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ever The SIGNS OF Ills Prese0es mo.e
cur peeele haee been IN in tn har-
Ter spirit which eharaeterizeS he Bap
tist brotherhood Of tn state. w
commend ou' brethren fer their pa
tent s@lt control. While We admoni4E
e'NerN ono to esch"W eY"ry aeparturc
from The faith and practce of onr
fathers, We plead for lGve and forhear.
anc" toward any who have been be,
gullod into new paths. Many have al
ready been convinced that they aet.l
hastily and have returned to their first
love and former allegiance TO the prin.
ciploS Ter the propagation Of which our
EapflSt ancestors gave their best days
and TO cooperation with the conven.
ton with which these worthless lived
worked and died Already many who
have been led away from the things
which they formerly loved and sup.
ported are looking With alarm upon the
movement to separate them en- irely
from the fellowship Of their brethren
ard the denomination from whose I0ns
thny have sprung, whose doctrines
they believe and love. and Cf whose
hist ory and heroes they are Justly
proud The oettcr spirit and better
lud2mD9t are gaining control of our
people. and soon. VIC hope. we shall
SOC "yo 10 eve Certainly We shall if
everywhere Christ be enthronrd as our
leader. Now that the chang for tn
hettor has so strongly set in. oNdeay
or for = Whilo longer. and at whatever
cos Of personal feeling, 10 pr"s,rV"
the unity of tho churches of Christ
II is with @cnHuino pride that We can
point TO those troubulons years of our
| history and say that no convention
ninnr'tv in any church has ever spit
| III" church open or drawn ont to sot
~ 2 ri"sl organization. We boeec"h
You. hlathron, that while Won Con
itend earnestly for the faith once
d@'i".'@ed % tho sain,s. that ye walk
Ne"thv of III" vocation wherein We
are call"l. with al loWlin"ss and
bearing one another in love; endeav-
: - iro TO !tre'a tho nni',. rf tho eDirit in
the bond of peace There is one body
and onn spirit. -ovrn as vo arc call d
in on" hope Of your calling: one Lord,
ore faith. ono baptism. one God and
J one Fathor of all who is above al,
and throu@h all. and in you all
On motion OF Roy. r. Be'2uchamp
tho report was received and adopt d.
Rev. Pen Cox moved that 10000
Ey Governor James p Eaele Of Lit
Ito Roc1i was thcn introduced and
discussed the report at length AS the
old man the most stalwart member
OF the church today, walked toward
tho platform III" delegates rose as
a"n man and stood until he reached
tho oneakcr'< s-and GOV Eagle ask
od pardon for not standing, but said
that ha wae unable To do so From
the speakers stand. Gov. Eagle ask
He said that he had been Identified
with tho Arkansas State Baptist cor
vention fer more than a quarter of
3 century and that the r"port jus
read waq the best ho had eve"
heard. He had known the convention
work Just after the war, when tn
BAPTIST church was poor and the in
d.vidual members ne"dv. He had rol.
lcwcd the work down through III
years and had seen several aitf"rent
plans tried, mono Of which had been
a successful as the one now in oper
o4;o, Cororo1 +irnac tn, MON bCrs Of