The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-07-26

borough Circuit, belong 10 the % old sletho-
dist Church. and they NOT only have The re-
ligiOus right, bat have the legal and equitn-
bic right to the possession of this property,
and all the loyal and lAY-abidiug people will
say amen TO it.
The Bishop In the, next place gives ansac-
LcOpnt. of the Church in Greeneville, and
says 4that at the close of the wal the NorIl-
sern Methodist were on hand, and hunted up
Ia small debt upon this Church, and a decrGe
was sought and pushed though. to sell the
property without The light ofredemption. -
The meek Bishop certainly had an attack OF
rebel Gsbef, when be pehned the above, for bis
property was sold for debt long, before Bish-
op Clark Organised the Holstoni Conference,
and as the debtors failed to redeem the prop
eTty, the creditor who become the purchaser,
sold it to the Trustees Of the N, E. Church,
who procured the money from the Church
Extension Society, and they now havesn ab-
s%olute fee ample title TO the property. Let it
be remembered, that the Trustees, and eight.
tenthS of the membership were, loyal and
connected themselves with our church, there
fore it was only getting their own property
back again. ga t+GiW SgitiaB
He next calls attention to the Rheatown
Circuit and says that the Northern Metho-
dist preacher has tour Parsonage rented out?
Why, the Bishop has rs much impudence and
assurance as the devil, when he, the devil,
claimed all the world, aud at the came time
he knew that not a foot Ofland belonged to
him. vr,.- ve-
The rebel Methodist Church has not an Or
gained Society on this Circuit, and only a
few scattered members, whilst the mother
Church has about fourteen Societies, and a
membership Of nearly nine hundred. II this
Bishop had not been a rebel so long, and be-
come hardened in Cebslyaraug 7ha ~certaily
would have bluShsd when be penned the
above, They tried TO push the Southern
Consederacy Through BY hard lying, and now
they are pursuing the same course With their
'ecclesiastical concern.n ca. % 1-tt
In this connection we would say,ga few
words about the Church in Va. The Bishop
remarks that in Va, their Church is "frea
from iHtrHsonfsfs, and is smooth as n land
locked bay" We are glad to chronicle the
fact that the Bishop does not charge US with
being iHtruJionists, although we have nearly
six hundred member within the bounds OF
the Abingdon district and more ore added
almost every week. Rev. DR.. Ingle a truely
loyal man and y Christian gentleman, has
charge Of til work In Va, and Is moving the
Church lines further into the old Dominion,
He Is assisted by the Rev. Mr.. Andrews, an
energetic young man, formerly Ofthe Church
South in Georgia. As JIlN
.Jonesboro' Church come next on the dock
ct, and the Bishop says :" that It was quite
too good TO be overlooked by Rev. Mr.. -
lcf NAn NnvNkaHn rhv..k D.n,tl..- ELL. ~
He further states, that their Northern breth-
rem found a large debt quietly in the hands
Of a corthy citizen not disposed 10 PresS Il TO our
injury, about 81, 700, but they managed to
get hO.d Of this claim aud brought suit, aim
ing to make quick work &C., but says the
Bishop, the generous Baltimore people and
friends in the district, raised aud rendered
the money in, time, bu; still they hold FOUR
house" There is but very little trnth 10 the
above statement, for "the worthy citizen y
spoken Of above brought suit for his claim
over one year ago land not thu Northern
Msthodists) and after waiting sometime on the
rebel MethOdists he, the "wOrtby citizen "
proposed, and did sell his claim to q Trustee
Of the old N. E. Church. Not a dine has
been rendered to the holders Of The claim,
and no money deposited IA Court for this pur-
pose 40 your readers can see that the meek
Bishop has missed the mark, and therefore it
cannot he said of him that he is ''blameless."
The Bishop speaks in his letter of ian old
Tennessee merchant, who heard Bishop
Olarks address before the. Church Extension
Society, In one OF the Eastern cities" Yes,
this " old Tennessee merchant" wien be re-
turned from one Of the Eastern cities a few
months ago, reported so we have been in
formed, "that be heard Bishop Clark say. In
an address that the Church Extension Soc.e-
ty had for sos purchased property 10
Gr0eneville that belonged 20 the Church
South thpt was worth from three 10 four
thousand dollars.pN Permit me 10 remark
right here that the property did not belong
TO the Church South, hut absolutely be.
longed to n private individual in Greene
County. The Church Sonth had no more
tile to this property than the Queen Of Eng
land Much capital has been tried to DO
made out Of this business transaction, but
when the truth is known, every honest man
will say tbatif there. 10 any guilt in the mat
ter, u rests upon the church South. This
"old Tennessee merchant was a rebel all
through the war, but at its close, be became
very tame, and seemed willing to accept the
situation, and was bitterly opposed to the
rebel Methodist preaching here, rs IL would
prodacO nothing but diBcOri and contention.
He also stated to myself and others, that II
there WAS any difficulty about the Church
properly in this place, that be would have
nothing to do with 1t. | could state other
things analogous to the above, bat this 10
sufficient TO show the state Of his mind At
that ~time--buta change has come over him,
why It is, we cannot tell, unless II Is to fol-.
low the. example Of "Other great men, II
this "old Tennessee merchant" and others,
had pursued their programme at that time
marked out, We would have a different state
Of S~oeiety--"but one sinner destroyeth much
good" Through. The Influence OF a few per-
sons, rebel YeceleBiagheal raids' we're made,
and the result 10, q very bad state Of feeling
permeaies this whole society. The great
God Of the Universe, and all the loyal peo-
pie viii hold these i%llegitimate rebel preacb-
erS, and their progeny gully foe the dlsturb-
ed state Of feeling in this community. We
know that some Of these persons arc, STRIVING
70 Aythe blame on others, bot "a the laa-
Ruage OF Holy Writ, "thon ART tho MAN.
The secret purposes Of men mar lie ~eonceal-
ed fof ysafs, hat they mhst know fFom past
Developments, that "their sins will End them
out" f8-HIfr4 Joni. I1F fa9 =.
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