Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-12

II you neeQ gOOQS senQ ZOE cdt3-
Ilogue. Yours very truly,
IA. F. PADGETT.
8o5 Broad ST.
TILL We MEET AGAIN.
Mr.. Plowden delivered his part
ing sermon as pastor of our village
Presbyterian church on Sunday
|eyening last, and will sccept q call
to Augusta, Ga. where he will
enter upon his duties next Sunday.
Mr.. PloWden. said that he.was not
going SO far but that he could
come again to Edgefsld, and that
he expected tospreach in the Edge
field church ere long, therefore he
not consider his sermon q
farewell one, but would take his
address from a subject which he
had. desired to speak upon for
some time, but he didnot wish
the congregation to; think that he
was giving them 8 scolding IN his
parting words to them. Mr.. Plow-
den said he felt complimented
= .
and pleased that the Baptist con-.
lgregation was present, there being
no services il that church in com
Iplimentt to him. issSlsSs. Il
Nj: Plovden pressed his re-
[gret at having to leave Edgefeld
and the many kind friends whom.
he had in this place, but We
all know, that in this world
Iofconstant changes the best of
friends must often part. He said
his church here had always
met the obligations to HIM cheer
fully and promptly, and that they
had done more than they had
promised orhe expected.
It.would be impossible for US to
do justice to SO eloquent sermon
as this one, but the following is q
brief and imperfect synopsis of the
same:
The text was taken from 1 Kings,
l21:20, aAnd Ahab said to Elijah,
Hast thou found me, o mine
enemy? And he said, I have found
thee, because thou hast sold thy
self to do evil,in the sight of the
Lord"
Mr.. Plowden said that so many
people, and our best people, too,
had been: heard to say that they
didn't think ministers had any
thing to do with social and politi-
cal questions, and that their ser
mon sought to bethe Gospel, pure
and simple. The truth is, he said,
they do not wish the veil lifted
that the vice and corruption of
the social world may be brought to
Hight. It is said, and truly, that
society creates the crimes which
it Furnishes. In his Investigations
Mr. Plowden said he had found
THAT Christ had denounced sin and
wickedness, as much and as often
as he had poured blessings on the
upright.
John the Baptist was in way
sensational, crying to the multi
tude as they came to hear him
and be baptized of him in Jordan,
.EsYe generation Of vipers, who hath
warned you of the wrath to come?
ST, Paul, if he lived in these days,
would be considered the most SEN
sational preacher of the day. AS
he stood on Mars Hill near Athens,
where all the learning and splen-
dor Of the day were centered, he
said to the congregation below
him, 81 perceive that in all things
yeare too superstitious." Now o
minister in these times would
hardly express himself that way.
lie would more probably say,
|aBrothers and sisters, it is COM
monty reported that there is much
superstition in these times, and /
am afraid tnat We are rather In
clinsd to be partakers of that dis
position.
Ahab. was anxious to possess
.Ihimlself elf5of the vineyard of Nabeth
which was. near the palace, and he
went To Naboth end said, aGive
|me thy vineyard, aud ] will give
[thee for IT an equivalent Ia land