Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-07

an utterly unjustifica=:e proceeding.
and an outrage too serious to be pass
ed over without protest and rebuke.
Now if there are other facts to
Offset those which have brought your
committee to these decisions. those
facts should have been furnished us
by those persons who knew them, and
whose interest it was to make them
known, and whom we urged again
and again to give us any light they
had.
Another Election Proposed.
The only proposition purporting
to come from the insurgent faction
was that if their action could not be
allowed they would now hold another
election, which amounts to saying
that they will do the same thing over
again. They do not offer to permit
the majority faction to take charge
of affairs and conduct the business.
1t would seem that the only way of
righting the wrong is to recognize
Cgain their properly constituted Of
ticerS and organization, and go for
ward from that point in an orderly |
way and with true Christian spirit.
This report is not the output of
any whitewashing committee, nor any
strained effort after vindication or
reinstatement of Brother BroyIes. 1t
is the result of an honest and dill
gent EFFORT to study all the factors in /
a puzzling problem. And our clear /
conclusion is that the ousting of the /
pastor and superintendent and other /
officers, and the subsequent exclu- /
sion of former members and recep- /
ton of new members, together with .
the arrest of the pastor and interfer-
ence with the orderly continuance of |
his work with the church, have all |
been out of order and hurtful to the
cause. Very respectfully,
J. L. VANCE,
d. H. LELAND,
w. G. OGLEVEE.
Other Business.
Rev. William Schoenig presented an
excellent paper on RanschenbusCh's
christianity and the Social Crisis"
The association accepted an invitation
of the Davenport alliance to attend
eoint conference to discuss the lay
mems missionary movement at the
Young & McCombs grill room next
Monday noon. Secretary r. c. Smed-
ley conducted a devotional study of
St. Matthew S:23-34. Rev. ]. L. Vance
led in prayer.
Standing by Burden.
The following was handed to The
Argus for publication by a member
of the Second Baptist church:
The members and friends of the
Second Baptist church (colored)
turned out TO hear a program and en-
joy the pleasure of an ice cream and
cake supper at the church on Tenth
street and Sixth avenue last Friday
night The whole membership of the
church was invited to turn out and
bring their friends with them. 1t was
regular church meeting night and the
members and officers decided at tho
business meeting to have all those
present sign this statement, so that
hey might have their names published
Il the papers of the city to show that
large majority of the membership
If the church, and those present, were
opposed to the tactics of r. A.
3rOyles. and that they were satisfied
with the services of their present pas
or, Frank burden. who was the unani-
nous choice of all present: w. F.
Parker John Griffin. Willie Myosden,
R. Palmer, Eva Williams, Cecilia
Howard, c. R. Ramer, Horace Wilson,
luther Palmer, Jessie Clarke, Bosn
Wilson. Johanna Palmer Elem Bas- ,
'ett. Chester KelsO. Frank Sanders,
Mss G.. E. Burris, Ida Jackson, Nan
lie Laster. Charles Harper, Mrs. Amis
Nhaey. F1emon johnson, Evalena Bas-
;ett, Miss Georgia L. Allen, Nellie
Ramsey. William Redden, Eta God
vim, Mary Ann Goodwin. Ernest Clark,
1va Goodwin, Bertha Edmunds. Leola
Idmunds. Ruth Edmunds. Clara John
on, Earl Bassett, Gerald Stewart .
harrison Howard, Geff Moore, John
;havers, Tony Harper, Charles Dickin- u,
on. Miss Lillian Palmer, L. c. Viii g.,
on, Grace Harper, Mrs. Maria Car
Ter, Mrs. Myrtle Johnson, Otto Vaeghu, :
William Goodwin.
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