The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-05-06
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Wants IL AII-EverybOdy Report What
Everybody DOes-Then the Flre
Works.

En1ToR HEKALD: 1.-THE die il
ca.tn The question is, we think, set
lied. and sood the edict will go forth
That mighty Coiumbia-destiDed, per-
mans. to reVolutionize the WOTld-ls,
fully aroused and abreast with every
other great aud growing metropolis
of our land.
Ills astonishing with what alacrity
and grace latter-day Christians have
fallen in with prevalent idea and
belief, that more souls can be won to
Christ by placing heels upon necks
than by following the old and time
worn method practiced by himself
of placing underneath them the help
ing hand.
Just think of it, Here in the midst
of great CoIumbia-queen city OF the
queenly realm, and garden spot OF all
the earth-with her clOud-reachlng
spires proclaiming to the world In an
unmistakable voice her God-lOVlng,
God-folIOwing people. And yet,
amidst all this, is one voice bold ana
courageous enough to stand by the
teachings OF HIM who said. go ana
sin no more" To where or whence
| are we drifting, when Christian peO-
pie can stand mutely by and see
mad, morbid, Vitiated craze Tor scan
dial. mangla the merciful words OF
their Savior to mean, go and SIN
| till you die -,
Some "Luoker on in Venice"
though, (whO has no doubt oeen
staring vacantly with the rest OF our
people), fails to discover any lncreas-
ing public demand, or CHRISTIAN
relish for the sensational. AND we
are afraid tuat he never will unless
some evening when he is not look
| ha 0onOhf nv
the crowd in q wild rush and scran-
bile for papers and carried away.
The means which Christians now
a-days seem eager to adopt, for ire
yocably and eIernally damning an
immortal soul, is certainly very eHtc-
tive. The plan is this, to point the
finger OF scOrn at what they deem the
rotten mass of putrltication that an
| All-wise and Omnipoteut COD created
for no purpose save food Tor the
yultures, and that the sooner he reads
Them the better-and the literal work
Is done. Should this fail, we suppose
the literal ''stOning" would come
! next.
| Is it not time that Christians were
beginning to turn their eyes within,
remembering rs they must that the
Savior once compared certain peo-
pIe. who declared themselves to be
His most devout followers, to the
"Whited Sepulchre?"
There WAS a time when such a man
as the Rev. John Newton, OF London
a man hOnOred and revered oy the
Christians, could stand boldly and
unfliuchingly aud give utterauca To
such words as these: "For my part
il INV pocket WAS full OF stones, have
no right TO throw one at the greatest
sinner upon earth. L have eltnel
done as bad or worse than he, or
certainly should if the Lord had LEI
me a little to myself, for l am made
of lust the same maj erial; il there b'
anY difference il is wholly of grace.
But then, these words were uttered
years ago, and things have changed
4 since, wonderfully. If Christ wa
, here to-day, and should say again a
| of old, LET him VINO is without slI
cast the first stoue," We could but eX
pect a veritabEe fusilade.
1t is quite an easy task for him VIII
IS deprived of the sense or smell u
! refrain from inhaling the odor o
4, The flowers. Likewise is il easy 10
J him whom kind providence (per
P haps knowing his weakness) ha
/ placed amidst such circumstance
= and surroundings as to nix MIN De
: yond the pale of temptation, to al
=, saw, such people are generally yer,
full of conceit, and think it no NOR
1 than their dues when they parad
e the streets buttOned up i'll thel
t Pharisee coats, to have the masse
= fall down and worship them for thei
!, sacrifice. o.
S,Tis true, tits pity, and pity tits, III
true" but then, there is more tina
one way to sin. Shooting craps doe
not cover the category OF CRIME
And now that we are to have tn
! lights turned on, lets not nave merel
the flash from the dark lantern, bu
the full glare of the nOOn-day SUI
n Let's have real, live, interestln
> daily" Let every citizen feel.lt hi
!, bounden duty to report everythln
II he sees or knows that will be detrl
n mental to the character of his neigh
a Dor. Do this, and we may all rest as
IN sured that in short while many
n orr older comrades, whom eXtrem
d age has incapacitated from takln
= part in the gay festivities which one
8 they enjoyed, will be pOking thei
+ heads from the windows at ever
A. noise, expecting to hear the voice {
n old Jonah shouting, "yet forty day
= and Columbia shall be destroyed
II And when the forty days at last haV
" ended-when all the divorce proceed
q inys, smoke of battle and the Hk
. have gotten in full blast-should tn
v fireworks then, as in the case of ;;
: dom and Gommorrah-be actually al
piled, let's, for the benefit of futul
historians, place some trusted Sc
r, want possessed of untiring energy an
- and research, and provided with
- telescope, on the top of Mt. Parna
sus, that he may endeaver to dete
&c mine the size of the family OF 10
i permitted to flee the wrath to com
Turn on the fireworks.
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