The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-10

he He was in favor of the substitute
To postpone
The trouble is you want to do too
much now" he went OH III you want
this change. accept the proposition
at the board and in te" years you
+ will have "A majority. Then you can
accomplish your ends without a law
/ suit.
Brethren. beseeeh you not to
take this matter into court 1t VIII
dc no good and will make enemies
/ for the church.
IF suit Is brought, | Will bow my
head in SORROW.
Mr. Branch closed by venturing the
assertion that 10 man on the board
would de wrong IN the matter. being
/ ali good men
ReN. pr w Ashury Christian was
the next 10 speak, Introducing his
remarks. he said that all the trouble
with Vanderbilt University was the re-
I suit Of its self perpetuating board
putting III new men not IN sympathy
with the Methodist church.
Don't Distrust Board.
/ Now, we don't distrGst the RAN
! delph- Macon board, he continued.
/ but We are looking to the future
! You don't know who viii be on the
/ board nifty years from to-day, yes
: twenty-five years.
/ What is the church asking First.
that We may have the right to con-
| firm the trustees. and secondly, If they
intend to give the church that right
WHY not nominate II i'll the board so
| that no succeeding board can rescind
I the right of confirmation.
In two years two efforts have been
made to reseind the action of the
board in this matter and If the trns-
tees are Wiling Ia grant us the right
why do thet object To giving It 70 lis
in charter,
"onlY let us gel Il clear in our
minds that the college is ours ard
!. let lis bind il to us SO that neither
I the Carnegie foundation nor any other
foundation can ALLEVIATE IL from us,
Carnegie the Trouble.
! Dr. Christian was followed by l'rtsi-
dent r. r. Blackwell of Randolph
t Macon College. ut Ashland. who ven
tured the Statement that but Tor nhe
Carnegie foundation there would not
I he sn much trouble.
't1eftatn phases Of The uues ton
comes ~ me. he continued. that does
| not come to YOU This matter will
hurt onr college itself aud net the
I Woman's College AT Lynehbure. WIN
you take such a step Education with
me is "a side Issue. The Interest OF the
church :. is first The beard never
would have passed that resolution in
1905 "a to denolnuationai test had
il thought II was. dong anything other
than stating a historic fact You say
you want IL settle this matter. he
iieVo il ! want to SEQ Ii settled
Warns Against Strife.
+ Ii YOU put that resolution offered
by Pr cannon into effect Non viii per
petuate the strife. You viii alternate
1 the Institution from the church. Now.
suppose you start a now college. as
f YOU propose. You viii get half Il vail :
lion dollars, perhaps, Ira, win start
] strife The members IT the ultl. board
! will certainty look after The interests
- it's Institution and then the tWa cpi-
ltees viii night each other
Ii conclusions. pr. Blackwell asked
the church not to cot un it, .tppro-
prtation to the college.
i Rowe Loses Out.
/ Rev nr. Rowe's substitute reSoiu~
lion was next put to a vote and lost.
Rev X. NJ. Naxey tried to offer II
resolution on the proposition, hut was
ruled oft nf order.
! II was then aagreed To adiptrli un-
til 3 z. NJ. with the understanding that
/ Dr. oannons resolutions would be
! taken UP at that time, item by item.
After adjournment tn. members oi
! Conference wvul outside and had their
pictures taken again i'll - group
breaches Annual Sermon.
That the ministers Of the gospel
! should study and work so as To best
! exercise those qualities calculated to
attract and hold men to tho vital
truths of religion, was the gist of
the advice impaired by Rev. q. T..
/ Holiday. Of Wheaton. in the course
Of the conference annual sermon at
/ Centenary Wednesday night when
I the seating capacity Of the odiflce WAS
taxed beyond the limit.
Those who heard the sermon pro-
nfunee IL ah exceedingly thoughtful
and earnest discourse Of the evan
geaical tyne. The text @as selected
from second Timothy ,: Is. as fol-
lows. study 10 show thyseif APP
proved unto God. II workman that
needoth not be- ashamed, rightly diyid-
Ing the word of-truth.
Preliminary services @cre con-
Quoted hy Rev. nr. J. y. Latham.
pastor of the church. Musical selec-
tons we're rendered by IA large chorus
choir. the congregation joining In
singing familiar hymns.
Governor Mann occupied IA seat IN
side the ehaneel rail. bishop Wilson
was not present. having been kept
occupied until late in the afternoon
with his cabinet.