The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-14
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
An Estcrmad Friend Aft,r tho Pr. .nchcrs-
hut tho rrouhle Ia Not All with
tho Preachers.

aid and News the killing Of young
Cartlcdgc in Columbia; you ask The
question, "WhnL is the remedy for The
existing evils of today" etc, and If the
| remedy can be found in statutory en-
actr"nt. | Auswcr, no. am inclined
TO think your fears rs to want Of moral
! training is Nhorc the trouble lies. !
also notice "a few words IN Kny'S letter,
asking pretty much tho same qucs-
lions.
The trouble is not altogether with
the parents, (Somctimcs ~c fear there
| Is IL lo0srnrs' in our moral teachings
some where 1t may be in The school,
but VIC believe it is in the mc.--Edi-
toriuN. The editor may he right so lar
as he goes. There is no doubt but
there is Il lu,:k Of moral training, both
in the school and in the home, and
in the failure OF the courts TO punish
the criminals :, but we fear that tho
lack Of mora; training and teaching is
where the trouble lies. We know that
there arc II great many people who
will not agree with us in what we are
going to say, but we propose to hcw TO
the line aud let the chips fall where
they please.
One Of tho greatest hinr!ranccs to
advanced civilization and Christianity
is the heathcnish doctrines that arc
| proclaimed from the pulpit Of the pre-
| sent day. The cruel doctrines of end
| less torture, doctrines that make God
| appear to men as IL tyranical, cruel
master instead Of Il just and loving Fi-
| thcr; one who will mctc out Justice to
all people. We know that prohibition
does not prohibits: we know that statu
tory laws do not keep people from COM
miLting crlmcs: neither does telling Il
man that il he does not quit SHINING
and do better he will be punished in
| hell forever, make him Il better man.
Sometimes he tries to make himself
| think he is doing better 50 that he can
| escape the awful doom which awaits
| him at the grave. Hc joins the church;
goes to church regularly: pays the
all this to escape the terrible fate that
awaits me.
Another great trouble is VIC have SO
many men in the pulpit today who arc
totally unfit for the place. They look
ut the pulpit as an occupation, living.
Preaching is today profession instead
OF Il calling, and free education to young
men who will make preachers of them,
selves is one cause OF the trouble here
! mentioned
They will get up in the pulpit and
tell about the widow giving her las,
mite, standing with open hand and
open mouth ready to take the last cent
from some poor fellow who just n few
moments before they have consigned tC
an endless hell. Whenever the pcopl,
stop paying for such preaching and de
mand something better, VIC will have
more morality but just rs long as ",
have this ki, L Of preaching from oul
pulDits, jusL so long W. may expect
this infusion of hcathcnish customs
Olr Father III heaven never intended
that preach 3rS should b. paid sucl
large salaries az they rccri, G for wha
little they do. From $j0N to S 900 pei
annu!r for bout two hours talking
each week add Il good part Of that j.
money talk. The minority of tn,
preachers OF today remind one OF
common sai"rird man who is alway
ready to uuii one job for II better pay
ing one. Whenever Il preacher gets
call to better place than the one h
holds you viii soon h. ar him say tha
the Lord has called him to Il new ncl,
of labor. They want big salaries s.
that they can live in luxury, raise thci
children in idlcncss, send them of f
fine colleges to educate them and teacl
them to think themselves better tha
, the poor people who have worked har
to pay them for what little they huv
, done.
We do not mean TO say that preach
f ers should preach for nothing, for "
| think when a preacher is II good on
, and dcvotrs his time TO the good wor
f he should be paid what ever the pcopl
II C able to pay him. 70 insure bette
times and better moral training let
, | have more such sermons as the one "
saw an extract Of in The Herald an
News by the Rev. w. |. Herbert, {
v Ncwbcrry, sometime ago If all on
preachers wonlC preach such sermon
y as that VIC would soon see Il markc
Il difference. We have some good me
in the pulpit. The writer has had tn
). pleasure OF hearing some fine sermon
q free from so much nonsense.
@ III. B. j.
;. ST. Philips, March 6, 1899.
Beats the Klontikr.
Mr.. A. G.. Thomas, Of Marysviil