The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-07
REV. 7. ]. DUNCAN,
Writes the Herald an Interesting
Letter From Mexia, Texas.
Thirty Five Conversions in a Pro
tracted Meeting Much Revival
Work Throughout the State.

Herdtd-Howdy! How are you all
any way? IL has been two years
since | have seen any of you Ten
nessee people. Lots Of things have
happened since then. 1t has been
lively time at both ends of the line
Yeal of grief and gladness. Years
OF life and death. When your
HERALD comes TO see me il makes
me laugh and cry by turns. When
you are mourning those you love, |
anu mine are ofttimes mourning
With YOU. When your festivities
are on we rejoice with you. Buck
Peel les neeo not think that he owns
the earth. | have some rights there
my self, and he Is bound to respect
them. There are hill-sidts and val.
legs crowded with those who were
dear to me when on that District,
whom | will never forget and for
ever love. Uncle Goldman Green's
avorlte expression was, mighty
good to me, mighty good to me-"
L closed last night a protracted
me citing in my church. 1t was con-
Quoted twelve days and resulted in
30 conversions at the altar Of prayer.
Don't think that the old and Goo
honOred method of bringing sinners
to Christ has been abandoned in the
Lone Star State by the Methodists.
We are inquiring Tor the old paths,
and are trying 10 walk therein. All
over the State the cry is heard,
Come over and help u.s." Preachers
are going to and fro III the vineyard
of the Lord, and the revival columns
of our Texas Advocate are crowded
with the good news Of salvation. AS
for my meeting, it was the most
religious time have seen in the town
for the number saved that | have
known since | have been in it. AS
former pastor put 1t, The town has
been pretty thoroughly worked"
I have received twenty into the
church, and others will join. We
have an excellent Sunoay-school,
and League; Guy parsonage, and
comfortable church, with 800 MEM
bers, and good living. This is my
second year here, ana [ will wallop
the first fellow that gets IN my moons
hine. Goodness, boys; don't print
that "moonshlne' like [ did
The health of BLACK Eyes" and
myself Is good. | weigh 1870, ana
preach tw ice ii day with more ease
to myself than [ ever did. ! have
| been among the brethren a great
deal this summer. Some of you will
be glad to know that [ assisted in
meeting in Cleburn, where your old
friend Volney Cyrus and family live
| You had better believe | was glad to
get among friends of long ago They
comprise lovely family, and are
doing well, as they justly deserve to
do. The truth is that | have not
been in a town in Texas that / did
not find some Tennesseean who
numbered among the friends of long
ago.
Our state is red hot with politics.
Two hundred thousand majority
! democratic, she suffers more from
inter party politics than from the
foe without. The democratic ma
iority, number of Methodists, auu
the number of Baptists are about the
same. What an inviting field for
the religeo-political aspirant! ad
vertise him in time that be may
have some trouble in catching the
step. | rejoice at Ned's success.
No one has watched him with more
interest than [. Walter Akin knows
that | have the proof that Ned is
noble hearted and true. No man
ever loved Columbia boys, and re
joiced more in their prosperity and
promotion than | have. Seven years
IN the West have shown me more
clearly how highly favored are our
Eastern boys.
This is a great country for truly
noble, well trained boys to come to
honor and usefulness. 1t is a fear
full field for the sowing of wild oats.
The hand of the law is getting to be
quite heavy out here. There is great
determination on the part of the best
element of society here to break
down the idea so often met abroad
that we are hardly civilized peo-
pie. A famous case is 70 the point.
A community of well to-do farmers
had "A grievance, just or unjust,
against family, aud thought that
they could mob them with IMMUNITY.
They mobbed them. Three, an old
man and his two sons, were found
hanging to tree. Now eight of the
mob, said to be all save three who
turned States evidence, are in the
pen for life. Thirteen women and
forty-nine children have been left
without fathers and husbands. The
murderers trusted to their wealth
and social position to shield them
from the just punishment of their
awful crime, but their shield vas in-
sufficient, and they will never repeat
their folly and sin again.
The cotton crop Is good, and the
prices very encouraging TO the
Iarmer. The corn crop Is short in
this immediate community; but
suppose that the general crop is not
so poor as 10 make breadstutf very
high.
There now! 1t is about time for
me to stop. L closed my meeting
last night A brother has just left
my study with promise from me to
go five miles in tie country and
preach for him to night. AS the
Spaniard woald say, ''Adiosl"
Il. j. DUNCAN.