The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-08-19
REPLY TO 7. c. SCHILLING
CHOW FLATLY ARE OUR DAY
DREAMS THROWN,
When Truth and Fact Are
Simply Known.

friend L. G.. SchlllinQ has attack
ed the recent article of Memo,
"pugnis ct calibus" OF with fists
and feet, and therefore it is my
duty to reply, but in doing so L
shall confine myself to the ques-
tions at issue and not go into
personalities as | never attack a
man personally but do not mind
receiving the action of bodies Of
men feeling
"That freedom never can be teacher
''Where one cant wollop his Baptist
preacher
TWAS perfectly right for Broth
er Schilling or any one to have
attacked any fallacy in one s
correspondence; but as the con-
troversy all came out of my quo
tation from Bro. Lanes card, he
shonld have commenced his ar
ticle with that quotation as this
formed the very genesis of Nemo's
complaint. Instead OF doing this
he simply begins with my re-
marks upon what | said in refer
enee to that card without letting
the public see the quotation upon
which his castigation is founded.
Brother Lane set forth some-
thing like this: That sometime
ago in the presence of large
audience in church he offered this
proposition 81 want every mem
ber of the church here pres ant
who feels that he has no know
ledge OF having been converted,
and who does not feel that he is
saved, to come and give me his
hand. - In response to this call
a very large proportion, a ma
jority came forward and said they
had no knowledge of ever having
been converted and some spoke
out and said that if they had ever
lAG aay l--s,oa ohpJ G44 not
know it.
Now without any reference to
this proposition or rather the ter
rife response it elected, Brother
Schilling gives forth my remarks
upon the condition Of things this
note presented. ! said by way
of comment''The average preach
or is satisfied with this mere in
troductory form that religion as
sumes among US. Our preachers
(of course the average ones)
seem to desire no high attain
ments in grace, no upward
mounungs u spnltuai lie, no re-
quirement for a closer walk with
God. Their membership thus
deprived Of all incentives to a
higher life, set down upon the
ordinances and do nothing and
soon lose all sensibility in the
matter Of religion and then that
| exempt Mr.. Lane from the
above catalogue
Now Mr.. Lane was exempted,
not that | loved Mr.. Lane better
than Brother Schilling, but be-
cause never did regard Brother
Lane or Brother Schilling as be-
ing down among the list of the
average preacher, and the rea-
son Brother Lane was mentioned
here and not Brother Schilling was
because it was Lane's card that
had drawn out my assertions,
and | can but regret that Brother
Schilling should have located all
the other preachers, himself in
cluded, among the list of the av-
erage preachers.
Brother Schilling says "rhis
is thrust and Misrepresentation
and that he knows no minister OF
any note, who is not striving
constantly and zealously TO de-
velop his people in the Christian
graces. Now by the words .'oi
any note" / do not know what he
means? Perhaps by this he
means man above the average.
If he did then he is on my line OF
argument.
Brother Schilling knows three
Baptist preachers Iwho were very
recently at our July primaries
candidates for Office who are men
of note. And | would like tc
know Of him If these three were
striving constantly and zealously
for the upbuilding of our pros
trate Zion during the time of their
canvass? Brother Schilling coult
well reply to this in Shakesperi'
an phrase, ''No more Of thil
Hal as thou lowest me-
sfHow fatly are Ger day dreams thrown
When truth and fact are simply shown
i Brother Schilling's creates
mistake lies in his personal allu.