| 1New Port, Tenn.,
May 5, 1926.
Elder, Samuel McMillan,
High Point, N.C.
Dear Father:
Yours of April 30 to hand in reply to mine of April 27,
inwhich I asked you to forgive me for any wrong which I have done
you in word or deed. In this you reply, I notice you say, I am
forgiving you all malice and am in totle [total] fellowship, only in the
disorder. (Please-answer request in last letter) Then on page
three you say, if I want to live to write you a personal letter and
you will read it to your churches. Now Father, if I have not [written]
you a personal letter and if I have not asked and begged forgiveness
for all wrongs done you or the Brethren, then I don't know how.
Father, I have done this repeatedly; if you want to show my letter
to the Brethren or read it to your churches, God knows, I have no
objections. Father, God knows the letter of April 27, was from the
heart or else I am deceived, and yet your answer that you can only
forgive me for all malice and that we are in fellowship only the
disorder-Father, what kind of forgiveness is this, can you tell me?
Have you forgiven me for every wrong done you, or for just a part?
What more can I say-how much longer do you want me to beg you,
is there somethng else you want me to say? (Please answer)
Do you want me to say that I don't endorse the doctrin
that J. R. Wilson preaches? If so I can't say that. Can You?
(Please answer) Do you want me to say I believe what Hardy and
Wyett preach? If so, I can't do it. Can you? (Please answer)
Father, don't you think Wilson did wrong when he abruptly broke off
up there at first? Don't you think he did right when he came back
and made his acknowledgements? Don't you rthink the Church would
have done right in forgiving him? If not, why not? (Please
answer)
Now Father, you told me in your last letter that I
have not deviated from the Old Baptist doctrine. Now, Father,
if that is from the heart and you have the Grace of God
in your Soul and a forgiving spirit, please forgive me for all
wrongs done you.
Yours for peace and fellowship,
Walter C. McMillan | 1New Port, Tenn.,
May 5, 1926.
Elder, Samuel McMillan,
High Point, N.C.
Dear Father:
Yours of April 30 to hand in reply to mine of April 27,
inwhich I asked you to forgive me for any wrong which I have done
you in word or deed. In this you reply, I notice you say, I am
forgiving you all malice and am in totle [total] fellowship, only in the
disorder. (Please-answer request in last letter) Then on page
three you say, if I want to live to write you a personal letter and
you will read it to your churches. Now Father, if I have not writte [written]
you a personal letter and if I have not asked and begged forgiveness
for all wrongs done you or the Brethren, then I don't know how.
Father, I have done this repeatedly: if you want to show my letter
to the Brethren or read it to your churches. God knows, I have no
objections. Father, God knows the letter of April 27, was from the
heart or else I am deceived, and yet your answer that you can only
forgive me for all malice and that we are in fellowship only the
disorder-Father, what kind of forgiveness is this, can you tell me?
Have you forgiven me for every wrong done you, or for just a part?
What more can I say-how much longer do you want me to beg you,
is there somethng else you want me to say? (Please answer)
Do you want me to say that I don't endorse the doctrin [doctrine]
that J. R. Wilson preaches? If so I can't say that. Can You?
(Please answer) Do you want me to say I believe what Hardy and
Wyett preach? If so, I can't do it. Can you? (Please answer)
Father, don't you think Wilson did wrong when he abruptly broke off
up there at first? Don't you think he did right when he came back
and made his acknowledgements? Don't you rthink [think] the Church would
have done right in forgiving him? If not, why not? (Please
answer)
Now Father, you told me in your last letter that I
have not deviated from the Old Baptist doctrine. Now, Father,
if that is from the heart and you have the Grace of God
in your Soul and a forgiving spirit, please forgive me for all
wrongs done you.
Yours for peace and fellowship,
Walter C. McMillan |
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