Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-09-02
For the Observer.
TO A BIBLE READER.

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I TO A BIBLE READER.
Mr.. EIttor: Permit me to make
a reply TO your correspondent who
subscllbcs himself "bibie Reader"
lie asked permission to quiz the
people on what lie styles an import
ant subject. lie addresses the citi-
zons o1 OIaace county, and claims
10 I've in ? GoSrcl land. Hope our
adjacent counties vii. take no ex-
~ce,tion aa to lis extent Of the Cos.
,el larl, Ct only embraces Orange
county from lis address TO the PEG
rle as be limited TO thcm.) | feel
cate sure tha.t there are some fine
Bible readers Leyoud the borders OF
Orange county. lie asks the people
in the Gospel land Orange county,
to read the 3rd chapter OF Genesis,
l., IS, 10 and 23d verses. lie says,
1--WE find man was sent forth from
the Garden to till the ground from
whence lie came.n Brother, where
did Col send Eve, that helpmeet he
made for Adam, when Adam got
his transfer? Does God say in His
word, OF anything to the effect, thai
If man sends lis wife or daughter to
! tIe field he should give q strict &c
count Of it At the day Of fiuaj settle
mert: What dii God intend for
:. woman 70 do: 4 vond7r) lie
matc woman 8 ac.prcel 1eE r&ti.
jIes, an3 some u them l imagine,
look an} s;Dii. Ike annel- lay:
vii Col cal list a.oi i4;Aer into
: Judgment Tor sendiDg lis daughters
intn tie he.3 ana charge Lir With :
. iced more to give ah aceofnf tor
than the rich, because eithc1 W "a
: tura that more daughters were bo'1
INTO hi,a Than sons; q, by mistor-
tunes tai lis bright, promising a-i
~lenanaan, sous Tell in sorne battle ~
/. ,tha late war WIDE he WIS defending
he cause ana liberty OF his blessed
country? II that be the case tnen l
g should cay at once that God had re-
3 spect of persons, but God says in
J., His word Il have no respect OF
person"
The 10Th verse does not say that
man shall not eat tobacco and cot
ton," but you will fnd elsewhere in
! the Bible that man shall not "live by
bread alone" Why do you forbid
: any person in the Gospel land to
"make mortgages 7" l think you
made a sad mistake in that assertion,
my friend. Where would the poor
man have been this year had it not
!. been for mortgages? l can tell you
'I-you would have been taxed higher
in order to help pay for his oofin,
I for he would have persisted and the
undertaken would have applied to
the county for relief; or the poor
fellow might from hunger been
tempted to steal and then been put
' in Jail, and it would have been the
jail fees to pay. AL iris might
| have been if nobody had given e
f mortgage. The Bible don't forbid
: ma or you to give a mortgage for
our our own benefit, but it does for
: Did Us from being surety for any
man. Neither does it tell US to
make Il own fertilizers or raise
clover. 5caaa, peas, potatoes, cab
bage, &c. NondS if Adam raised
all these tiings?- What do you
Z reckon lie done with his clover !?
Eat it, didn't he, brother? We
, never had any command to raise our
own pork. We are at liberty to
purchase or raise il. Did God say a:
eco to the field, labor six days your
seiI and do all thy work, then be
: sure to remember the Sabbath day
, to keep it holyH No, He did not
, speak it that way. See Deut. Vtb
chap, 18th 10 18th verse; and gee
! the book of Ruth. Where is the
| promise to be found concerning q
smoother road than has been before
; Brother, am happy to tell you 4
am q bachelor and deal not in
MORTGAGES, bat speak in behalf OF
tic lahor;ng ciass; and furthermore.
an just a'happy to say oT Bibles
! taar, Al a:a thlnktul they do, II
ys"I'a { ntahs the arguments yo'.
,ta~@ To Bible reciains the
a.ne hit teH.s9 l1 nrtaota>r, u .os
N2ptf5<ttss a. s.i!s. Anon.
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