The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-22
DISAGREEMENT
 ON THE ARTICLES
CONTINUED FROM PAeH 1.)

and have always found them earnest, en- thusiastic and faithful.
 "rhe third argument comes, I must say with fear and trembling, from self complacency I love the Presbyterian church, but I must say that I am out of sympathy with this continual attitude that we are better than anybody else, and so much better than our brethern of the north. We have much to learn from them. This great brotherho movement first began in the north, while they have taken a hand in the great capital and labor problem in which they are doing wonderful work. They are taking a lead in missionary effort and education, and 1 say 1t with shame, in the last ten years they have gone at a vastly greater rate in comparative ratio toward bringing more men to Christ than we.
 Argument Based on Fear.
 There is another argument based upon fear. Now the idea that they would get In a member of this council and then drop the drawbridge seems peculiar, and I cannot believe they would do 1t. I ad- init that there is loop hole, but there are possibilities of bad play in any move ment, and I believe the advantages of this far outweigh any vague possibilities. This reminds me of the time In the Old Testament when they sent twelve men to spy on land whether 1t could be taken, and ten men went up the hill and peeped over, returned and said the walls were towering to the sky, and the men were giants, but two went and saw 1t as it was, returned and said we will be able to possess the land for the Lord our God is with us.
 Dramatic Scene Is Enacted. The most dramatic scene of the whole assembly was when T. B. Frazier crushed the copy of the artices which he held in his hand. and violently flung them to the floor at the close of his speech. He opened by saying, "A man on trial for murder might as well be dead. This is a question of life or death of the church of the living God. If did not think this church most nearly conforms to the scrip lures I would not be a member of 1t.
 When I see that this whole document only contains the name of Christ one time, and never mentions the Father nor the Holy Ghost and believing as I do in the fatherhood of God and the brother hood of Christ, I cannot subscribe my vote to it's adoption" The remainder of his speech was to the effect that no law yer would sign any paper that would al- low another to keep him out of trouble.
 Has Only Advisory Powers.
 Dr. W. M. Alexander of New Orleans said that when the articles were aimed at federation he did not favor them be- cause they set up a higher court and were unconstitutional He said that at the Charlotte conference, of which he was a member, they agreed to give the body only advisory powers, to provide for a council of conference.
 He showed that it was not an arbitrary court, but that. instead of being able to bring churches under its Jurisdiction, 1t can only pass upon question of differ ence when both churches concerned agree to arbitrate. Then what good will it do since it's powers are only advisory" Why, the world Is moved by moral power. You are afraid of organic union, but I say that If you go into this council you can never enter an organic union until you withdraw from this council. You arc erecting barrier between you and that possibility. You talk about ar ticle r dropping the drawbridge. when. if It does, you could never have organic union.
 That is the very reason that I favor the articles, because it would be a crime until we have light. I favor this plan in order to stop this continual talk about organic union, which would change the very anatomy of our church. There Is not a distinctive feature in the argument of our opponents. The articles guarantee our rights, our property and everything else This assembly has the right to ap- point committee to confer concerning things between two churches, and that is all these articles propose to form. It is appropriate that such a committee have rules to keep it in bounds that 1t might bring peace and harmony
 '1f we go Into this council We will have an opportunity to deliver our witness. bear testimony to the truth. get the northern brethren to understand the con- dition of the frontier to look at the race problem as we do, and let us direct the expenditure of their money along that line.
 '4They say if we adopt these articles the church is dead. What will kill us? We will still have everything we ever had and we ought to show brotherhood, evince that unity of which we speak"
 Great Speech In Opposition.
 Dr. Cecils was acknowledged as the greatest effort against adoption that has been made He announced at tho outset that he was not prejudiced against the northern church, and was in entire har- mony with the object of the articles.
 He said that the arguments of benefit were that the. articles would evince unity of spirit and cooperation, but he con- stdered any further bodies or councils useless as the church is already mem Der of the Pan-P Presbyterian Alliance, which has affected a great deal in the way of cooperation and unity, and he thought it unnecessary to have 30 many