The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-17


That coming events cast their shad-
sows before, is an old saying and
true one.
Several years ago uha public mind
had arrived at such a stage as to make
! the desirability Of marriage a debatable
question. Is marriage a failure?'
had itsrun, performed its mission and
J the substance Of the shadow made its
appearance in the increase of divorce.
e, suits and agrowing tendency among
the young people to remain in = state
off single blessedness, as some
choose to have it.
That suchsa q question should engage
Sthe attention Of the reading public
was pointed indication Of the pro-
3Sgress off ! ! Generalization which had
taiSenss d itself the name Of culture, "
and yunderithis alias was to march for.
ward sowing the seed and preparing
the ground for other progressive
movements until the Bible be proved
IS fraud and God a myth. Even to-day
the advance has been SO great, that it
is nothing at all remarkable to hear
young men and young women openly
proclaim themselves as disbelievers IN
the Bible, and one more step will have
them: pro claim that there is no God.
InSthe!o olden times-forty years ago,
.eyen-iD Georgia, such people would
! have been Stunned as serpents: Never
could 3 young man who held such SEN
stiments have associated with the girls
q ssof Old Hebron church down in Pike
but thatiolds church has passed away,
and sold for $40 not long ago; and
nothing remains pom the ground but
the graves: Of q people who trusted in
God and believed in the Bible, and if.
ST it q we're VI ignorance with them. they
found bliss IN IN the faith, and left be-
Hind h q consola sions never to be had in
the ranks ofs ) culture which makes
The IL m grave the end Or death leap in
tbs dark. ention this old church
sassa s ssanipl $of the best which have
IL passed before the advance of
s. progress, {, s. and { tbink:that in settling
down ia the little town. Of Concord
only q mile away the congregation has
been blessed IN a location far beyond
many others, and from what know;
f .offs the people, Ibelieve that there will
remain d. IN IN the new church enough Of
holy reverence to leaven the whole for
along time to come, and S make It one
sof2 the last toll forsake God and join the
devil.
But the passing away Of these old
country ch hurches, the houses them
& selves, sis il nothing but sentiment.
There would be nothing very dangerous
81 81 this. The great trouble lies in the the
81 passing away Of the old preachers. Do
syou ,,,5, suppose I that the grand old preach
3: :ers5 who built up old Hebron and made
5it q place; whose associations 50 twined
around art, the hearts Of thousands, that
q sweet and holy memory still holds
chem toithe spot. even though the
house IS gone, would stand any show
ing l in$5 this day and time? Not bit.
Why, remember once when that
c.ot,ao,dl--and .t,a, he was a very great man, !
know mo It nowold Uncle Billy Nosely
walked all the way from Griffin,
ssighteen miles, on q Sunday morning
sto preach the funeral Of common old
Hard dshell sister who was so poor that
she could not bury herself He would
be tsi arrested now, as a man afflicted with
5paranoia bar q if he we're here and were to
sperfotr Sc: Il d such a Thing. But he preach
ed e d. two /, hours and those he failed to
convince Of the goodness Of. { God, he.
s,i made & believe that hell was only fifteen
!, sor e twenty feet below the surface, ana
that III, the i devil was down there stirring
the them lllpz with . long fire stick and
pitching Is, them about with his iron
Z nitchfork. Late day culture calls this
all foolish. It seems to be :he most
important now to make big collections,
and yet it seems that they are unequal
to this task. Every day they bring
III sup some new scheme for raising money
money, money, and yet the demand
] is neverc satisfied. The preacher has
sunk his individuality and give up.
discipline in the church and caters to
whims Of the rich and rings in sisters
and brothers to help him, but still the
CRY. is for more money, more style TO
.sdraw, = more catering to whims, till
the time is about here, to spring the
question
SIS preaching failure 2