The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-27

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rem are too mean and sinful and in
different toward the truth, to explain
the difference between the incorpo-
ration, the National Baptist Publish
ing Board and the National Baptist
Convention. They go from one wicked
method to the other. They are abso-
lutely set, bent on destroying and |
not constructing. Their method of
keeping men with them Is by
choking down their threats those
things that are obnoxious. Their
method of holding the people is keep !
ing them in the dark on these great |
questions. Their method Of staying in |
office is ring rule. Railroading propo- |
sitions from before the Convention, |
if the proposition does not stand, for
what they believe to be right. Hood
ing men off of the floor of the Con-
vention, who are real Baptist preach
ers and Christian gentlemen, carrying
things in a storm, whether. right or
wrong. The thing uppermost in their
minds is to win. And this method is
a rock-ribbed practice by the leaders
of the Senior Convention of Arkansas,
so much so until some of the lesser
lights In the state rather than
deceive this rule, uprooted and de-
stroyed it. They have threatened to do
bodily INJURY to some men who have
commended for the freedom and the
prerogatives that brought about tine
division with Arkansas Baptists. Why!
It is but the duplication of the Chica-
go Convention, with and under the
same arrogant administration, which
had the abasing audacity to usurp
the authority of the entire Convention,
and with the assistance of selfish,
wicked, ignorant and selfappointed
men purporting themselves as minis
tiers Of the gospel of lowly Nazarene,
hooted, yelled and ignored some OF
the best men and pahtors of the
State, down ON proposition that the
people had a right to hear and decide
for themselves. In the same COnven-
tion the same people were led by
these same designing men to adopt a
resolution endorsing the Incorporated
convention, thus jeopardizing the lib
erty rights and Christian prerogatives
as Missionary Baptists, under the pre-
tense that the incorporation of the
National Convention was ineffective
on the grounds that the people had
not adopted it.
Right in the face of the fact that
they incorporated it without the con-
sent Of the people and it is now mat
ter of record. And under this incor-
poration they have succeeded in in
stituting suits after suits against the
real National Convention and its Pub
fishing Board. Now, if the Baptist
people of Arkansas were to stop and
think they could discover without the
aid of microscope the dishonesty
that burns so brilliantly in the bos-
oms of such leaders. Can't one see
at a glance that If their convention
was am involuntary association that 1T
could not have any standing in the
courts-that it could see an inocr-
ated board? And yet Arkansas Bap-
fists are led ON blindly in error, be-
cause of these wicked methods re
sorted to by these brethren. Another
method used to continue to keep the
Baptists divided was the passing of a
resolution barring the ministers Of THE
gospel who dare to stand up and con-
tend for the things which they believe
to be right from their pulpits. Such
resolution is an outrage upon equity
and Justice.
Such a resolution reflects very
seriously upon every intelligent Bap,
tist. The men who passed these res
olutions said i'm so many words that
. the rank and file of the Baptist
church throughout the state and ma
tion haven't sense enough, Their
Judgment is too weak, their knowl
edge too limited, and that they are
considered nothing more than weak
lings. We consider you to be inca
pacitated. You are mental failure
to be Left to yourselves to decide
You are wrapped up too much In
gross ignorance to hear both sides OF
. the question that has split i'm twain
the greatest denomination in the
world. In fact, DIN so many words,
they pronounce the Baptist brother
and sisterhood of the state and ma
ton as fools.
: Another method instituted by them
Is to tell absolutely naked falsehoods
make statements that bear the same
, relation to truth as honey bears to a
crabapple. Even the chief leader OF
the missionary work of the state will
stand up before convention or an
, association and let slip from his UNI
holy lips the statement THAT the pro
| gressive Baptist convention of Arkan
sas, with all of its auxiliaries, has NOT
, paid anything upon the debts of A. B
I G. since Its existence. Backed up by
, statements from the chief leader in
: the educational work, the leaders OF
the progressive movement are using
, the peoples money buying automO
, bdles, riding in jitneys and pulling
off other stunts. Such statements
are made for THE sole purpose OF
| misleading and to keep the people
confused, so that their acts, as lead
, ers may not be exposed. But the PEG
pie are coming alive as the light Is
/ turned on. They are beginning to
, ask what evil has the leaders of the
National Baptist Convention, unin
t corporated and missionary progres
&. sive Baptist Convention of Arkansas
} done? What could these men have
dome in so short a while In Chicago
: that so holy uufits them to go into