The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-07-24
PAGE EIGHT
Two Notable Letters On FOREIGN
Missions.

9 EVERAL years ago, tried to get The
Christian Index to publish my side of it,
In the hot wrangle over mission methods
The Index had given space to those who
attacked me. and it seemed, in common fair
ness, they should allow me to set myself right
before the public.
Accordingly, [ made the request. The fol-
lowing is the bang got:
The Organ of T. P. Bell.
The Baptists of Georgia. B. w. j. Graham,
J. G. Hunt, Associate Editor.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
Established 1921.
Bell & Graham Publishers.
Subscription 50 a Year.
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 8, 1909.
Hon Thos. E. Watson,
Thomson Ga.
Dear Sir
Yours of Nov 5th, enclosing article clipped
from your publication, for which you ask inser-
ton in the Christian Index, has come to hand.
You ask this insertion lin simple Justice as
you are pleased to call it, on the ground that we
have published "Quite number OF attacks on
me- (you), and that in this paper you have "set
forth fully what my (your) views really are
We have considered the matter carefully, and
have decided that cannot give space to your
article, and this for several reasons:
First. We have sought to counteract, by what
we have written, certain published statements
which have come to us, in which We found what
we considered unfair, unjust and even cruel
criticisms missionaries and mission boards
men whom we know and whose spirit, purposes
and methods we feel sure have been misrepre-
sented in said utterances. We have carefully
avoided personalities, and even the calling OF the
name of any writer or writer's OF the articles IN
question Therefore, we see call for the exer-
else of simple justice" to anybody in the matter
of publishing this extract.
Second We do not know that the setting
forth fully of your real views the subject of
Foreign Missions and the men and methods
thereof, would be at all conducive to the edihca-
ton of our readers the futherance or our
Lords cause in the world. Those views have
been very abundantly set forth and widely dis
tributed in the columns OF your paper, or papers,
and do not need the columns of the Christian
Index that they may be made known. This leads
to say
Third That the policy of the Christian Index
is constructive and not destructive. 1t has stood
for the building up of Christ not for the pulling
down thereof It's editors seek to fill its columns
with those things which minister to that end,
and decline space for those which of an oppo-
site character. Believing, as they do that your
article perverts certain facts, Obscures or con-
ceas many others, puts wrong construction on
Scripture teachings, and on the actions or mis-
sionaries of today and is designed to pull down
great and glorious work which consecrated men
and women have built up for the glory Of their
Master and the salvation of the lost of all lands,
they do not deem it wise or right to publish It,
lest they become sharers in the evil they believe
you to be doing to the greatest and most blessed
work that is going in the world today, and
one in fullest accord with the purposes and plans
of the Lord. They would soon have one put
poison in the food their families eat for the
pleasure of giving antidotes, as to put your ar
tice in the Index, only to continue to counteract
any influence which might be exerted for evil
They have too much to do in building up to
encourage those who trying to tear down;
for the sole purpose of building up over again.
We have no judgment to pass on you. To the
God of missions you must give account, and be-
fore His judgment seat you must appear, to stand