The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-29
Was 1t Following In His
Steps for the Preachers to
Revtle Tillman?
MR. w. A. JAMES, JR, THINKS
NOT

Mr. Editor: Of course the election
viii! have been held when this is
published. but | beg that you allow
it to appear in your columns
In these days of perplexity l am
in doubt as to how much injury a
Christian should stand before the
point of active resentment is reached
| for one leave the Old Testament
out, tho / believe everything chron.
icled therein, and that the morals it
points are high and ennobIing. and
that the Jewish historians were
truthful and impartial. and from their
writings we learn the character of
God and the divinity of Jesus Christ
Our salvation begins with the new
dispensation. We are .reformers on
the old school Peter abhorred the
idea of returning to the law, and
from 1t we are now free
Returning to the question Jesus
rebuked His disciples for asking Him
to call down vengeance upon the
dwellers of certain village And
again. when He entered Jerusalem
riding the colt of an ass His adher
ents were sufficiently numerous to
clear the city of His enemies Even
while dying He begged forgiveness
for those who brought abou. His
death
If we consider the fact that He
had the power to overwhe!m His
enemies We may family discern the
stupendous self control exerted and
sacrifice made in order to set us an
example Aud Stephen following
that example prayed thus, clay not
this sin to their charge" " Paul also
Uttered many things and multitudes
others were destroyed by the
whelming food of Satan's rage, and
yet not one has been recorded as
having heaped curses upon their
prosecutors. And why Because
God so loved the world (uot the
church, that He gave His only
begotten Son, &c, and they being
DIS lWltateO him.
Were the crusaders right 10 trying
to redeem the tomb of Jesns from
pollution ? I think not, for we all
pity the error and smile at the fauat
icism of their efforts
We say we are more learned now.
and ask. are we l read ten rem.
sons why we should vote 90 and 90
in the primary, published editorially
in denominational paper, and Sena.
tor TiIlman in one way or another
was mentioned in nine of them.
Have We the authority to aven1e
our wrongs q? Vengeance is mine
saith the Lord"
II one induces q man to Law aside
evil, evil is crushed and q man ia
saved ; now on the other hand, if it
takes too much time and effort to
accomplish along that line shall we
appeal to Ceasar and destroy the man
along with the evil !?
1t has been written that the mis-.
sionaties advised the razing of Pekin.
l could not then believe it shall |
now?
l read Of bishop deuouu ciog tho
utteranoes OF a statesman as lies and be
slanderous liar. Is that bishop led
and controlled by the harmless and
helpful spirit OF God 7 II be is there are
two effects produced by the same spirit
he hes never affected me that way
Jesus said God would send angels
TO defend Him il He so requested
His every wish would have been graft.
ded whether working good or evil on
man.
We credit Paul with good miracles
Why not then also with tho power for
aoy kind of miracle. Shall We saw
that God only gave him power to do
good That would be uureasouab bio for
Jesus was able 70 do harm to men as
we'll as good aud Paul IN ost assuredly
had His power. yet be nover expressed
the faintest desire to use it for aveop.
log injuries to himself or other Chris.
tians.
Jesus Christ did call Herod a fox
But the Rev Gardner called Tillman a
thousand foxes.
When Jesus was derided and sooroed
did Ho ssrcastically advise bis tormen
tors to set up a doctrine Of their own
he did GOT. but Rev Thomas advises
I'''man to establish q theological semi
nary OF bis owo thereby holding up
that GLASS OF schools to contempt. | we'll
koo~ the temptation to expand when
we have the power. aud how We loyo to