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of the eye and the pride of life can wish,
and let the Lord’s work lag, and refuse
to give the bread of life to the perishing
nations of earth. Who is to blame for
this sad condition of things? We must
confess, says brother Hawkins, that the
preachers are to blame in this section of
the country, and especially the pastors.”
That brother Hawkins gives us a sad
condition of things is very apparent.
That we are too\ slothful and neglectful
on the mission question no one surely
will deny. Bu‘ when our pastors are as
serted to be the cause of the existing
“condition of things” I rise to enter a
plea of not guilty in their behalf.
Let us notice the charge carefully as
we enter the plea of not guilty for our
pastors.
First: “While we have a number of
missionaries on the field it should be
double what it is,”
Are our pastors to blame for there not
being ON the field? Our pastors through
this section are continually preaching
and exhorting the church and brethren
to go preach the gospel to all nations. &c,
Are the pastors. to blame for their
HEARERS not working oi getting on
“the field?” The Lord is calling, but
what about the money, says brother H.
Yes, indeed ; what about the MONEY,
brother ?
Are our pastors to be MONEY col
lectors? lias the Lord made the pastors
financial overseers? Are they financial
shearers of the flock, or gospel feeders
of the flock ?
Does this responsibility not rest upon
the deacons and church instead of the
pastor, brother?
“We have a heavy debt on 11s with
those that are on the field,” says Brother
Hawkins. Dear brother, are the pastors
of the Hightower association responsible
for this indebtedness? Did our pastors
contract this debt? Are those pastors
the collectors of money, if so, when made
so? Did those pastors send or appoint
those missionaries? Did they as a
CLASS agree to support them? If they
did not, then why are they to blame?
Brother Hawkins, you ask is not this
indebtedness a shame to Southern Bap
tists? Suppose I should answer yes, Then
the whole of the shame and disgrace
would fall on the preachers and ESPEC
IALLY on the pastors, where I contend
it don’t belong.
Now you ask again : “Are we going to
continue robbing God as we have been
doing, us’ng his money to satisfy our
lusts? Most assuredly we will if we con
tinue to have such pastors as at present,
if your confession is correct Bro, Hawk
ins.
Again, it would seem that the
are to blame for the lagging of the Lord’s
work and refusing to send the bread of
life to the perishing nations of earth.
This is a very grave charge against our
pastors, had it not been I would not have
said a word, But dear brethren, I ask
humbly to enter a plea of not guilty on
behalf of every pastor in the Hightower
association. 1 contend that the pastors,
so far as lam acquainted, preach a full
gospel, so far as time and ability will
pel in it. “They shun not to declare the
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Are Pastors Especially Guilty:
F. H. TAILANT.
In last issue of the North Georgian I
notice an address to the brethren of the
brethren of the Hightower association,
signed by my beloved brother, C. S.
Hawkins. That brother Hawkins and
myself may be fully understood I quote
the following from his article:
“While we have a number of mission
aries on the field, it should be double the
number it is, and there is a number say
ing send me ; the Lord is calling them,
but. what about the money? We have a
heavy debt on us with those we have on
the field. Is it not a shame on us South
ern Baptists, who have plenty of the
Lord’s money to carry on his work with
out debt? What are we going to do a
bout it? Are we going to continue rob
bing God of his dues as we have been
doing, using his money to satisfy our
lusts? We must have everything the lust
whole council of God,”
Is the gospel not self-propelling, i.e. is
there not sufficient in the preached gos
pel to promulgate the whole plan of sal
vation ?
We contend that our pastors preach the
whole plan of salvation as contained in
the Old and New Testament. Is this not
so, brother Hawkins? Are THEY”, the
pastors, not faithful shepherds? If not,
say so. And point out what particular
chapter, book or verse, they refuse to
preach. Tell us is it in Matthew, Luke
or John, or the Acts of the Apostles, or
where is th'dr failure. Point it out.
Again I quote from Bro. Hawkins’ ar
ticle. He ayß “They fail to PRESS
THE MATTER and insist on the
churches doing their duty.”
Do you acknowledge, brother, that our
pastors a;e preaching the full gospel? If
so,.is there not sufficient power in the
WORD of God? Or is there some out
side pressure? In other words tell our
pastors how to PRESS THE MATTER.
Come to Friendship and learn Bro In
gram how to PRESS the matter of mis
sions if there is something with more
force than the gospel.
Go to Coal Mountain, go to Sharon,
and Pisgah and Hightower, if there is
something lacking, my dear brother, and
you know how or where to touch the
electric button to turn on the mission
current, by all means lets have it. Touch
the button, my dear brother.
If I could see wherein our pastors were
missing the mark of the high calling as
you do, I would push the work at once.
It is your SACRED DUTY to show Is
rael her sins and the Lord’s people their
traugressinns. If you have found the
disease and have discovered the healing
balm now show those pastors how to ap
ply the poultices so as to get a head on
mission.
Remember my position : Our pastors
are not to blame for the existing
THINGS that Bro Hawkins enumerates.
As you must know I am neither deacon
nor preacher, but what might be called a
“bench m mber.”
Now brother, take your seat by me for
a few minutes. Let us look for some
things that are actually calculated to
cause a lag in mission conti ibutions. In
the year of our Lord not many years
since here appeared in the midst of the
Hightower association a brother of large
corporality and phvsn'cally great. From
whence he came or whither te went the
average '‘bench member” never appeared
to know or care. He possibly could have
come as near enjoying an Easter festive
of eggs, etc. for 360 days in the year as
any other man whose lot was ever cast in
tiie midst of our association. T 1 is broth
er pr ved to be a minister, and I will say
as much for him as you sav for our pas
tors, he MAY be a good man. This
brother came as pastor of churches that
had been sell suttaming, able churches.
And soon us “bench members” discover
ed that this pastor was on salary and he
received a portion of his salary from our
State Board. And thusly we became a
SUBJECT of missions. We were not
sustaining, so we had pastors quartered
on us, not sent to our most cestitute
churches but to those that were able to
have paid their pastors sufficiently, There
was one of two causes why this was done.
Those mission supplements were either
sent because we were not self sustaining
or to PRESS THE MATTER of missions
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So you see it was calculated to leave us
“bench members” in doubt as to whether
we are in the nominative or objective
case, as to whether we are the agents,
actors or doers of missions; or the ob
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passive voice, Wa were suffering as we
received, Clod knows our pastors were
not reponsible for those half bred mis
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delivered.
This and a great many other things I
could mention have probably had effect
[Jat you are not aware of. I shall prob
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I have only entered a plea of not guilty
for the pastors. •
My manner of reply may seem a little
bit rough, but it is just as mild as I could
put it. The truth is what we are after,
and let every fellow share his own blame.
Don’t blame Bro. L L. Wyatt, my form
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present pastor, for my inaction. Us
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MONEY off for missions. Our pastors
are not holding us. This is not the first
time our pastors have been thrown at as
standing in the way of the cause of mis
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I can’t imagine a greater sin than it
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GEORGIA —FORSYTH COUNTY.
To all whom it may concern: Johnson
Wade having made application to me
for permanent letters of administration
upon the estate of Mrs Francis Wade,
aiias Mrs Francis Fowler, late of said
county, deceased, notice is hereby given
that said application will be heard at
the regular term of the Court of Ordi
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first Monday in May. 1909. Uven under
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GEORGIA—FORSYTH COUNTY,
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