The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-16

hat their resalts NAV be avoided. It is

that their resalts may be avoided. It is
not assuring that Dr. c. G. Hall was so
vigorously attacked ess being elected to
the presidency Of Onion Theological
seminary. Such narrowness is founded
wholly upcn . l2isconcsntion OF the ac-
sence Of any conception ct al. The at
tempt ca tie part CT Il few people of
small knowledge to ''nuzzle'' certain
college professors ard preachers is 1aT:-
idly making naay wise and gG1d pso-
pie suspect the utility CT theological
schools and partisan religionists. About
80 per cert ef the Eos5 intelligent
preachers regret that they studied the
ology, as they know that it units them
for the real duties CT life. There is
theology that is lhelptal, but it is rarely
taught in cur schools. Mr. 32LEoody's is
sailing DR.. Lyman A5bctS III the way ne
did is rot IN the ilteres5 OF either re-
iigicn or scholarship. Fortunately the
educated and thinking people Of the
country are not looking 10 Mr. Moody
for instructions, because they know that
he has not one single claim to scholar
ship; he has studied in a learned way
nothing; he cannot give a critical def
milton of a single word, or a critical
exposition cf q single sentence in Eng
lish or any>os.er language, hence his
statements in The independent are
worthless, and that paper, i'll spite Of
its unusual conservatism, "rebuAed the
madness CT the prophet. y
Another cnfavorable indication is the
ambition of a few eastern preachers to
become the presidents pastor. This IS
very unseemly and is not much akin to
that spirit who said, blessed are the
meek, for they shall inherit the earth. .
A minister Of Jesus should follow Jesus.
Another unfavorable tendency is a reck-
less handling of statistics. First, we are
given, as evidenceof the genuineness Of
a preacher work, the number Of con-
verts he makes, the number of people
who hear him preach and the rumber
of dollars he raises 70 the thoughtful
man these are evidences Of nothing but
pride Our foreign secretaries in the
midst of an unprecedented financial
panic are urging us to take up the usual
large collection for foreign missions.
Yea, they even ask us to increase them.
Has any foreign missionary or secretary
or treasurer cut down his salary volun-
tarily? When most of US laymen are liy-
ing on half as much as is our wont,
these gentlemen, who are supposed to
be patterns Of piety, ought to set noble
examples of self sacrifice. We are not
opposed to religious missions, but they
ought to be conducted on a reasonable
basis.
These are some of the unfavorablo
tendencies that are to be hoted, and
they indicate that there is yet much to
do within the church to secure that
lofty living that its founder designed it
to set forth. There is kind Of church
that is always welcome-the church Of
the meek and lowly, the church of the
righteous and faithful.
Such churches Will doubtless increase.
During the year just passed 131 per-
sons were lynched, of whom 1872 were
in the south and in the north. Of the
lynched all were men except one. Eigh-
ty were negroes and 81 whites. Of the
odium of lynchings Louisiana has to
bear the greatest share, as more people
were put to death through this method
than in any other state, no less than 25
persons in Louisiana having been ush-
cred out of existence in this informal
way.
". T. Stead is doing noble work in
the publication of the Masterpiece libra
~, consisting of the Penny Poets, Pen
ny Popular Novels and Books For the
BARNS and Penny Prose Classics. This
is a most noble enterprise, and every
community should make good use of the
opportunity to put this cheap, good lit
erature into the hands Of the young.
The late Professor E. Lucas of Paris
was one of the greatest of mathemati-
clans. He reached very sensible con-
clusion after years Of experience-that
the common methods Of teaching arith-
metic are 'funereal' and result in the
tinter1nent" Of the mind.
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