The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-09-26
CoULDKEEP SILENT NO LONGER.
A Young Lady Does Some Plain Talking
About Current Matters.
TOMAHAWK, n. G.

A Young Lady Does Some Plain ! a!klng
About Current Matters.
ToNAHAwK, n. @.
Mr.. EDITOR Il have kept silent and
listened to and read discussions on re-
form movements, and although l may
not be able to say much I can't keep
silent any longer. Hope this may find
space in your columns, and pray that
God in Heaven will direct my pen to
write every word of what I shall say.
I would like to ask what is meant by
true apos olic spirits? To read Bro.
CAROLS article in the Biblical Re
cOrder Of July 26, 1898, it seems that
he thinks it is to be in favor Cf the
Foreign Mission Board Just give
yourselves up to the Board and t
them direct you, what you shall do,
where you shall go, and above all, let
your salary pass through the hands Of
the members Of the board and you are
a true apostle with the right kind Of
spirit. Is it the right kind of spirit to
say to a poor man, who works hard
every day Of his life and probably eats
only a piece Of bread and meat for his
dinner many times in order to save a
little to give to the Lord, and who,
after all his hard work, can make only
about Chree LuaUred dollars TO support
his whole family upon for year, is it
right to say to him, we cannot live
even on six hundred a .year-no one
can under our circumstances. You are
not doing your duty, you do not give
enough to the Lord meaning me- You
should sacrifice yourselves and should
strive harder to make something for
the Lord. The Lord loveth a cheer
full giver," and thank God he does, but
does he love the one who will take the
very last cent. Of a poor mans earnings
if he can get it7 Some brethren g to
all the associations and tell the people
they are not doing enough for the
heathen; that they ought to send out
more missionaries and that they ought
to do every way to save money that
they may be able to do all this; but
when the people try to adopt some
means that require no expense to pay
officers here, but all go straight to the
missionary, and therefore we be able
to send out more missionaries, they say
stop, you are wrong, you are not work
ing with the true apostolic spirit. The
man or set of men that introduced this
plan are insane, and are you so foolish
SIS to take the advice of q crazy person?
The mission work is ruined forever,
even the Baptist denomination, If the
members cf the Home and Foreign
Mission Board are taken out Of Office.
The work is failure unless you let us
carry it on for you, and we can't serve
you for less than $25, etc, a year. 1t
is your duty to send your funds through
us to the foreign fields.
And it is about the same way with
our government. I was reading an
article in the Biblical Recorder Of May
1, 1898, from G.. B. Afford, on Secret
Organizations Here are some Of his
words: Il find, in my judgment,
while society seems to be at its highest
and while we hear it proclaimed almost
daily that the people are growing bet
ter, am surrounded with what con
ceive to be communists and anarchists,
who seem to be well or rganized and are
daily at work, it seems, through secret
orders which have been let to grow
until they are mighty giants, and have,
I fear, sapped the very foundation OF
the true Church of Christ, on which
rests all civil liberty and every institu-
tion for the good of society. On this
foundation rests the right of free gov
ernment, and guarantees freedom OF
the worship of the Holy and Righteous
God" And he says, too: "Our fore
fathers were able to set up a govern
ment which has set an example before
all nations, of individual power, OF