The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-10-30
pr. Hielssa Aesa1st
FinA Statement

Dr.. Hickee0 AeAs1sS
Fin4 Statemsnt
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| Haptist div1ns, in est t&tsment sfssuedl
ysstsrdaytSsaid:
$50 many of my friknds keep ask
ing me how I come out with the dea-
cons AZ Skull shoals, i seems proper
that should make final statement.
sso~At my service two months seo wei
Ind ahcuse fall and BY universaI con-
sent the hest service o: the 1e years
Of my passoxate. Two weeks later
Mr.. ], 0aKsndrick wrote me on be-
hah Of the deacons that thew had
decided by unanimous vote to ask for
my rssignatton, (this statement was
incorrsct). The .sronnd for complaint
being my afpelitical activities In re-
cent elections Hea sstated in The
Ledger, ysfters my statement. athst II
would fill my pulpit as usual, that
only empty seats would greet me II II
went. To the contrary, 1 found al
house nearly full oftmostly svmpa-
thetic hearers, and we had delight
full service.
&"At the conclusion of my sermon
started the actiono of a portion of|
the deacons, All Of whom were pres.
ent and called for vote OF the
church on this action. BY agreement
between the dsacons and myself, with
the consent Of all present, the next
regular preaching day was fixed for
the vote.
Neither I nor any of my friends
made any, effort % get the members
out on that day The deacons, II
suppose, ;canyasseds the church and
found theirtease hepsless and so stay
ed wayafrom4 the. appointed meeting.
On yesterday We had tthe house nearly
full again, even with those deacons
absent.
II did not consider. vote in their
absence would be2fair and so stated |
that I would IN no. more appoint
nents and urged Tie church not to-
divide, or prom6tS write.
"This is'mytth thfri land last church
to lose on account Of my stand on
the war.
"This is the, history of how it
cans. alsak
Some Of the war folks in Ell Bethel
neighborhood and, in ) Gaffney staged
. big war progran IN the church on
our memorial day service. protest
ed and refused testake a part. The
result was thatsI4was soon after ar
rested and carried beSore u. s., Com
missioner Z. b. Butler, under a war
rant charging tmensee' to the life of
the president, (Mr, Butter was on the
program, but was taken of at my re-
quest} and was put In Jail.
"As q result efhthis war program
I was finally impelled to resign as
pastor of the church. Last1yyear II
supplied for;I Antiosh. church. We
had good eonsrssst,pns,v good serv-
ices, and a gracious revival in Au
gust, qbaptixing SIS On Christmas
tide i preached a seq IN onsthsi angel
song .cf peaoe. g4..- -
S"At the conclusion ii pointed out
how God had ~ovsrfuied the last
war, which seemed above all wars to
contradict. the angel sbne,, so as to
do more than anything ip history to
make war unpopular in America,
mentioning as evidenss ctha unpopu-
larity since the war ~ the heroes
OF the war--ai thing which never hap
pened before in this, county. The
only deacon in the church who favor
ed the war got busy atonce, and sue
ceeded ineseverins mysrsiation with
the church.
During my difficulties with the
government I had the hearty support
Of every member Of Skull Shoals
church except Mr.. Ksndrick, who
was, however, always friendly, while
the recent action Of The deacons had
no direction connection with the war,
1t was, nevertheless, the result of in
fiuences animating from my enemies
here in Gaffney. Not only to defeat
me in the election, but 10 further pun
ish me by breaking my hold on Skull
Shoals church.
II have just two structures to
make on those objecting deacons.
II. They stand credited in the min
utes of the association for $7s1
more than they have paid me for
these II years and they fixed the sal