The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-05-21
A Little Moro of the Matter.

EDITORS INTELLIGENCER: The "Leb-
anon Church Natter" as it is called, Is get.
ting to be Of a serious nature it seems,
and all on account of the gross misrepre
sentations of some that are willing to
move with the current, whether In the
right direction or not.
Our brother, in the last issue, was only
speaking Of the Pastor and Church, and
not for rights and facts, but We come, lay.
ing down facts, whether the current
'.hows' in that direction or not, and let
come what may. If God be for US, WHO
con be against us?
The articles of faith and discipline Of
our sister Church will not be needed if no
more attention is paid to them than what
has been paid to our own. Neglect Of duty
of the Church has caused our articles to
be laid away and forgotten somewhere, but
could have been found if time and atten-
tion had been properly used, but instead
other articles had to be rushed" in and
pushed through, and no change can be
observed whatever, for the very same
members are there now that were there
before, and have no more faith than they
had before.
Our brother was speaking of the numer-
Gus classes of members in our Church,
and we will just say right here that he
left out one class, and that is the one the
current moves so easily. We don't know
whether the brother is Of that class or not,
but Judging from his movable condition,
we are inclined to believe he is.
He is somewhat mistaken in what the
Moderator said concerning our not being
Church. The Moderator not only said
be could say "you were not Church." but
he said, "you are not Church, and
challenge you to prove it otherwise We
believe our brother would say so, too, if
be would only stop and think.
or course we need discipline, but ne be-
lieve in doing Justice to NIL IA member
at Lebanon We think, knows just az
much about the proceedings of the meet
ing as any one that we have heard from
We all believe that we are the same or
ganized body now as we were before, and
how can we be any more of a Church now
than before. We have no more faith than
before, and nothing else except t'rushed
through" routine OF articles, which will
(if the rules are not carried out any better
than they have been) be laid away and
forgotten. But If we live up to the a?ti-
cles, why then we will certainly be a
Church right.
What are ths articles without faith ? and
what is a Church that has been organized
under rules simply7 Az far as the arti.
cles are concerned we could do without
them, if "faith was thick enough" Those
who have to be forced to do right by the
articles and rules of decorum are not
worthy to be in faith.organized Church,
and Church without faith is no Church,
articles or no articles. The genuine Bible
is a very good article to abide by, not to
be used any more than it is.
Come, brother, we must hold up for
rights and facts. We regret very much
that such 'thing" as this has risen up,
and we in such weak condition, but it's
"faith-trying apparatus" and if We don't
keep our eyes open somebody will break
over, we are afraid.
Come along, dear brethren, and let us
flock together, and let old Lebanon be
shining star once more. We believe all
will be right now, if no more is said, and
if faith is not lacking. We hope 80, at
least. Yours, very humbly,
SINE DIE.