Huntsville gazette., 1882-09-30
Our Limestone Letter.
Notes and Incidents gathered by tn e
wayside.
ATHENS, ALA, Sept. 27, 1882

Editor Gazette:
AS it has been some time since /
wrote yon from here, a few lines now
may not be amiss. September's sun
smiles down over our broad lands with
peace and plenty.
Some time the mOnOtOny here is bro
ken by some ingenious crank piping
forth his familiar note upon some new
or approaching event. l find myself
free now from the turmoils and labors
of the school room, and will have time
to bathe my wearied self in the blissful
waters of the Athens Lake. "Uncle
jack" we congratulate ourselves
down here upon having Lake, and
there has not been time, neith II prob
ability of its turning to a Lane.
Congressional Campaign.
The agitable question Of the dag
hereabouts, is Of the approaching Con-
greSsional election. There is a gno
deal of oanvassing being done, but
Lowe is high JACK, and will play the
game here with the solid colored vote
of Limestone County.
j. Henry rhomason has received an
appointment as guager of whistles.
from the Hon. Jas. L. Rapier, and has
qualified and entered his field of labor
which is in the western part Of this
District.
We expect Miss NJ. F. Wells home
on the 29th, and the Trinity school will
open soon thereafter.
There was large and appreciative
con ngregation at the G.. M. E. Church in
our town on Saturday and Sunday,
when the above named church was
holding its district conference with
Bishop Miles presiding
The Primitive Baptists of the sever
raj churches OF that denomination,
also assembled in the Nor tn Eastern
part Of this county on the 10th, where
they held an association closing on
Monday the 18th. Your correspondent
had the pleasure of attending the meet
ing on Monday, and had a peep in
where the Divines were attending to
the business of the churches represent
ed. There were several prominent
men in tho august body Among
whom might be mentioned Rev. VIM.
H. CASTOR, Byrd Chapman and others
Baptist Opposition to Sunday Schools.
A noticeable incident during the pro-
ceedings, was church represented
from Morgan county. whose report
showed Sunday School in flourish
ing condition, But 10! 1t was against
the rules and regulations of the asso-
church that participated in Sunday
Schools, and the church so represented
went overheard. 1t is strange to all
sober minded and thinking men, why
one ofthe most important institutions
of our time, the Sunday School,
should receive such treatment at the
hands Of men who profess to be the
light holders of the world. We think,
"that if there were more education re-
ligiously. it would make us better NOR
ally and socially" Then how will it
be obtained, if the Sunday school-the
important factor in religious work be
crushed QUE. l heard the Rev. B
Taylor say, that Sunday School was
one of the most abomirable things in
the world. He too condecends to be
school teacher, and man of God; tell
ing his fellow men how to get to Heav-
en-. Oh; ye of little faith, what will
, ca do when the Master calleth for
ihee." 1t will be unto you as unto
Belshazzar in the days of old-mene
meme, tekel upbarsin." Though, we
hope that this great and important
matter may be reconsidered at an early