Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-08-19
that stray Gard.


YOU shall know the whole Of IT, Whether It bad It's
origin In another planet, or crossed old ocean, OF
came down as the heavenly mamma did to The ehil-
dren Of Israel 10 the wilderness, | say you shall
have it, peT5atiss et LisratiDsit Is headed a Spe
oial Appeal hcrGembers and friends OF The ID.
Z. Church South, at Me.yvills and Louisville, East
Tennessee are about to lose their houses Of worship
al said places on account Of debts, amounting to
nearly or quite two thousand dollars. Either house
is worth twice that amount, and, unless soon re-
deemed viii fall into the hands Of enemies for
less than third their value. As we are situated
at present We cannot pay these debts without help
from abroad, nor can our beloved Church live here
without these houses Will you please send Us one
dollar to help US in this heur of need We ask but
I oEE-more, if you can. Send 10 our Presiding FL
der, Rev George Stewart at Lewisville, Blouns
county, East Tennessee. What thou doest, do
quickly Sent by,
Hence, you see, it is ''without father OF mother,
beginning Of days o. END Of years In this respect
it s ike "Mslehsideek king Of Salem, priest Of the
Most High God, who met Abraham returning from
sbe slaughter Of the kings, and blessed him.
How l came in possession of this Gard" is no
bodys business bat my own. And now, brethren
Of the NJ E. Church South softly, but oandidly, you
had better keep quiet about those churches You
know, or ought to know, that three-fourtks ii not
four-ths Of the people Of this country against
you You are thrusting yourselves upon 3 people
who don't want you among them. You have ct
tempted, at different times and divers places in this
county, to take possession of those churches by
force, breaking locks and creeping in at windows,
&c. There are many churches in East Tennessee,
built before The separation Of the Church, now oc
cupied by aloyal' Methodists. You had much bet
ter leave these churches and people alone. Ii you
don't modest them, / will underwrte for them they
will not modest you.
Concerning the church at Mafyville am pretty
we'll posted About the year 1852 the people in
and around shat village determined to build good
comfortable meeting house; hence subscriptions
were taken up The Presbyterisns subscribed libe-
ralIy-some as much as $780, some $25. The old
church property was sold and the proceeds put into
it. was appointed one of the building committee.
We purchased the lot, contracted for the masonry
and lumber, and employed workmen to complete
the building. We paid off the workmen as far as
we had means, and gave notes in settlement for
what was due thems It's Indebtedness is now about
1900. Being personally responsible, we fled
bill in Chsncery 10 sell for its indebtedness Now,
who does the church belong to?
know very little of the condition of the Church
at Louisville ] have no concern with it. The
brethren there will see TO that Church The church
at Maryyille we have occupied about eight years,
and we intend TO do 80 until we are kicked out of
il by legal process the door locked and the key lost
We have raised by subscription in this county be-
tween three and four hundred dollars to pay that
debt, and we can raise one or two hundred dollars
more, perhaps, in this county And now ! will
make special appeal" to the "ioyal' Methodsts
and their friends in East Tennessee, to forward to
me at Maryville, Bount county, Tennessee from
ten cents up to five dollars. l pledge myself a
gentleman and Christian TO apply every dime of it
TO the liquidation of that debt and whenever we
get u sufficient amount to pay the debt, 1 will say
hold hold enough. And now, brethren and
friends, in the language Of Dean Swift "down with
your dust One dollar viii hurt no loyal" man.
The brethren about Maryvile are mostly poor hon
est mechanics-they cannot pay the debt.
have learned recently that the preacher in
charge of this circuit Rev. s. Hyden) and myself
charged with the whipping, or having it done,
was Matched at the tail end of dragon. If Neal
had taken my advice, it never would have hap
pened l told him frankly and kindly, that he was
in danger-thAt there was an element in this soun-
ty no could control. 1 am gratifed to know,
however, that we are not charged with it in this |
county The Bishops and editors of the Church
South ere at the head of all this mischief in the
country they send their little one horse preachers
to trail after preachers on all the circuits in
East Tennessee; wherever they go they leave
strsaL behind them.
know Of no just cause for keeping up this sepa-
ration-our doctrines and governments are the same
unless it be the same cause that resulted in the
case Of Judas "For it is written in the book of |
Psalms, let his hsbitation be desolate and let no
man dwell therein, and his Bishopric let another
take These Southern Methodist preachers now
regard the greatest enemies to our Government
They are unit. They try tSthrow dust into the
eyes Of the masses, by denouncing the Methodist
Episcopal Church politico-radico-a conser-
vato set Of trieksters. All this don't weigh feather
with me. l love the lltar spangled banner of my
country
-aOhi long NAV il wave
Ger the land OF the free and Of the brave
1t is settled fact nov with all the nations Of the
earth that We have Government; yes, sir a strong
Government IL our Government is at fault in
any one thing, il isin Its lenieney. Such a rebel
lion ours, in any of the governments of Europe,
would have wound up in the bsnishment or execu-
ton Of all IFS leaders, and the eoniscation of all
their property. And insist upon it that pardoned
rebes-and especially Methodist preachers-owe
debt Of gratitude TO this Government they never
can repay, If they were TO live thousand years
But instead of that they say the cause fallen not
lost and that the principles upon which the re-
beon founded will never die"
don't think it requires the wisdom of Solomon
or the sagacity Of Basams TO see their political
whereabouts The above extract is from The Rich
mond CiristsaH Adoocats. Let it be kept before
she people believe it 3 justifable cause for the
of that paper.
SPENCER HENRY.