Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-04-10
'T7H][E ALPOgIRI[PHA DFQILL
OF SPLENDID ADVISE.
Bill Arps Logic Brings Ou the Fact that Unmarried Men
Not Overburdened with Unselhshness

the prophets, he says of Solomon
"By his body he was brought into
subjection and did'st stain his honor
and pollute his seed and brought
wrath upon his children, and his
kingdom was divided" l never did
have a profound admiration for q
man who said, "Rejoice, oh, young
man, in the wife of thy youth, and
be thou always ravished with he1
love-" and then goes off and marriea
800 wives and takes 700 concubines
His precepts we're good, but his OK
ample was bad, very bad. My doc
trine has always been that man has
no more right to two wives than q
woman has to two husbands. Let
him stand by his marriage vows.
This is the injunction of Jesus, the
Son of Sirach. AS sample of His
wisdom let me quote:
GA man that breaketh his wedlock,
saying, who seeth me; am I not
compassed about with Darkness he
forgetteth that the eyes of the Lord
are ten thousand times brighter than
the SUM-"
"Blessed is he who hath virtu-
GUS wife, for the number of his days
shall be doubled"
"a silent and loving woman is a
gift from the ,rd."
"a fool will peep in at the door of
the house, but he that is we'll nur-
tured will stand without"
"Do not banquet upon borrowed
money"
"Commend not man for his out
ward appearance, for many kings
have sat down upon the ground, and
one that was never thought of hath
worn the crown"
ga friend cannot be known in
prosperity, and all enemy cannot be
hid in adversity."
"Uso not much the company of a
woman who is singer lest thou be
captured with her voice.
Gre ice not over thine enemy
,,1,o,, no :, I,,o
"Lend not TO him who is higher
than thyself, but if thou lendest
count it lost"
"Sit not down with the wife of
another man in thine arms, for it will
bring thee to destruction"
"My son, help thy father in his old
age and thou shalt have JOY in thine
own Children
"Have no fellowship with those
who are mightier and richer than
thyself, for how can the earthen ket-
tie and the pot agree"
"When rich man speaketh every
man holdeth his tongue and extol il
to the clouds, but if poor man
speak, they say, tWhat fellow is
this p"
'tBuild not house with another
mans money, for it is like gathering
stones for the tomb of thy burial"
ga thief is better than common
liar"
"Accustom not thy mouth tc
swearing nor to the naming of the
Holy One"
"Against him that is niggard Of
his meat his neighbors shall murmur.'
"Kcep sure watch over shame
less daughter lest she make thee {
laughing stock and byword in the
city and a reproach among thy peo
ple."
Whether this hook be inspired Of
not, it is full Of devotion to God anG
gratltude Tor Ills goodness. The
Old Testament Hebrews canon was
made up and closed before this Jesus
lived or perhaps Ecclcsiasticus woult
have been embraced in it. 1t is Ger
tainly entitled to as much considera
tion as Solomon's Songs, for there is
not a vulgar or lascivious expression
in it.
This much about the Apocryphs
will answer some inquiries / have re.
ceivcd, two Of them from preachers
Bill Arp.
800 REWARD 800.
Tho readers of this papc: will bt
pleased to learn that there is at least one
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