The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-04-25

stirrlug mud, ar thrOSing up dus', or
running into fog Ifyn have Divine
au,hori'y, y"u ca, give it. then give
itf
Ii il uo wonder, when | c,n hlh
back to the question. he fiji ,ch-s, mis-
repreents nay Wp ',e. anI takes Tn
the wo,ds He sees t,al h. has no
areum-n', n Diu;ne ,ourrant, and
does not want {, he forced on that
phnt. lt Is amusing u s.e how this
fellow came pIunvios intu thi, c,n-
troversy Wi n ap,rads If wisd IN,
learn'ng, ~ :ic, inq Isnce. cpars. Ian>
guage and Contempt nv isnnrauce,
and then wnen l have onry sp.nk. d
him little, e. IS tn tho barn CRYING,
and like u ward even refuses J 10 give
his name.
A Il P max g light f my "piuinn
ou this subj jsc'; tins he c,n d., his
hearts content we have divine war.
rant for singing nymus and spiritual
songs, and d,r { feel called on to
defend ourselves. Alth Jug, with A
Il p bI. - 'bnider,l,sh,' Yet Pau.
saws BE filled with spirit sp-aking to
yourselves In psslmns and hyuns aud
sp'ri'u'l spngs. sin xiuS and making
mel dy Ia your hearts 10 the l. rd'
Ephe 5, Is, 10. Here is Divine au
thor,ty. l knnw tnnt s,me try to
make it appear thst the hymns here
are rs Inns, and that the spiri,usl |
songs are palms but the ap ,stle did
not wrl,e nonsense. and n,isenss 1t
W uld bs il he had said, 'Speo king TO
yourselves ii ps ,lmuS, aui psalmns,
aud psamns. All the s,p istry
that man can SUNNI IN will never c,n>
vince Intelligent men. "tnerwiss than
that Ia this sculpture psalm. is one
thing, hymns another thing. snd spirits
usl songs third tnius. Jus; ners
the truth IL, that our brothers creed is
like the prophets bed, 'Sh,rter than
that man eau stretch him elf uu it,
and the c,veriog narrower then th.t
he cau wrap himself 10 it, I.a %. 20.
A IL L refers ms tva .uk which
he tniuks VIII Set him, or his cause up
In tuls he reminds me II cer,ai,
young preacher making his first .ffnt.
He got along fine tll he gave out the
text. Then he, .okiug sround wl-ely
exclaimed vehemeutIy. rne pr .phet
said " The prophet SAID = Tue
prophet said ! then .u. u,ng to All u!d
minister in the pulpit said Quietly !;
'Br" A will tell y"u what the prophet
sa'd.' SEQ Pr'v 26. II.
IL is certainly evident to all. whn
bave been reading th~ cores puu deuce
that A r T. has entirely failed to set
aside The points / made iu my fret
paper. Notwithstanding all his hras-
gad"cio, he has given ~ scripture
warrant fn siugiug psalms, tn the
exclu.i'n ofhymus. In fact noue cau
be given. We have as much author
lty f'r sin:,ng hymns, ms we have tor
singiog psalms; mi certainly the
hymns arS d :tter suited {. tn, Spirit
ot the gospei. aud ioe dispensa,ion uu-
der which We live, thau r u.e, ver>
sion fthe psalmUs, aud c.ntaiu AZ
much iospirstipn. F,r iostsnce ts ke
the word 'Selah, !, is fund sixty
seven times Ia the Bi.ls version Il
the palms, and not one in Rou.e ;
and yet A r p ba'it, ,Dst Rouse ID
all inspired. l suppose these bre,hre n
claim the Bible Songs they sing, are
also inspired.
Wheu Se are nut Oh the staud. to
bear witness IN u case in g ,urt. We
are sworn TO '.ell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but The truth.
If we know the truth, and fail tu tell
il, we ale guilty Of perjury. S. here
we trs TO tell the whole truth ia
sacred song, 50 far as the truth il re-
vea'e ~ Us In the d aud N T. If we
fail e. do 80, ws tall sh ,rl in duty,
yet those who do f.,l IL this dury, have
the b,lduess Ia say, We know We are
right, aud hat, we are 10 the direct
line of Christ. prayer, W .ii- al the
hymn singing part oi tho chIrc is
guilty OF sin.
Will A X r p es,a rea the frat 5
verses of The 7th chapter If Mat. Tneu
o"tice--yt have judged In the
e"mmu"i u. ,ou say. sts"d back.
Later, it Will b. Christs time to Judge;
'ep,a, the 2"d yerse you ~e, your
own acts will condemn you, God
must be just.
Again, will the Btulher pl sse turn