The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-04-06
REVOLT IN THE RANKS OF


Caverism stands for a closed pulpi,
to the Progressive Baptists of the
state and nation. In attempting to
make that permanent rule of order,
diabolical as it is, a revolt hath
arisen, for a number of the minis
tiers who have been afiliating with
the irregulars have openly declared
their vengeance upon such regulation,
and have declared that they will not
submit to such bossy orders, and in
deed have invited the Progressives to
their churches and pulpits, and have
signified their willingness TO enter
the pulpits of any of the Progressives
who may invite them.
Only on the 2Sth of March vas the
Rev. DR.. ]. s. Steele, president of the
District Sunday School Convention,
invited, and accepted the invitation
to preach at the Union Valley Bap-
fist Church, pastored by the Rev. DR..
w. M. Rogers. DR.. Rogers hath been
sailing under the Caver flag, but he
defies Caverism, and asserts his Bap-
fist manhood as we'll as his pastoral
authority, and defies any person to
say whom he shall invite into his
pulpit, or into whose pulpit he shall
go. If Caverism is sincere and car
ries out its threats that any Of their
ministers who enter into the pulpits
Of the Progressives, or allow any of
them to enter into theirs, that they
will withdraw the hand of fellowship
from them, then they are going to
have a big job on their hands, for
the Rev. Mr.. Worlds, the Rev. John
H. Hammand and others who have
been devout Caverites, are flauntins
the red flag in the face of their lit
!, tie boss, and asserting their man
hood.
Well, a revolt against tyranny has
always been in order. We dc not
comment upon this, because We par
ticularly invite these brethren into
our fold for we are firm believers IN
letting every man be persuaded by
his own mind, having firmly estab
lished himself as he regards the viii
of God, and then proceed. We repeat
we do not comment upon this il
order to induce these brethren into
our folds, or into the fold of Pro
gressiveness, but we do rejoice at tn,
spirit Of manhood in any man to rist
up and to throw off the yoke of ty
ranny and the hood Of boosism, TO
we know that all free men, and al
men who love freedom will fnall,
drift together. Men who love liberty
men who refuse to depart from tn,
principles of the church, men VIII,
refuse to be whipped and lashed
men who believe that all moneys
ought to be accounted for, that ther,
ought to be an accounting of every
thing and every transaction, that al
men Of this class will 'Iltimatel.
drift together, because oppression Il
one Of the greatest factors to div,
men together Of which we can think
But the boys will have to be careful
on they will tear their things up, be
cause they have not any men to lose
We guess, however, that they vii
modify their ruling and adjust thei
order so as to pacify the Rev. DR.
John II. Hammonds, DR.. Rogers, DR.
Worlds and others. They will eithe
be forced to modify their ruling ant
order, or these brethren will have I,
90 out and form an association o
their own, or come back to the regu
lar association, but since it is loave
and fishes that Caverism stands for
and not true principle, they ar
capable of bending any order to NEE
any situation. 1t Is not a matter o
principle with them, they woul
violate any order or principle the
have in order to get adherents. Fo
instance, they announced befor
they went to the State Convention
the president of the A. B, G. ar