The farmer and mechanic., 1915-05-04

giving. though not as the ~r.
tended. No class has ever
tie continuance of its nam, s
upon whether it gave it. hr,
class ever became so self-caf.-.-
to regard it as a stipend
it did lose its name. "Baraca
own election of death-for n
means blessing, and TO he
we must both spend and ha
Every dollar that every class r.
has been used for the purr.
sending the news of Baraca -.
into the world. The giving II
been and is entirely volurtar.
every class is richer for th. s
is true that the continuanc4 f
class membership in the wUrfs.
union is conditioned upon tn en~...t
contribution of a dollar, but no -r
tlnuance Of the class name /, r.
Businesslike Dollar
One critic has questioned y,r.-s.-
it be "businesslike" for the cr..r.t.-.
to permit their classes to send .s3..
this dollar a year. Before ba ~.
grudges this pittanCe let him r-rl.ar,.
Der that there is that Withh.tt.-l,
that tendeth to poverty, and trer, :
that scattereth that increaseth tn
let him search the records of ana ,.al
Raraca class and find thar from ,re,
class it's school receives multifo.5 rha
amount that it did from young men
before the Baraca class was formed
and possibly he Will Iaav1
that God Almighty 5a..,t
run his bounty on so-called "Lr.~.r4s..
like rules nor inculcate hberai.r H.,
the practice of penury, but H. makes
one able and willing to give ~ lsylu.
He says, Give and shall be .ryar
unto yOu,' and he makes little he re-
ceipts of the greedy heart whether :
beats in a single bosom or is the heart
| Of class or church.
| Critics say the headquarters 4r- in
! corporated. That is horrible charge.
now, isn't it? Especially wh-a ID
| comes from any one whose Time !
| entirely given to forwarding the sue
! cess Of another Incorporated agency
| of religious work. But it sounds bad
however, to say that q thing j. "tn-
/ corporated." One is not surprised al
ranting against corporations On the
hustings where political capital IS
cheaply made Of the prejudice ot i4-
norance. Possibly it may be expect
ed also of one who hopes to GAIN
financial reward by appeal 10 preU-
| dice. But hardly ought you to expect
it in the discussion of religious
you, take the trouble to find out h0W
very many of the great religious be-
nevOlenceS are administered through
incorporated boards or agencies. Sure
ly Mr.. Hudson doesn't need to let This
criticism bother him. Before there
was any incorporation they criticised
him for personally receiving The
| funds. Then he changed that and
| had a bonded treasurer do that and
i f1, i Il 4 i
, to the Office furniture and fixtures
, typewriters, ETC., and whatever little
> property belonged to the work and
/ to have it insured. This corporauof
| is a distinct legal personally, as sep
arate from NE Hudson as Is ms
| critic, and yet there be those VIII
t criticise that act. So you can't please
men. And blessed is the man VIII,
| doesn't try, but goes ahead undauntel
, in his effort to do good. The nationa
> committee is not incorporated tn
publishing company is not incorpo
. rated. and there is no other incorpora
8 ton about the Baraca work al SyTa
: cuse. That shows how little founda
| ton there was for .flis outcry aoou
. incorporated authority. Baraca WI
hardly suer from such unfair attack
as that.
Il Charters Criticised.
). They criticise the issuance OF "cnaF
e ters." The much abused charter IS
t certificate of registration intended !
8 be framed Ind hung on the wal
s Those who have published this Gnu
Y cism want the classes to register
n another city than Syracuse ana =
s another certificate Of reglstraIo
n signed somebody else, and then fTan'
= that certificate and hang in on "a
IS wall. That is the difference one
n called "charter' anu it is heE@SS
h have it. The other is called ce :.
n cate" and it is a badge Of orth o. =
to have that Now believe 80.
q should have its denominations ceF'-.
n cate, and I have urged all ba' q.
classes to obtain them, but "lln
the surrender Of their Baraca nam
n Our class registered under its fa!I
# name. do not believe, hoWevei' III
= having a Certificate will saFr ~
!, class Or that having a .charteI
), cause its ruin. That sort Of pA-
! boo will hardly frighten men
a course the so-called charter IS NAP