The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-11-24
|D|sHOP CONDEMNS
DISHONEST PREACHERS
SAYS A MAN WHO CAN AND WILL
NOT PAY HIS DEBTS Is
DISHONEST.
He Declares That No Man Who Is
Dishonest Can Save a Com
munity-Conference Dele.
gates Elected.

The conference opened Friday
morning at 800, Bishop Evans Ty-
rec presiding. After the usual relia-
ious exercise, the committees pro-
ceeded to make their reports. The
minutes of the previous meeting
were then read and adopted.
In the very instructive lecture Civ
en- to the brethren by the bishop, he
made some OF the following re-
marks; MY brethren, 1t is q shame
to have debts sent to the conference
to be collected. If man owes debt
and won't pay 1t he is simply q dig
honest man. We have some men who
cannot pay their debts just at thel
time they should be paid. but we
have some who owe them and are
not trying to pay them, and then
they are sent to the conference to]
make them pay 1t. We cannot make
a man pay his debts. His conscience
should make him pay 1t. and II no
can pay and won't make any effort 10
pay It, then be Is dishonest man.
We have some preachers who arc
preaching just to have 1t said there
goes DR.. Smith or DR.. So and SO,
but instead, my brethren, there arc
some who are saying: There goes
Dr. Smith who kicked out my bed
| clothes, borrowed my overcoat and
wore it out, owes me grocery bifl
and won't pay me- Now, my friends,
! this Is nothing more than dishones-
| ty. No man can save community
who will rob, for the people of the
community will not believe him.
went to market one day In my towD
to buy some meat and fellow was
there with his bible in his nand
talking of honesty, how to be saved
etc, when the market man said
You pay for your meat!' My race OF
people, God bless them, are gooe
race of people, but in one singl;
volume they will rob. They seem Il
think that only some things are rob
berry. Getting drunk Is robbery
breaking the Sabbath is robbery
and one is as strong as the other.
want to tell you, my brethren, /
takes an all round man to be :
sound and a square man. l want t
say also that cleanliness Is next t
goodness. man who Is too care
less to cleanse his body, | fear Is ap
to be too careless to cleanse his soul
, We want to be clean. Keep the shoe
blacked, the clothes clean In ever,
way, the teeth clean--for some of U
carry enough bread on the teeth t.
feed the chickens, | say have clear
> mouth, for knowledge out Of clear
mouth is clean knowledge. Let III
be clean In every way. Careful abou
our characters and regulations
Reputation Is what folks say abou
thank you for listening to me. Ma.
God bless you and may God keel
, you"
Notwithstanding the very coo
weather the conference Is very large
ly attended. Among the many dis
tinguished guests are ex-Congress
/, man Murray, Rev G. w. Simpson
Baptist church, city; Rev. q. W
Brown and Rev. & w. Benson.
Thursday Afternoon.
/, After religious exercises conduct
ed by Rev j. A. Coleman. the con
ference then proceeded to elect dele
= gates to the next general conference
to assemble at Kansas City in 1912
4 The delegates elected were as fof
= lows;
Rev. ] w Rankin, Rev. A. Cor
don, Rev. r S Jenkins, Rev, II. A