The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-08-11
For The Ledger.
Is Ephesus in South Carolina, or
South Carolina in Ephesus

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smith, which made silver shrines for
Diana brought no small gain unto the
craftsmen; whom he called together
with the workmen of like occupation.
and said sirs, ye know that by this
craft We have our wealth.
Moreover, ye see aud hear tbao not
alone at Ephesus, but aim st through
out all Asia. this Paul hath persuaded
and turned away much people. saying
that they he no gods which are made
with hands b that not only this our
craft is In danger to be set at naught,
but also that the temple Of the great
goddess Diana should be d. spised and
her magnificence should be destroyed,
whom all Asia, and the world wor-
shippeth. And when they beard these
sa ings, they were full OF wrath, and
cried out, saying Great is Diana OF the
Ephesians, And the whole city as
filled with confusion: some ther efore
cried one thing, and some. another for
the assembly vas confused and the
more part knew not wherefore thev
were come together" Acts 1926, 81,
%, 20, 32.
Men, brethren and fellow citi-
zens, when l hear such an uproar
and 80 much fuss and contention,
by Ben Tillman and his colleagues,
for the protection of his dlspen..
sary god, | find myself, asking
the question, where am IL am l
among christians, or among
heathen idolater., like the Ephe-
siuns were when Paul was irving
to persuade them to the christian
faith ? Aud when test the
problem by the infallible standard
of truth, l find that we have
laws upon our statute books that
are in conflict with the law of
God. Fellew citizens, these things
ought not to be. To think of a
people, for instance South Caro-,
linians, processing to be christians,
and at the same time, holding, and
forcing, the bottle to their broth.
ers' mouths, and putting evil men,
such az Demetrious, for instance
Ben Tillman, in high places. Ben
Tillman, reminds me of certain
Elymas, sorcerer, a false proph-
ct. whom Paul met at Oaphos. 1
l don't know which is the
meansst.
Let US read what God done for
Elymas:
"Elymas the soIcerer, who with.
stood them. seeking to turn away the
deputy from the iaith. THEN Saul,
who also is called Paul, filed with the
Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him aud
said. q fIul OF subtlety, ard all mis-
chief, thoL child OF the devil, thou
enemy Of all righteousness, wilt thou
not cease to pervert the right ways Of
the Lord ? And now. behold, the rand
OF the Lord Is upon thee. and thou
shalt be blind. not seeing The sun for
season And Immediately tn. re fell
on him a mist, . dark ness; and he
went about seeking some ore to lead
him by the hand.r Acts, 1873. 8 10. IL.
& suppose God blinded hIIn for an
example, He that wishes an un-
g"d'y man god speed, becomes par.
taker OF his evil deed"
Drunkard, what made you 2
1.-The dispensary made me-" Dis
pensary, what made you2 "The
law, made me-" Law, who
made you ''The legislator
made me-" Legislator, who
made youi "The ballots in the
hands of the churchman made
me-" Churchmau, did you cast
a ballot for the man that made
the law that made the dispensary
that made the drunkard 'Well.
L always stick to my party"
That Is not the question | asked
you sir. Did you vote for the
man that voted for the law that
made the Dispensary that made
the drunkard3 eyes. He repre-
sented my party, and l never
scratch the ticket" Take this
picture, my fellow citizens; here
is a chain with the following links:
A drunkard, a dispensary, a law,
a legislator and voter-fve links.
Do you see lta Let us 60 to the
last link. Poor drunkard, where
are you going2 "To hell" How
do know2 "Thc old Book saws,
mo drunkard shall enter the
kinndnnn nf hnnunnI ... L.