Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-09
Answer 10 Questions.
Text. How shall We escape, II we neg
lcct 80 great "a saliva tiOn3'

Text. How shall We escape, II we neg
lcct 80 great u saliva tionf'
A man inquired OF me the propricty
Of leaving the church Oh account Of
church grievance not being .atisfnc-
tory To him. asked him IL hc quit
the church II he would 20 into sin and
I've n bad boy against his own good
sense: he had better suffer an injury
than do wrong. lie settled the mat
Ter ms hest he could aud made q good,
quiet member Of the church.
Another man came inIuiring on the
same subject, being answered the
same way ns the first, goc. and settles
the trouble us Tic first did, hut falls
In his church membership. The third
came inquiring on the same subject,
being told the same rs the others,
failcd To settle the troubles as the 9TH
crs. witl,draws from the church. goes
his wnv and keeps Gods laws and
makes the bet christian OF the three.
This shows that Gods laws
can DC kept In any condition OF life,
or rejected, aud man lost. AS to
whether il l. our duty to pay church
tax or not! We are forced to pny our
|! Statc. county, poll, teacher tax and
deficit taxes, al counted. range, from
slO Ia go on the thousand. This sum
being paid annually on the same
property amounts ~, to q considerable
sum finally. The poll tux paid upon
some heads In one year is more than
{, il clears above expenses In ten years.
All this tax Is collected To make anu
put in force the civil law To place
u restriction upon the people to Keep
them from doing wrong. whose de-
ci>iOns, are. acroidin. 10 testimony,
clearing the guilty n often ~ con-
, dcnining them and cOndcnning the
innocent u, often IL clearing them.
The church tax. the pastors fec,
the foreign and hume missions, the
bishops fee and the education fee, this
tax. nll told, amounts 10 something,
though we are not forced, To pay 1t rs
the other. Either Of these taxes are
far more then the I.cyiiicus tax. which
was one tenth OF the income. What
! the net income ~ tl,i- country is. |
don I know! God gave u His law
gratiitUislv. and we can keep II the
same way. Hut all this church tax is
Fl, To run the ch..rclI. to hold Il restraint
over the people. to keep them from
SHINING. and Won whom IL does, |
would advise YOU 10 pay your 81 urril
tax. il YOU have 10 beg To get IL; but
II the church don't keep YOU from
SHINING, | advise YOU Ia give yo'r
money Ia some one in distress, that
God may be- hnnorcd by YOU.
Ike law of God j. truth. and its
/ Judgment il true. II YOU are guilty,
you are condemned already, lays the
Bible. Begging j. not n violation Of
any law. though not crcdiiable with
us-but will, God both crcditablc and
/ lawful. Tie poorest man that ever
| lived (nancl Lazarus) was too poor
! to he u member Of the church. liz. ut
! the rich mans gate full Of sores
even the dog, canc and lwkcd his
sOrrs-tlic moreover here means that
! the dog, were his only hrlu. and much
| lower than any human being had ever
I been. lie died aml no account was
ever given OF hi, being buried, but
was carried by angels To Abraham =
| bosom.
The richest man That ever lived wa.
/ named Dives. He was member Of
/ The church: hr was clothed in purple
aud fine linen AMI Jared most -umptu-
ou.lv every day. This means be
needed nothing to make him happy or
10 assist him {" serve God. HI died
| and was buried l,OnorabIy. In hell he
lifted up lii, eyes. being in torment.
! This tcnri,cs us that in any condition
Of life man may be- saved. or In any
condition of lite he may hr lost.
| You sny that the churches are cor
riipt IN their present organization. de-
! sils had no organization To complete
4 hi mission Oh earth. Iuu say you
are too poor tO be II chri,tian--Laka-
rus was not too poor: you >ay Won arc
too rich. have 81 much business tn at
tend Ia that YOU have not time to
spare solomon was richer than YOU
are: YOU say have married II wife Z,
therefore | cannot come. Solomon
had 900 wives (priIcrs). 500 roncu-
bincs, and he came: YOU Say you
have no wife--Saint Paul had no wife
and lc finished his "onrsc and kept
the faith. Oh. man. You might frame
excuses and write them in u book 81
large that YOU could not open II TO
read therein. and YOU would not be
excused. And GLOW shall We escape,
!! we neglect 30 great n salvation. y
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