The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-09-27
Thai Is What Arp Says of Late Simon
R,Ch!rdS0r.
HAS IEEN READING HIS BOOK
Bill Knew the Good Old rlan and Ad-
mired Him-Some of His Good
Work.

reading in a long time than the
Lights and Shadows of ltinerant
Life" being the autobiography OF Dr.
Simon Peter Richardson. For Hfty
years lie was ca the go from the Blue
Ridge to Key West, from Dalton TO
Brunswick and all the intermediate
country. He knaw more people and
w"s known by more than any man at
rs u3y. lie WAS original, unique.
:c.,iC:s. honest in his convictions and
r.a&y at all times to maintain them.
lIc never complained, never shirked
a duty. travelled thousands OF miles on
horseback and sometimes on foot,
crossed swamrs and forded streams at
his peril. was fed ard sheltered by the
EcCr. What faith. what zeal. what
diligence, and all for what-a sense CT
duty and his love for the Master and
The Masters work. No earthly re-
ward was gained or expected for he
and his family often suffered the PIN
chings Of poverty and even the calaml-
ty c; having his house burned and all
it's furniture and his wife and chll-
lren had to sleep in the barn upon the
cotton seed.
But he never falteTed and was al
ways aggressive He fought good
fight and kept the faith. He would
have succeeded in any Of the learned
professions and acquired both fame
ard fortune. for he had great mental
force. quick perceptions, personal mag
netism and was holy terror TO evil
doerS.
Mr.. Lucien knight has reviewed the
little book with charming aud truth
ful words. AS he says, there is not
page but shows the genius, the faltn
and the humility OF the man He was
not bound through prejudice or early
training to any creed, but made ms
own and even dared to impugn the IN
consistencies of John Wesley. His an
tipathy to Calvinism was intense. The
idea of mankind being responsible for
Adams sin shocked him and he woulo
have stricken the words Original
sin" and total depravity' from every
creed and prayer book. The doctrine
Of lest infants provoked his oitterest
sarcasm.
But these things are not in the book
to any invidious extent and it contains
but one sermon, and that is in the ap-
pendix. The charm Of the book is the
recital of his experience as an itin-
erant-the lights and shadows oi
busy life and his mingling with Inc
great men and ministers OF the oidcn
time, for he was side by side with such
I'll + NM CEtrQslt
Pierce, Paine, Andrew, Capers, Souie
and Kavanaugh, with Drs. BORING,
Means, Parks, Evans, Anthony and
Glenn. with Levick Pierce and Allan
Turner and in natural mental power
and pulpit force he was their peer.
The book will make you weep ana
laugh by turns Relating his first eA-
perience in 1910, when he left Dublin
for his circuit, he says: That nigh
was sad as the grave, for ] had just
walked up to the realities OF my sltaa-
tion ard felt conscious OF my inability
TO met the expectation Of the church.
After supper I went out in the darH 10
pray, kneelirg in the corner or the
fence. The dogs found me ana | was
forced to get on top of the fence:
From there they chased me to the shed
| that was built over the potato banks.
The barking OF the dogs aroused the
| boys and they came running Win
torch. shouting We've got him. We've
rot him." suQposing that L was the
same negro who had been stealing
their potatoes. They soon escorted
No to tho bouse. amid commissions Of
laughter. and the young lady thought
I was intensely green.
He refused to administer the sacra-
ment TO any one who sold CT drank
whigkey. at revival once church
ncmber who was we'll Off but very
.tincv, began to shout with great
gehemence, and Simon Peter stopped
his exhortation and peremptorily or
iered him to stop or leave the churcn
for no man had any right to shout
who had not paid his quarterage. Dur
ing reconstruction days a federal cap
ain forbade him to preach unless ne
would pray for the president, Ana so
| / prayed that the Lord Would TAKE
| ont of him and his allies the heart5 OF
beasts and put in them the hearts or
men or remove them from office. The
captain never asked me again TO pray
for the president. I have never been
convinced that we did any wrong IN
seceeding or fighting, and can see nc
eood reason now why We should not
| do il again" Speaking OF Original
sin, he says: "Mr. Wesley declares
that all the children are born under the
displeasure of God and are subject to
spiritual, natural and eternal death
| Tbis to ma IS a horrible doctrine.