West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-01-04
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.
It's Trouble and It's Remedy, By
Pastor Preston.

december z, -lS03.
krNewooD. w. VA, Dec.a5, 'e3.
For THE ARGUS -
z. Some time has now elapsed since
my first article was written for the
ANGUS. have looked II over and
have listened TO such criticisms ma
have come to hand. Much has
been said in favor of che spirit.
tone, drift aud substance of the
article. The position it takes is
tenable aud defensible. a few de-
mails and misapplications have come
to hand, and these prove nothing
against our position. A denial
proves nothing, but puts the harden
OF proof on the Affirmative. This
We will attend to in due time.
Misapplication and misinterpreta-
ton prove nothing. They only
show the simplicity Of the objec-
'ion. his lack Of information, or his
dishonesty.
s. There are evidently faults on
both sides Of this Church difficulty.
My former article was constructed
on that basis. No sensible man
denies this fact. Any man OF
ordinary intelligence and honesty,
whose mind is not worked by preiu.
dice and spite. knowing the facts in
the case of our church trouble,
might readily have seen that this
was plainly implied in my article OF
Dec. 2, 1898, IN the ARGUS.
IL must not be supposed that all
the fanlt is on the Dubs side.
thongf they arc most in fault. 1t
must not be supposed, for one mo-
ment, that there are no faults or
errors OH the Fischer side OF this
question. Our friends have said
and done many things whIch we
regret. They are not altogether
free from fanlt. The more
thoughtful among us will not say
that eve are free from fault. >"
But on all the main issucs IN this
trouble the Bowman and Eschcr
people are in the right, and it will
be so decided in the end. IL is
orly question of time. On the
main issucs, Dnbs and his followers
are clearly IN the wrong. 1t seems
to US that the moro intelligent
among them must know this.
Thus it will be seen that Pastor
Preston is not "neutral" on the
church issues, as has been asserted
by correspondent in your paper.
Pastor Preston is masculine gender
and not nenter, and is positive in
his convictions on the church ques.
tions at issue in this unfortunate
trouble.
o. st. Math. 5:2i--24. Accor
ding to the Written Word Of God
1t is wrong to call reproachful
names, and dopreciating epithets.
Yet there are those who stand in
the sacred desk from Sabbath, to
Sabbath, as leaders and teachers Of
the people, and yet will indulge in
such language as, fas ignorant as
mule "Pseudo pastor" ''imper-
tineut questions" "Scribcs and
Pharisees, hypocrites- Math. 90:
13--IG. +" "Esberism, +" ''Dpbsites, =
"daring audacity," "slurs and in
situations" "miserabIe preten.
der, f" "a minister from Ohio claims
to be PASTOR" "pretends to act az
pcaccmakcr," "The CALLING yoke Of
JJ Esber's tyraoicaI government" j."
Bosses" " "siIIy tongue" etc. etc.
This bandying Of nicknames, in
spite and malice, back and forth is
lal wrong, and is foreign TO the
Spirit Of Christ, and against the
express teaching Of the word Of
God. II matters not who induIees
in IL. II is radically wrong.
10. There is bnt one "EyanQeIi.
cal Association" ia Preston county.
Weat Virginia. and in the world.
A man can join but one. There
are bot two organizations. q man
may change his opinions. but he
can not change from one Evsngeli.
ell Association to another There
is no othe~, uuless it be bogus
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