The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-05-11

derd (e00) much of a division / give il
up. Only eleven I'D members were
against the former pastor. The church,
he says, Is about foFty-eight (4S) years
old and he is the sixteenth (16th)
pastor, I've had the. good pleasure Of
being a member of Roanoke Baptist
church FOR nearly thirty (3J) years and
think know something of its past his.
tory. 1t Of course mot any exception
to the rule) has had some dark days
but has always stood like a stonewall
for the right. He says, 'In the main
| consider it pretty good church with
many splendid opportunities to be-
come great power in this community.
Roanoke needs no recommendation to
this the great old state of Arkansas,
for indeed, she has stood for these fif-
ty years in efense of education and
missions and general upift OF fallen
humanity.
Rev. Henderson also said he found
in Roanoke what all OF its pastors
had to face can element of perpetual
and unreasonable discord and be-
cause of this have been forced to
, labor with the sword in one hand and
the towel n-the 6ther.n Well, have
not seen the .LtroYel, but, My the
sword. They tell me he cut the class
to pieces. that he came out at Rich,
mond Union University, cut Trinity
Baptist church from side to side;
welded the sword-at the Baptist Acad
envy where he taught in Louisiana
and that the Menden Church also saw
the blade glitter and L myself saw the
bloodfflying from Roanoke as he used
that sword that he holds in his hand
And now say, Peter put up your
sword" Those members that he gave
his orders for the church TO strike
are loyal Christians. They did moi
stand by him as he made his daily af
ltenoon and sometimes evening visits
to the moving picture theatres mol
did they play the races, but reports
are that some of those who struck oil
voted these loyal members out are
gamblers.
Yet there are some good and doubt
less some bad among them on the
other hand. | do not understand
this inversion of his Christian duties
and carrying out his christian duties
as a pastor it was interpreted as {
sign of weakness" ! can't see why
one might possibly interpret his visits
as sign of weakness for any reason
whatever. They were not so frequen
that one might consider them an owe,
anxiety to draw the membership to
gether and I never heard or though
one thing wrong of him so far as his
being a gentleman is concerned fol
he is looked upon as a good old SLOW
moral man. | believe him to be {
! gentleman and good gospel preacher
but his statement leaves room for ;
shadow of a doubt. While | think hin
to be gentleman and gospel preach
err, ! of course do not consider him
, good pastor at all. He cannot sa
that / opposed him when he wa
, right for I stood by him in public an
/ in private and labored to have hir
! see his mistakes when alone wit
HIM in his office; told him Just wha
: has, would come if he did not chang
= his course but in so many words h
said as the young man of today "Te
? me nothing. Ask me something" Nv
! taken the ground as mediator for tn
} most part but cannot now stand to Sc
, faithful church get the worst of tn
: deal He says that he has place
5 Roanoke in the front rank of Negr
g churches in the South If anyon
= will say that Roanoke has not bee
+ in the front rank" for twenty veal
l. let him show his head. Roanol