The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-27
DIR. sANDEFUR's ADDRESS. AN
EXCELLENT DOCUMENT BUT
CANNOT SUCCEED BECAUSE OF
BOSSISM.

EXCELLENT DOCUMENT BUT
CANNOT SUCCEED BECAUSE OF
BOSSISM.
Rev. DIR. T. S. Sandefur. president
of the State Sunday School Conven-
ton Of the old line Baptists of the
State in addressing that body a few
days ago at Camden. Ark. delivered
in some respect a masterpiece. 1t
was laden with splendid and helpful
suggestions as we'll as many excellent
business thoughts. 1t proved DR.. |
Sandefur to be far-seeing leader,
and to have a mind that is developed |
beyond the ordinary mind of his fell
lows. While there are some things |
in the address with which free men |
cannot agree, there are some things |
in the address that would only have |
been spoken by slave, would have |
only been uttered by man who was |
Fearful of his crown, and who rec
ognized that there was an awful
hand swinging heavy, heavy over
his head, but even at that, there are
many points of brilliancy and flights
of oratory, and suggestions of real
helpfulness in the address. II DR..
Sandefur was given the right Of way
and was not handicapped by the old
fossilized bosses of the state, he
would do some splendid work, in fact,
if his thoughts and ideas were per-
} mitted to materialize and mature as
, he has given and expressed them,
they would go far to revolutionize
, Baptist work in Arkansas. But for
/ years and years, Sandefur has been
: coming before that body with bril-
= liant thoughts, with helpful recon-
| mendations and suggestions only to
. be tabooed and thrown in the waste
= basket by the controlling hand. 1t
n is fact beyond dispute that no sug-
d gestion, no recommendation is going
n to succeed, or will be permitted to
S succeed that does not come from the
u bosses, the real bosses.
u The recommendation to launch an
endowment campaign of $4,000 is
healthy suggestion coming from a
healthy mind. The recommendation
however, to appoint secretary treas
- urer for that department kills his
1 recommendation as dead as Hector
- so far as the bosses are concerned
Y They are not going to let any sercre-
tary-treasurer be, Brother Sandefur
Now if you had recommended that as
- this 100000 endowment fund was
/ collected, that it be turned in the
3 hands of Boss Booker, then if you had
u gone. and talked with Marse Morris
~ about it, and got him to have made
a speech for it before you read 1t
&c you might have done a little good
but no thought suggested by you as
- intelligent as that thought, thought
~ out OF which you would get some
:. honor and respect out of the people
~ as thinker, as an aggressive ant
p progressive Baptist, will ever be able
~ to go down to your credit. No sec
W retary-treasurer will be appointed fol
Ne any fund that is to be raised. Thu
i' president of the Arkansas Baptis
"a College is the secretary treasure o
&c all funds directed by his superio
chief and boss. 1t must go as al
D. other funds have gone. For instance
q the funds Of the Famous Five Hun
- bred, a scheme II properly carried
Nc out, would have delivered the insti
%, tuition from any embarrassments
~ But nay. They swore that they wer
going to put that in the bank to NEE
- the 100000 mortgage, but wha
became of it?
oil Dr.. Sandefur, however, is gettin
IS. what he deserves, simply the priv
t? lege to be figure-head nothing
to more, nothing less, there is nothing
to that he can do, there is no indepen
d, dent step that he dare take. But
IS says he in his address, all Of the ter
i'll ritory should be utilized for the regu
to lar Baptists Of the state. Wei
nd SANDY" we guess that it is you
en- privilege, but we hardly expecte
A. that you would take sides with tina
tn ungodly gang that advocates on
nd affiliation of pulpits simply becaus
le. your brethren do not agree with you
,ir The editor of the Peoples Defende
tn loves and respects you as grea
ST. Baptist preacher, and his doors ar
en- open to you and the latch hangs o
he the outside of the door, If you
se cause be right, it will win for it
ey the cause of God. If it be wrong,
,e. will lose because God is against i
er We congratulate, however, DR.. Sandt
nd fur, upon his address as a whole
k Peoples Defender.
In A RESPONSE TO A WELCOME Al
DRESS BY BRO. w. M. THOMI