The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-12-13

for forty-five minutes in most pro-
found and logical speech, He laid
before the vast audience the ques-
tions at issue that caused the separa-
tion of the convention, together with
those that have arisen since to keep
them apart and widen the breach,
and as he put it, he stated the case,
defined the issue and showed the ef-
feet, then applied the remedy by
submitting as prerequisites to peace
and reunion the following:
That the lawsuits in Chicago, ILL.,,
against the National Baptist Conven-
tion (unincorporated) to prevent
them from using the name NATION
AL BAPTIST CONVENTION, must
be dismissed. The ministerial en-
barge encouraged and practiced by
the brethren of the incorporated con-
vention and associations and church
es, must be lifted, and reputable min
listers Of the gospel must be accorded
the due courtesy and recognition
which belongs to them, which is
characteristic of friendly Christian
brotherhood, and the practice of the
unbaptistic manner of churches be-
longing to the incorporated conven-
tion receiving members from church
es belonging to the unincorporated
convention without letters, as an
act of disrecognition to the churches
who belong to the unincorporated
convention, must be discontinued and
discouraged; and the lawsuit against
the National Baptist Publishing
Board at Nashville, must be with
drawn.
When DR.. Frank concluded, the
char called upon DR., w. H. Moses
OF the incorporated convention, to
submit what he had to submit on
their behalf. DR.. Moses arose, and
after making strong presentation
of their case, stated that it was the
desire, and not only the desire, but
the intention, and not only the in.
tention, it was their determination tC
get together at any cost, and he
deemed it unnecessary for him tc
make a lengthy speech. After
speaking for forty minutes and re-
plying to the speech of DR.. Frank, he
concluded with recapitulation of the
things submitted by DR.. Frank as a
basis of peace and ultimate reunion
and presented as the basis of his con-
tention the document that was adopt
ed by the Memphis commission and
approved by his convention when il
met in St. Louis last September. Their
short speeches were made by distin'
guished Baptists of each Of the three
conventions touching the questions
as they had been presented by the
two spokesmen. The venerable chair
man, DR.. Gambrell, exhibited sucf
patience and forbearance that made
his example an inspiration to al
present, and as such every membe
was allowed to have his say withou
intimidation or sarcastic reflection
whether they were wise sane, logi
cal or Illogical they were free, fel
free and so spoke. When all tn
superfuous Gas" as it was kindl.
styled by the chairman, had been ex
hausted, everybody was ready for tn
appointment of subcommittee t
take the respective documents an
consider them and report back to tn
commission in Joint session at fou
o'clock. A motion prevailed to tha
effect, and the chairman appointe
: five from each colored commission
and at 1880 the commission took re
cess to reassemble at four O'Clock
: So intensely interested were the Wis
|, zoos tnat many of them did not 6
r to their regular stopping places fo
= dinner, but remained in and near tn
: church, some buying fruit and other
} doing without. Promptly at the hou