Richmond planet., 1899-07-15

Prayers To Be Offered For His
Erring Antagonist.
DECLARES THAT HE IS READY TO CONTINUE
THE EARGUMENT-AN OPEN CHALLENGE.
Editor Richmond PLANET:

Editor Richmond PLANET:
''While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return"
see from an article in the last issue
Of the Virginia Baptist" that the peo-
pies prayers bad one degree of good
effect on my friend, DR.. q d. Lewis.
On every side the question is being
asked, How on earth did brother
Lewis answer brother Graham and not
use any more slang and mud than he
did7" Thank God, there is still vir-
tue in prayer. You see it is this
DR.. Lewis had treated me mean SO
long until he thought was afraid OF
his nasty little pen. serve notice on
him and all other would-be heavy
weights that I am ready to meet them
on their own grounds and discuss any
ond al points they may name.
is BEING CONVERTED.
know DR.. Lewis is being converted
because In his letter before the last. /
was Mr. Graham" q style of address
colored folks apply to persons exclud-
ed from church,; in his last letter I
am REV. Graham" and "B=other Gra-
ham, and in winding up he tried to
put me on equality with himself, Cor
hear him: pray for brother Graham
and me-" Did DR.. Lewis say thatP
Well, we have this satisfaction, while
the natural bent" OF DR. Lewis mind
is to talk bad and use coarse language
there seems 60 have been some power
ful warnings from some source, and
wisely needed. But though he is lust
from his brothers. funeral. the
thoughts of which weighted him down,
he shows here and there that he is my
enemy he, here and there makes ugly
hiats. II do not believe that Rev. Gra-
ham believes what he says, but for the
purpose OF dragging me TO his level he
would feign make my friends believe
that am dishonest" II l ever sue
ceed in dragging DR.. Lewis to nv
level" / will have hard fob of work.
1t ahard thing to take q man who has
written mud. singing articles, SAC
cordiDg to the natural bent of his
mind" all of his life, and raise or even
drag" him to the lofty spheres Of
pure diction.
NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS.
Nothing can do it but the blood Of
Jesus and the prayers of His saints.
Let US continue in prayer.
DR. Lewis is anxious to get ont of the
awkward dilemma he got into by call
ing up that True Reformer matter. -
will let him go, but truth cannot ac-
company my patient.
Listen at him: "The written record
seems TO prove the Rev. Graham false.
however much he may shade it." DR..
Lewis simply quotes from a speeeh
made by the Rev. w. w. Browne, q
CORE ction of which Rev. Browne made
to me before his death. But if DIR.
Lewis wants the truth why did not
Deacon w. P. Burrell give him the
written tficIai record from the books
OF the office and not carry him 8 rewS-
paper never Joined the TRUE REFoRM
ERs BUT ONCE IN MY LIFE. First, Joined
the Manhattan Fountain in Alexan-
dria. / trs nsferred to independent Foun
tain in Danville. / transferred from
independent to Emerald Fountain of
Richmond. How about that DR.. Lew
is1 Yeu live right around the corner
from the General Office of the Order.
can't You go around and get right?
On forgot to tell you that Joined
the MAsoNs in Alexandria, tOos
MoRE'ABoUT THE BORROWED MONEY.
II DR.. Lewis admits that told a half
truth about the borrowed money from
Rev. W. w. Browne. Just tell the peo-
pie they know the rest.
Deacons G. O. Smith and Edinboro
Archer can tell DIR. Lewis that he want
ed the Fifth st. Church. Dr.. Lewis did
ask me to write him, IL / did not went
the Fifth st. Church, giving as his rea-
son that that penitentiary bottom was
no place for a man like him. But whv
should l repeat the statement when
al Richmond knows that DR.. Lewis in