The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-06
"PAUL" ANSWERED.

EDITORS HERALD AND News: Gentlea:en
In your issue Of October 30'h, writer sign:
ing himself "Paul' represents tic ministers OF
Ncwbcrry, both white ard coiored, as
sadly dercl:c; in their duty to the co!ored
prisoners in the County Jail. IL behalf Of The
accuscd, I ask Z little space in your co umns
10 correct the erroneous impression which this
cpisilc of PAU" IS calculated 10 make. The
wrifcr is vc.y complimentary TO the kind
hearted gentleman who visited the prisoners
last Sunday. "Gving them religious tracts
ard pointing them to the Saviour. he calls
him a good Samaritan an glad that he
is, and uus. ii:at nc IS not Tic only one IN
Ncwbcrry. am glad that his visit made
these poor people feel good-fecl that on-
white man took interest enough in their souls
10 visit them in prison. That quotation
ru<hcs with Christian sentiment. But uN-
fortunately fer the writer, who tries 10 con-
ccat,h his identity under I noii dc plume, II mas
Gear niorks'' tha; leave no doubt as 10 his
local haoitat;on and name Tho one white
man." who is praised as The good Samari
TAM" was unattended in his visit, else he
would not have been singled out i'll this VA"
by the writer Besides this, the writer waS
present to mark the effect of the visit upon The
coorcd prisoners. 'lt made them leei good
SC. This Paul then, like :hc good apostle
whose name he Sub:cribes TO his letter, must
nave WIIuCU NIthlI al pIISoH' IL - nv iS'''
enable TO suppose the letter was written by
blacks, and it must therefore have been written
by whites.
Now, Paul of old, writing from prison for
tic instruction of such preachers as Timothy
and Titus, did not attempt 10 wound their feel
ing<, diSparagc their work, or hurt their lAhu-
cncc. Bu, this Paul does Listen. He
liI:cnS them TO the Priest AMI LevItc who
passed hv on the other side" This TOO, after
Il, IL, 10
of the GOOD Samaritan" This LEGAL aDpIi-
cl,iou OF these two points in the parable Justl-
fics :: little additional LEGAL application 10
! round Up in full the paraDolic teaching. II
the lay visitor is ''!hc good Samaritan" and
the ministers arc ";hc priest and levitc who pass
bv on the other side, who stand in the place
OF the ''onc who fell among thieves, and
atain, who stand in the place OF the There's?
Way, the prisoners arc tlc poor GHtoriunate|
WHO fell among The thieves and TIC thieves
mus; he the officers of The Inv who consigned
! iicm o prison.! That is juSt as true an appl!>
cation O.; these points in the parable rs is the
her uppicatonOf points made by Tic writer
signing himself paul" But he will hald!y
CoIlowhc logic Of his in:crpreMiivc skill, after
seeing It's aburdity, asnd will probably coac!udc
with Others that Interpretation IS not ms lor'c.
the yri :cr preference 10 Ariel shoWSa I pecu-
l:irly ma!i.n.:nt spirit. HI knows that all the
N ni.tcrs elsewhere, consider Ariel SO far as
they consider him at all, g fraud and iSnora-
mus. The " hitc ministers Of Ncwbcrrr have atii-
lated with the colored ministers at their meet
iDgs, preached for them 1T their churches and as
sisted them at their communloaS. They are
ready to do so still. They arc not strangers
either to all the inmates Of the County prison.
Part have been there's number oftimes and all
would be glad to hold services for all The IL
mates. One informs me that he offered 10
preach for the prisoners more than year ago,
but was told that in the past when religious
services were conducted in JAIL there was such
Il disposition on the part CT some people 20
rush in. and abuse the courtesy extended 10
them, that for the sake Of order and safety,
the religious services had to be discontinued.
For this The ministers were not TO blame. Nor
arc they to blame now for not holding services
there Why even the visit Of ''thc good sarna-
ritau' was made, as | am credibly Informed,
under the direction of his pastor.
PETER.