The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-16
bcr in any particular require ohcdicncc

| bcr in any particular require ohcdicnco
Of all members in that particular.
Bat it is by no means an invariablc
| rule Of the member or Of the 0rranizu
| tion to he consistent.
| One member can commit an error, q
blundcr, hc inconsistent, and little or
| nothing is said or done about the act;
whereas, another member making the
| same mistake is arrnigncd before the
| tribunal or court of the organization
and made to endure "A penalty. Often
| more Difference is given to the party
concerned thaa the olrrnsc, and vice
| versa.
If this be brotherly love. or the
| Christians spirit, do not want it.
Now, just this ,tu.G o' affairs is III ac
ton among some of the churches Of the
y. Il. i. denomination in Ncwbcrry
county today.
y few years since, by the mistake, SO
rumor says, of the pastor schism Oc-
| currCd in one Of the churches. One
faction Withdrew withdrawing be-
with~a request the pastor had prom
Used to gratify, but by some means fail
cd to fulfill the promise.
The faction withdrawing determined
to have preaching from sou,c quarter
by some one. They selected preacher
who, after consulting his own MEM
bcrs, decided it was better to preach to
those people than let them go out of
the denomination, which they threat
cncd to do.
They got their preaching, removed
their membership, but remained in the
n. Il. u. Church. And because Of this
preaching to this particular people
that preacher labors under the ccnsurc
OF the n. II. L. Prcsbytcry today. OF
all this the public is cogni2ant
Now it transpircs that the same con-
duet is cnacted at Head Springs churchY
but even in Il worse degree. For if it
was wrong for preaching to he done for
| the faction which withdrew from their
church because their pastor failed to
carry ont their reasonable request, it is
Il greater wrong for preaching other
than by the pastor to 90 on at Head
Springs Church. This church appar-
entity is in unity, harmonious, has her
PASTOR at least for Il time. and possibly
for long time. Elc and the congrcga-
ton are looking forward to the con-
summation of relations. lie seems to
bc ZnalouS in his work, Is young, cncr-
gctir Id ambitious, with bis scnsibili-
ties sharpencd to the kcrncst edge, just
begun his career, not established in
the church on community, and his in
ilucncc for good scarcely fcltas yet. IIc
has voluntarily protlcrcd his services
for one more Sabbath per month for
Head Springs, and had entered upon
that work every third Sabbath even
ing. AS said, nothing unpleasant has
happened. The congregation is at
peace with themselves and at peace
with their pastor.
Vet unknown to the members and
without their approval very modest
man (so said feels such deep interest
IN the welfare Of Head Springs as to in
dividually procure the services of sov-
cral d. DIS, is to bear all expenses and
nave preaching on the third Sabbath,
the very day the pastor gave to those
people. thus displacing tho pastor and
GO 'rasting young man with d..
VIII this not tend to dctruct from the
more earnest and energetic work of the
pastor? viii it not rather dissatisfy
and draw the congregation away from
hlm? viii it. not cmbarass him, and
Will he not feel rs II he was unable to