Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-15
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Mr.. III. in your issue Sof October / ST.,
] must first and foremost pronounce
the second paragraph of that commu-
nication, and all other allusions to the
Rev. Mr.. Hartley, and the Antioch
church as false, in toto, alb initio, ad
finem. So destitute is it oftruth, that
it must be branded as wilful falsehood.
A. b. is truly sorry that the Rev. gen
tleman should have allowed madam
rumor to furnish him with weapons in
his controversy, as those of her man.
ufacture generally break in the using,
or seriously injure those who employ
them. May / advise you to rely no
more upon her sayings for the triumph
ant success of your amicable dlsputa-
tions. Never until lions fear nice,
will Mr.. Hartley fear Mr. HIS. mid
night productions. That That BBarnweIl
Union communion; that "slip of the
tongue" with many other "slips," force
me to say that hereafter when you
make an assertion that common facts
won't establish as truthful, will not be
received. Since you presume SO freely
and confdentinlly upon the beautiful
and truthful features of that sermon,
why did you on that very Sabbath
after the delivery of that sermon, let
your tongue lose its balance again by
telling S. that he should certainly
have it to read over,when he requested
it of you. 1t is sincerely hoped that
yen will publish that sermon. A. B.
will certainly procure a copy, and
hopes to find it the identical sermon
verbatim ct literatim, no change made
since its delivery at TRINITY church.
Mr.. III. made perfect tumble of that
comparison of churches to the differ
entcurrencies. suspected there'd be
sorae midnight misunderstanding about
what the preacher was saying, when
Mr.. III. was keeping up continual.
line of remarks with that young lady,
Miss I. Here is what the preacher
said; Certain modes of baptism ESQ
called) are received by some denomi-
nations, and rejected by others, some
sprinkle, others pour, while others i'm
merse; each had its value, and while
the two former modes passed only in
certain places, the latter mode was
good and passed all over The world; it
was like gold, none would reject, some
kinds of money will not be received
everywhere; they are considered doubt
full, but gold will pass any mud oTory
where. If one of the members of this
church would:applY to Trinity or Jer-
icho church for membership lie would
not be rebaptised, all receive immcr-
sion, it is like gold and wlllpass every
where, but sprinkliag is not So" (Do
you understandY)
A. B. confesses he was little un-
easy, from the time Mr.. II. made an
excuse, by saying he could find no
Sunday convenient for him to hear Mr.
Hartley's reply until his announce
ment, that he would be there, but lie
is all right now ,and is anxious to know
what Mr.. Fl. will do with that nnlim-
tied measure of testimony that was
filed upon him, those fourteen pcdo
baptist authors against his assertions,
that immersion was unscriptural.
A. B. will be silent on the mode for
the present, he expects to learn some
thing about that, when Mr.. III. COM
plies with Mr. Hartley>s request. No
friend, you mistake; A. B. was only
astonished that man of the learning
of which Mr.. III. boasts, would condo
send to use other mems language with
out giving them the credit for it. ALB.
does not propose to be a logician, Mr..
H. does. A. B. does not pretend to be
latin and Greek scholar, nor has he
ever received the compliment of know
ing more Hebrew than his Professor;
he may therefore be classed an igno-
ramas. "Out of a shower" did he
mean from? did he mean, that if, 1
were in Cat, near by) a shower, would
NOT hnve mental acnmen enough tn