The Denver star., 1916-09-23

end will make the trembling and uuuk-
ing of Belshazzar insignificant and in
,.,asequential to the condemnation thai
must follow such course
'cThis was the very signal of q heated
imagination that rent in twain the
mighty brotherhood. Lest you might
forget the issue | again urge that you
recall that in the face of the fact that
the convention had gone on record
more than once in cOndemning the pro
curing of a charter that illegal and un.
authorized efforts did on May II, 1915,
in the city of Washington succeed and
make of record the incorporating of
the National Baptist Convention Of the
United States of America.
Document Born Of Malice and Envy.
II do not need here to tell you that
the provisions encOuched within that
unbearable and disgusting measure
scent unto the heavens and enviously
seek to control and manipulate and
with malice aforethought assassinate
that industry for which we have
striven for many years. 1t is acknowl-
edged that the only purpose for which
these unnecessary and strange innova-
ttons had their origin was selfish and
ambitious, and they were absolutely
void of the warmth of the Christian
spirit, but cold and barefaced in the
attempt to reap where they had not
sown.
Our publishing plant at Nashville is
the greatest of its kind owned and op
Grated by black men throughout the
breadth of the universe. Mississippi.
my own native state, gave birth to our
own DR.. Il; II. Boyd. whose industrious
eye and honest business capacity add
luster to this convention and our great
denomination. He has done for us and
our children's children that which no
Negro of this century has achieved.
1t was his opportunity: God gave him
the light. He went forth in the face
OF discouragemement and a thousand
other besetments; caught a vision as
| IL by inspiration and founded an insti-
tuition which today employs your sons
| and daughters and makes possible
! their advancement
Personnel of ~ Publishing Board.
''The publishing board is composed
of brethren well prepared for their du-
ties, and they hold in trust for you
and for me and for every Negro Bap-
tist in this nation this property about
| which more calamitous fairy tales
have been told than could be recorded
i by a thousand scribes in thousand
years. 1t appears To me that this con
vention is absolutely competent to un-
derstand that if any defects existed
! Legislation and not destruction would
he the remedy.
ITO the maintenance of the national
Baptist publishin. board as now con
| stituted and this the national Baptist
| convention of the United States of
America | have dedicated the past
J twelve months OF my life, and as | take
a 'retroSpection | am none the less will
| ing To continue in my feeble way. the
defense of these fundamentals which
underlic not only the very future Oi
the church. but 10 combat that which
would turn back the pages of the Ne
I .roes' progress for the next quarter
of a century.
"OtherS may subscribe and give
their hand. voice and vote to upset and
disgrace that which we have vouch
safed these last twenty years. but uu
til fiery revelations from Gods heav
ems. like stars at midnight. shall pic
ture the irregularity and unreasonable
ness of my course | shall go forward
believing thar whithersoever l so he
who guideth the destiny of man will
lead me on