The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-01-04
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correspondence of Hickory Flats
has made an attempt toansxel
the. quest icns that were prorsunded
70 him, We desire to call atte5tion Ia
the maniier in which they. hate beef,
answered. In the first place Ne will
say that it was not our intention. Il
Islander Bro. Harrison in the least
We apply the term "clear.ieaded'
to those ministers who have bbsery-
ed the result 9f holding festivals in
churches, and are therefore opposed
to them, We know "a number Of
them, and they may all be seen and
heard tooat the next annual session
of the U.B. Conference; II soma mem
Der of that body can summon odteek''
enough to introduce a resolution, ia.
yoring the holding of festiyalsin all
our churches for the support a the
preachers. But let us tetlmsto the
subject that we wish to consider.-
We maintain that the festival, as it
is usually conducted, is adpsscration
TO the house that has been cIhsecra-
ted for the worship Of God. Nov, we
propose to,,,consider the answers: to
our questions: 4s.
lst. Ifthe expression tan neatl
ing relative to the sahie9' does not
include festivals, we accept the an,
swer as being correct.
End, Is it possible thatl"The festi.
val is held to give all a chance to
contribute to the preacher, and re-
ceive a recompense for their money
at the same time?" II isour imper-
alive duty to give freely ind willing
ly to those who are really In want,
and also to the support ofthe Gospel.
But whoever heard of subj an absurd
idea as that of giving to The support
of the preacher, and a. the same
time, receiving "recomlensen for il,
in this worlds goods. Those who
give according to the Riblc idea Of
the term, do not expect any "recom-
pense" for it, save the welfare of
those who receive, and the approba-
ton of God. We did not use the
term serious" 10 be construed as sor-
row and gloom. We simply wanted
to know if the people we're so earn
est and sincere that " Aatever they
did was done with an eye single to
the glory of God.
Bird. 1t seems to us that "Sweetbri.
er" has purposely evaded direct
answer to this question. We didn't
have the remotest idea that he would
refer to an entire religious denomin-
alton. We evidently meant local
society or class, with no reference to
any particular denomination.
4ih. We are really astonished at
the answer given to this question:
Is it true that "the people know
what they are buying before they
pay their money!" Let us see
When dime has been paid for one
grab into the "grab.box," does one
know what he will get? 1t may be
either doll-baby, Or a stick ofcandy.
a fine cake is put up for sale with a
large number of candy-buttons on it.
Whoever can guess the exac; mum.
Der will receive the cake, though
everyone is required to pay dime
for the privilege to guess. How
much does this lack of being q game
of chance? 1t could be no worse for
several parties to buy the cake, and
then play game of cards for it,
Another fine cake is to be voted off to
the prettiest young lady present. A
dime is required for the privilege to
vote. Does anyone know that the
lady he votes for will receive the
cake, unless he pays five or ten times
the worth of it? We know an in.
stance of this kind that had to be
settled by compromise. May none
of these things be associated with
gambling2
9Th. Our object in asking this ques
ton was to show that the temple OF
church must not be desecrated. Ma
dab and Abither who had been conse.
Grated as priests, were stricken down
because they desecrated the taberna.
Gle, Exodus X, Lily
With reference to "Alpha," of Ora
ham Bottom, we will say that when
we were 4 boy, our parents would moi