Telegram-herald., 1890-05-31
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hEaAlA. % Mav is. n regard 8. als
isfst statement a. O. building tl5 Nhurcl-
lae Method ri have had praa niuE
fo.At htre toI 8 caoa nlauR wears Is
hti4g ollt ~ tle po-uIs ca.ia .latl ln
tut nfandk4le charge ana there Was
ha place 60 nold meetings hti il tns
school house. 81 they thought they
would n.aee al ~ ar. o. nulla B Mtilu-
dist 1aarch. ka4 called a meeting 60
take iae master "a consideration. al4
ID ta4l n4et 0is t-gre Was az element
came Ia lf9iu ruls'1c So make t
uUlon ChaftA, taas.st.ng mostly ~
each a. dld nct desire aug CaurNil.
bat tle Meihod-si -ld n0t psY Any ai-
tdAuon o. the Nesaes but took tue
necessary steps ano went ahead aua
bult Method SO caurch ana aot all the
hep they cou-l irom outside tnf
church and everyone uudersiood that
they were gklnc loi Methodist church
and the Method sis to.a them that ans
good orthodox minister came along
and wanted o. preach, one or tNl sef-
mons ln the church and would not trv
L. tear down they could oo So ior
which the doors are open a. suN t4ne
when not occupied. A % Tie giving ID
bu.ld tie church. The members III tnt
| Disciple church all told did nol eiss lo
exceed 80 and al thai time there was
no "a .nts $50 called anywhere around
here but came lu south oi us after
wards. and one man that belonged ts
/ the churcll al that time gave ahoatRSN
but went WITH tie SAINTS alter wards,
and another man that dad uoL
| Belong 60 any CHuTch az that TIME h4t
/ went with the SAINTS atlcrNArd gave itl
| collars. - much toT that statomte
NOW lu regar1 ~ tnc sprccs. Tie
| MCtho1IstS lad. ln tae basement ~
| Their church. three sOciSls. one Iouu4
! social, one newspaper aud one iled
/ cake and coffee social. tley being llt-
/ Tie behind n the pastors salary. aud
/ the young folk played. as tAcN usually
! do at sOclals.. AS for thC charge ~
! dancing Subscriber kueW % g. be faIs
/ when he made tht statement AoW.
! then, a Disciple minister that hac
/ pyeachng point about three miles west
| of here, and another about two m les
! south. having classes ln both places.
saw that the MethOdlsts were moving
/ along smoothly with some outside
| help. Of course, got Jealous, and
! took Il ln hls head ~ come over
here and reform the Methodisis,
and fsent an appointment over here
at the school house, and tie
trustees Of the church, suppos.ng that
be wanted 10 preach one or Two scI-
mons and then quit let him lu tAc
| church. Now that true man o! bod
! ias Subscriber terms hm when hc got
| into the church stayed there with his
| meetings three weeks and paid uo at-
| tcnuOn 10 the Methodist appointments.
] !
hOur that the Methodlsts occupied ite
| church, and by that time the trustees
| thought it about time the Method Isle
had some rights in Their own church
| asked h!m o. vaCate the church, which
| be did. Now about the first thing tl.s
| perfect man OF God did when Dc got
into the church was a. try T. tear The
| Methodist class u pieces Then he
| went from the church O. thc school
| house for another week and haraugucd
the Method lsts. until he dlscustcl about
all the people "a tins vicinity, and then
| school commenced and the dis
trlct board Informed hlm tncv
could not have the house durng
the term of school, bat, uotwltbstall-
! ing, be left au appointment for cvCrV
two weeks leaving - other Urcac'Urg q
points % DO 50 without tlcI regular
preaching When he would not pay ANY
| attention 90 the WISHES of tle dIstf a.
| board. tacy locked the school house
against him. and some Of DIS followers
| they must be- perfect men ~ God. zoos
broke INTO thc school house and took
Oh part OF the lock. 50 they erpoctea
- walk right n, hut the hoard found G
out 10 time and mailed the house uU.
Hence be held forth out doors Tic
majority Of thc district board do uai
belong to any church. and toe Method
lists had nothing 60 do with ID whatever,
and az % DIS statement that thcre was
contention iu the Method 81 Church. 10 ts
false. Farther down he siylos Ihmsc
the good man of God. Vow } would
ike g. submit o. the good luog
| mcnt 81 thc reading public whether
| they suppose Tia cod ever sent OF
| called upon one 81 lIs ministers t0 80
| into a ucighbofhoo8 where they have
an established church and a pastor %
/ preach % them. or do YoD suppose
1 that God ever sent q minister ~ any
body else In thc territory occupied bt q
| Christian minister t0 tear down. u pos
| s.bic, what good there wa there. ] d q
not poIcvc God suploys such agcncof
| % work for hIm. nor do I believe that
/ fff'A H'ItA il.itt INI.lr tt'i IlAs'.I '
| INTO families where thcrC were uon-
bers Of thc Method ft Church. o. .a1ar
| with them dav after dav g. Get fnru
out of the Methodist Church. wtfca
| ths perfect man did. NOW. the fe-
suit n this mans work Is where vo
had al peace and Qurtnoss ln ouf f-
cuty, we harc contention and trf
mol. and hIs chief huC'erf are Some oi
them men Who d0 not believe
Iu anything good. and DO root
want ANYTHING good around hero,
/ hence they help lm - keep
up tms turmoil 30 ssvs They came n
/ loads fr bear thf WuCh loved meu thfv
have ~ come from his other preachinr
! po.nts % order to bear auv preach -
that thrv Larc pledged money to pav
for Vow lu regard ~ fis last Ftafe-
ruert Shat fhf Method SO class af Hau.r
ie much 0em0I shed I have taIe fr saF
He has euoeeeded u.csusnF tfe rtI-
/ drawal ~ Eve wer0bers and one ~ fnn
! fve withdrew to save nf0sfIf from -
ing erre led there he Be three differ
ent charges aga uet hiU. ore 0f lvlng,
one of drinking and n c1I Getting money
tasf belonged 81 tbf Churon and 'TTr0
rri8tnr 70 ~ hIa own uer winch ht no1
better sfrn chtor up as rfUn as hp csr {
! 30 wants o. save himself frouhe the
others v.thdrer becsuse thev tnougft
they could ~ % bone better q some
other CHURCH 7 furpoae. bsf at fnr
ssror trf tse Method SIS Jose frr
t.r- hare rrer ~af frf rev fnerrierr.
max ra tier number 81 good fu1 p
ur ted arf tying ~ mind frer lrn
. I n8soeee 80 rrrrr Cod wth thrf vs-Ir
nfafts Df eve. sud seem weI satt