Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1904-11-10
Uncle Tom S
Chat.

Young America is travelling
with a velocity never known in
any age of the world before. |
have no objections to this veloci-
| ty of speed. But with this speed
they are running away from the
right and leaving obedience far
in the rear. l suppose they have
forgotten to carry along on their
lightning train honor to their ia
| Their and mother and | suppose
they do not know such freight is
conductive to long life in the
land where they dwell. Even
the churches are aiding this I'M
hallowed disobedience, and
through its ministry are sancti-
| flying the matrimonial contract
between boys and girls at the
tender age of IA years and that
to against the will and wish of
father and mother. A parent
these days has a hard time to
manage his children, the world,
the flesh and the devil with u
hypocritical preacher thrown in
for good measure makes some
parents have a hard struggle to
combat the whole allied frater-
nifty of the allied regions. | have
no faith or confidence in a
preacher that will prostitute his
church and his calling as some
do in marrying q lot of kids and
that to know their parents OBJ
ject. Hear it you meddlesome
preachers and repent of your sins.
The father and mother can give
their children in marriage and
with their consent no one ques-
ton your right to marry such a
couple. The cry goes up from all
over the laud of the disobedience
of young people and no wonder
where the pulpit becomes the
ally of disobedience and the or
dained ministers prostitutes their
high calling and abetting child
rem in their disobedience and
even some care so little about
the teaching of Christ that they
don't hesitate to marry divorced
people. Some people imagine
the laws of the State are the laws
of God and like the Jews and
Pharisees propose to keep the
law regardless of what Christ
taught. The public press is do
ing about as much rs the ministry
is doing toward teaching the
, children obedience to their par
ents. Preachers appear to be
afraid to teach or talk plain tC
young folks in this age for feal
they will quit coming to church
Let them quit, the old folks have
nearly all quit because the
preaching somehow don't rims
right. Occasionally some ole
} fogy will come around and preach
straight doctrine, not often be
; cause of this lack of Christian in
struction. Some of our youn!
9 people are going wild as animal
8 of the forests and in some sec
tions they reverence the house o
God about like hog would re
e verence stable.
4 Not long ago attended churcI
q some distance from Tracy City
where the boys stood in front o
n the door so ladies could hardl
enter the church and during TIN
d service they talked loud enoug
to be heard in the house, the
G were fussing and wanting to iigh
a after service they whooped an
followed, shot their pistols an
u cut up scandalous. As bad q
t. Tracy City is said to be she is nc
in it with some other places
d know Of. Children obey you
If parents for it is right. | kno'
this chat will go to the homes {
Ie some of the boys who acted s
s. bad and caused Uncle Tom t
e. skin them severely on that Sur
s. day night. | have told you tina
is a young man that wouldn't VI
\. hold the honor Of his communit
h. is worthless to the community
Always stand for God, home an
country and there is no bette
is way to do it than by starting
obeying your parents.
UNCLE Tom.
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