The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-10-26

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me. II thia'wes net ha Assigu 1hy has ks
not come out boldly before now sad showed
you wherein sp wrong For did 10 not resd'
Of April, 1859, n'reply te , piece pubfished By
the foolish editor Of tho New York. Day Book,
who like himself had no set,ef ;ss1se thar 10 a.
tempt to condem person who knew what he wss
dotpg, while no himself bad not tho know wiedge,
and consequently got bis ignorance exposed Did
no not also read another piece, published June
S0th 1869, and ore on l5th Of Nov, tss ssme
yearf And did he not In these pieces ses that
1t was proven that all Of theSs called christian
Atheist And ali Of Bis brethren {shss. socalisd
preachers Of every denomination) arc the false
prophets that We are warned ofin. the werd Of
God1 Aud did he not then sec that he was de-
fed to attempt to justify them, aud at the Same
could And II hedid not, that 4 would stand -
. living monument before tho world that he
could notf Then Why did ne not come forth -
o man and defend his doctrinesf Reason an.
swers with o voice louder than tho trumpets
around Jericho that he could not. Aud why
Because he was wrong. Aud has no not since
read piece In tho said paper published some.
time about the month of May last by the public,
In joint resolution. asking aii the clergy to
come forth and prove my teachings false.
md If they did not that II would be taken for
granted that they could not Every rightly con.
sidered and any further efforts to propagate their
several creeds, wiliful imposition upon the ig-
norant.
Now ask any man Of sense II that was not
The time that they should have come forth With
both their ipicao and s.ts. ard y :hsy sa- :aas
! lad u isul stomach (teaching heresies) cease
not until they got It thoroughly eleansed-expose
my ignorance7 Then Why did he notf And all
others Of the olergyi Why, common senso would
Then again, did he not hear that addressed [by
| letter] their bishop (Wightman] and msmbers Of
their Marion District Meeting while in Confer
once ut this place some time ago, and reminded
them Of the coll the public had made on them, nnd
showed then that they had not the right to ig.
more call of the kind, If they were or they pro-
tossed to be, servants of God2 And proposed to
| them, as the opportunity WAS very favorable
one, (for 1t was expected that their most gifted
intellects would be present) TO set apart day,
mont. to allow mo to lay before them the teach
ings that am giving, with promise that If they
| could provo by ono fact that was wrong, that
1 would cease any farther efforts to propagate
| them. This they declined, privately making some
miserable excuses, such the want Of time, etc.,
| whilo at the same meeting they could throw
away day to plague their poor unfortunate
brother (Mr. Z. } about tho proPrety Of preach
ing to tho freedmen, who suppose cared but
little about their preaching, as they call 1t, and
behold the nembers that are now turning through
my teachings And il I am wrong, as they say
that am, then all of their blood will be required
at their hands.
ForI have. as well as the people. called on
them to convict ne ofan error If they could, and
thoy havc failed to do 90. Then It is very evi
dent, whether am right or wrong. that they
arc compelled to be wrong Then all tho money
that persons ore paying them to teeoh the Cos.
pei, is appropriated to the cause of tho wicked
becomes a curse. Then would advise all per-
sons who have a dime to- spare to give It to these
poor needy persons that they have been robbing,
and in the place Of hearing them, turn to the word
OF God. search 1t, and when they read md don't
understand, ask of God for the wisdom, and you
shall rccoive, and follow II, and not these poor
blindod souls any longer. For If thoy could
have condemned the they would readily have
done 20 at tho said meeting, for Il is sufficient
proof tor any person ofintelligcnce that it was
what wero they nffaia of Z would not have
harmed one hair of their heads. but am willing
to do thcm all the good possible can, for even
the plain way have here spoken Is for their
good-lo shame them from their folly, and to try
to get them to repent oftheir errors before 1t Is
afraid Of getting their ignorance aud heresies
exposed, which was very we'll for Methodism and
oil the rest of the nnyisms. for evidently would
havc exposed them in n why that it never has
unless they would havo acknowledged their er-
ror and promised to turn from It.
Then, after oil this, Why hns the Neighbor
c"mc out In tho cowardly why that IL hesf Ae
though 1t had just heard Of my teachings7 Aud
thnt too. alter he had read the said pieces of
mine 2 1t is because he now begins to feel bis
foundation sinking; Yoa, that of all tho many
isms (and we'll may be fear for before very
long l'e will n"HonlS find his foundation shak-
ing but shall see this world rocking, spiritually,
worse than baby's crndle) for he sees bis
aocks nlrcndy beginning to scatter, and turning
to tho truth ,while tho truth is beginning to
spread like the raysof tho morning sun over the
Western hills.
Thon in order to savo their purse. (that Is
what is hurting them and cscnpe my notice, hc
omits my name. MS though he felt for my feel.
'ings and wished to put stop to ny teachings
without exposing me publicly; supposing that
by go doing would not tako it to myself and
therefore neglect to notice il; while at the Same
time his followers knowing who It was intended
for. would be strens sthOncd, seeing my silonce
and surprising 1t fear or weakness, would be on.
e"ur"ged 10 remain In theis present s.ate Of
error.
Ert II mattors but littlu who he intended /
for, rs he is guilty Of as great evil ns any ono
p"ssibly could be. I will not allow him or any
of tho rc:t Of tho different clorgy to- condemn
another with what they themselves arc guilty of.
in my knowledge, and not expose them. And
nm not ashamed to lot the whole world know
TINT nm crying to tho people every whero Co
come v"y from thesc nbomnabls destrines that
are bling pr"pagated through the land, and
turn back to the christian church. For our
blessed Lord is going to come again, and that too
aefore this generation passes AWAY. That's, |
tnero are persons now breathing the breath Of
life on this snmc earth that will never tasto of
death. but will live to SOC the coming Of our
Lord again. But il will not ha nnY Of ihasa