had said he
heard nothing about it
Mr.. Meredith called the attention to
the testimony of the witnesses
HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THE MEETING.
Williams tried to put himself free of
1T by saying he never heard of it. Rus
sell asked what this committee was out
for and who appointed them, and vet
Nelson Williams said that he had not
heard about it. Do you believe it?
and. if you do believe it, do you propose
to give another mans money to him =?
When the spirit of peace was over
that building, we find this man active
in defeating it, and you find that he
was there
Is it not a right that a man had a
right TO continue che attack as long as
the effort was being made to keep him
out?
Mitchell stands out side. He saws he
will submit, that he will get down on
his knees if necessary in order to bring
peace to the church. He goes to another
church and asks them if you won't let
me in. The church finds that there has
been some dispute
a REFERENCE TO DIR. GRAHAM.
Do they take him in? No. Rev
DR.. Graham who shows the spirit of
conservatism states that the church ap-
points committee to visit the First
Baptist Church and after searching the
records find what Mitchell said was
true
The council is called. All were in.
vited What is the intimation? That
it was gotten up for the purpose of sus-
tanning the nti-cooperationists. Is it
reasonable to presume that man like
Graham would say. that after the com
mittee reported, that both sides were
invited unless it was true? Mitchell
hit until his rights were vindicated and
not blow afterwards,
THAT REMARKABLE COMMITTEE.
Wb&t's done then? A committee is
appointed to try the Fifth St. Baptis
CnNnINIrEn ON 9TH DLnE