Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-12-21
THE FINAL CONCLUSION,

The Joint Peace Commission, con
, ststing OF representatives from the
| National Baptist Convention, Rev
e. c. Morris, ID. D., President; the
National Baptist Convention, Rev. T.
| p. Jones, d.. D., President and the
Southern Baptist Convention, Rev, J.
b. Gambrol, ID. d. (whito) President
, met at Nashville, Tennessee, Deccm.
ber IL, 1913 and succeeded in
, approaching tho outskirts Of the
| domain OF peace, SO far as the two
warning bodies arc concerned.
The concessions made by the
Convention presided over by Presi-
dent Morris would have brought
/, peace, had not the other side deter
mined not to have it. The points at
issue arc so obscure and unreason-
able as to make any further caviling
over the matter ridiculous. prcsi
dent Morris and his Commission
agreed TO concedc every demand made
by the other side.
The demand that the provisions Of
tho agreement to which both sides
had subscribed and which originated
with President Jones and Dr.. Boyd
should be carried out before even
peace upon the basis Of reunited
National Baptist Convention could be
considered was, to say the least, un-
reasonable. The appeal is now to the
Baptist colorcd people of the United
States, who want peace.
The National Baptist Convention,
incorporated, through its Commission
has conceded all that the National
Baptist Convention, unincorporatcd,
demanded. Why then Should there
be further cause for a division? A
peculiar situation was presented at
Nashville, Tennessee. Rev. II. p.
Jones, President and Rev. II. II.
Boyd declared that the National
Baptist Publishing Board was not
under the control of either National
Baptist Convention and should be
left out OF the question.
They denied that either body could
direct or control it in any way, and
then when tho demands Of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention, unincor-
poratcd, wcro laid on the table, they
contained provision requiring tho
National Baptist Convention, incor-
porated, to dismiss a suit against a
body over which Mother Convention
is alleged to have control.
Tho question naturally arises,
what right had this Convention to
make any such demand in the light
Of It's own argument? Still, in tho
interest Of peace and harmony, tho
National Baptist Convention proceed
ed to agree to do this and then tho
other body would not have peace.
The worry able Rev. DR.. r. II. Boyd,
through that mastery organizer and
parliamontarian, Rev. DR.. 1I. p. Jones
controls the other Convention ahso-
mtcly and they demanded that there
should be no peace unless tic
National Baptist Publishing Boards
interests were protected. The indi-
cations are that tho rank and file OF
the National Baptist Convention,
backed by the white Southern Bap-
list Convention will get together
upon the basis outlined at that
Nashville meeting.
Concessions have been made and
these concessions will prove to be the
undoing Of tho other side. Personal
and corporate interests must give
way in the face of the public demand
that this kind OF agitation cease.
We think the meeting at Nashville
has blaZed the way to peace. Presi-
dent u. G. Morris and his friends saw
the storm rising and they conceded
all that could be conceded and got
out Of tho way.
1t is the turn OF the other side
now and in very few months, the
communion service will take place,
cgretfully, but with the distinguished
Tcnnesscan churchman left out.
There is absolutely no further excuse
now for two separate National Bap.
tist Conventions. Selah.