The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-19

slons to his old friend Memo, who
once for the sake Of advancing
Brother Schilling's interest suf-
fered a long banishment from
church privileges, tand who ever
stood his friend. Brother Schil-
ling goes clear out Of the usual
curriculum Of argument by as
serting that "Nemo will never
succeed in winning the Baptists
to his second blessing theory, or
adopt his views of holiness.
Now what has this to do with the
argument before him? This writer
has no exclusive views OF holi-
ness save those found in the BIZ
BILE, and we read there Ephesians
la, According as le hath chos-
en- us in him before the founda-
ton Of the world, that we should
be holy and without blame before
him in love. | am quite sur
prlsed that my brother should
array in public any desire broth
er may have to become better as
a personal argument Of discredit.
Memo cares no more for this
prosecuting taunt than he does
for the idle wind that he regards
not and the intended reflection is
no more to him than the silly
chirp OF the light footed Jay bird,
and it would never have been
made by Brother Schilling had
he not been out of argument; but
Memo can but be surprised that
his whilom friend should have
ventured TO fire gun at holiness,
that like n poorly cast cannon
may prove more deadly at the
breech than at the muzzlo besides
placing himself in a very peculiar
place, to defend which ne will
have to combat scriptural holi-
ness. My good brother goes a
/ great way farther in his argu-
mentum ad hcmeriem when he
castigates Memo for what he has
never written.
1t is customary to take a man
TO task for something he has
written, but Brother Schilling
breaks all known records civil or
ecclesiastical by condemning
Memo for not having written on
the Great Commission, and states
that this last command of the
risen Savior receives little aJten-
lion from Nemo's pen and that
lie practical question Of person
al liberality is also untouched by
this writer. Now the Great Com
mission is found in Mark 10: 15-
16, and it is so simple that any
child can understand it. In re-
gard to The Last Command, pos
sibly the verse in Luke "a: 40
might contest precedence with
that to which my brother refers.
1t is, tTarry at Jerusalem until
ye be endued with power from on
high" This power would be a
great thing for our preachers.
| If Brother Schilling means
writing on extensive giving TO
public things as thing | should
write on, | may give him yet some
views on this. / will not return
his compliment by suggesting to
him themes upon which to write.
] shall be liberal enough to leave
all these to his own good sense,
and | shall not return any un-
kind expressions towards my
brother, as / never return evil for
evil. am above that kind OF
worldly proceeding.
| would say that in regard to
: holiness, that If my brother de-
sires to remain like Reuben Gade
and half the tribe Of Mannasseh
on the wilderness side of Jordan,
on account of their cattle, he has
my consent. | prefer to cross the
river with the armed host and see
the victory of All and the falling
Of the walls OF Jerico, before the
trumpet blasts Of the Lord. ] de-
sire to share the gathering of the
grapes of Ephraim and the vim
tages of Abiezer and at the same
time get nearer TO Jerusalem and
farther from the flesh pots OF old
Egypt. | have no objection tc
; my brothers. taking religion or
the principles Of homeopathy il
he will allow me to be an allopatt
and take all Of it the Lord has
s for me in his boundless store.
Many of our people have so di.
> luted theirs, that now the virtue
of the tonic only exists in water
t | want water, not though'as al
: elixir of living life, but as mer'