Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-08-17

! Baptists, both North and South, have
, Sccn the futility of the contention
/ OF convention control of thcir boards
. and they have abandoned the con-
! llict for the present at least.
: 1t seems that The editor Of this
I ably edited journal has seen 1.-THE
storm rising.' He now understands
that the Baptists OF the United
States, both white and colorcd, are
, III no mood to daily with those who
: would SOW the seed Of lisScnson aud
keep the colorcd Baptist hosts Of
tic United States divided. prCsi.
Cont L. c. Morris. of Helena. Arkan.
@as, saw this some time ago and
came forward with an offer Of per.
sOn&l sacrifice in order that tho two
. wings might come together. He has
/ Eono so far as to offer himself as IL
. sacrifice in order that harmony may
prevail.
! DNt the shrcwd, able, calculating
! DR.. Il. II. Boyd is making an offer.
/ 100, which seems to be another "tail-
hold on the situation. What else
can the following language mean?
Judge Lewis enlightened his Bap.
! list brethren in the Northern Baptist
Convention last year with an ella Dor
ate legal digest of the status in law
OF their societies and boards, ANA it
: was seen that no change was posi-
. BILE or practical for the time being
and the convention voted this year
: Dostponcmcnt Of the matter. IN the
South all white BaptiSts about Nash
willie, Deacon Wolf in Texas, Il chief
. contender: DR.. Gambrcll and others
know that their Sunday School Board
is beyond the direct control OF the
. Southern Convention; they know that
the laws of Tennessee dealing with
, corporations define their status and
, thcir control and that there is no
way by which either their boards or
. their incorporated schools can be
placed in charge of the convention.
What is true among white Baptists
is true with us, and if union is to be
it must be with the legal status as
: it now obtains. What we have writ
ten OF Tennessee is equally Il fact in
kcuiucky and in Pennsylvania, where
tho Foreign Mission Boards are To-
Gated. With reference to pcnnsyl-
| Nania we are prcSuming the brethren
, there nave Incorporated their board
that title 20 the Even and the 10Th
street property might be legally
/ vested. Ana yet the question re-
mains unanswered by the court, the
question whether the Philadelphia
, Boards tide is good in Wow of tho
fact the Foreign Mission Board was
originally incorporated in tho State
OF Kentucky and that in the very
nature Of the legal phase the Phila-
delphia board must be construed us
an agent Of the kentucky corpora
ton and we know agents are not
owners.
What does this language mean?
Tho Union Review tells us. 1t says:
The Union-Revicw hopes Baptists
will have tho good sense to say,
BOARDS or no boards, we are going
to have union," and be in harmony
with the Chicago sentiment. 1t is
not our meaning that for all time
the present-day legal status mist
continue. Further on in life ii m y
he deemed wise to petition lcgis,a-
lures for n modification OF the laws
Incorporating business and welfare
organizations.
Let's select now officers for one
great united convention next year in
Chicago and then proceed to mu-
tunlly adjust differences of views and
convictions touching other matters
III both ST. Louis and Little Rock in
september representative commit
tee with power to act should be ap-
pointed to have the Washington
charter Withdrawn and the Nashville
suit at law dismissed. Into the
hands Of that committee should be
placed the ''Basis' of Peace" agreed
to in Memphis, the committee having
power TO arrange all details of the
reunion to be submitted to each con-
Vcntion in Chicago next year.
This means that Rev. DR.. r. H.
Boyd is opposed to a ratification OF
the Two wings Of the National Zap
tist Convention, il that uniiication
carries with it the ownership Of the
plant of tho National Baptist Pub
fishing Board at Nashville, and the
uhit!cN 4Natiolidl DapllSI convention
under Il set Of officers is to be tho
acknowledged owner. He wants the
charter at Washington, ID. c., an
nullcd, which charter gives the Ma
tional Baptist Convention a legal
status and enables it to proceed le
gally. He wants all OF the present
officers ousted and new ones sub
stitutcd. Then he wants tho Same
officers to hold and control the print
ing plant, the publishing house at
Nashville, and he wants his own
financial interests therein undis-
turbcd.
Is this not asking too much? Is
it reasonable TO SUPPOSE that the