The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-10-12
THE sage Of
POSSUM FORK.
DISCUSSES TAINTED MONEY and HOLDS
that "THE ALTAR SANCTIfIETH
The GIFT"

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Editor County Record:-l have
been readlng.with much interest the
pros and cons of the tainted mon
ey" dilemma and fee like compli-
menting the Brooklyn Eagle for its
very sensible conclusion: that money
ey does not faint, and if 1t did, the
taint.would be re moved by putting
the money to good use. The strange
infatuation with which the divlnes
and some of the best writer's hold out
against receiving gifts from unholy
contributors to church purposes Is
as surprising as curious. Let us go
to adquarters, the Bible, for ad-
vice:
"And Jesus beheld the people
cast their money into the treasury
md many that were rich cast in
much. but certain poor widow
Cast in two mites, and he said: Il
say unto you that this poor widow
hath cast in more than they ALL for
she hath cast in all the living that
she had. Truly it was more to her
than all the large gifts were to the
rich, and the Lord valued it be.
cause it was such sacrifice. But
all was Gods money and "the altar
sanctifeth the gift Matthew xiii.
10. "The cattle upon thousanS
hills are mine," saith the Lord, "for
the world IS mine and the fulness
thereof" All in the Jewish nation
was required to castHnto the Treas
ury, ana can any one suppose for a
moment that there were no unholy
contributors in that crowd? But
"the altar Sanctifeth the gift
Now when the gifts are cast into
the treasury the responsibility of
the contributor is at an END, and it
is then up to Gods stewards (the
preachers) to put the Lord. money
to work evangelizing the world.
Their actions can clog the gospel
wheels or roll on the good work;
therefore, if any of Gods creatures
bring an Offering, be that creature
good Or bad, i6 is Gods money and
his stewards dare not refuse it nor
neglect to- put 1t to work.
The Lord rules the universe of
millions of suns and systems by cer-
tain automatic laws. Once having
been put in notion the centrifugal
and centripetal forces Of propulsion
and gravitation are automatically
evened up SO that each system re,
wolves and travels in its proper
sphere obedient to Original Purpose,
and He also rules the nations of the
earth. He made man the highest
type of pre-agency and gave him
certain laws to obey and holds hin
him responsible. If one is failure
he puts in another, that the economi
of his government shall rot fail
| God rules and says. My word
shall not return unto me void but
shall accomplish that wherenuto
sent it. Of Ephraim of old he said
"Let him alone; he is joined to HI:
Idols And Of certain wicked dis
believers St Paul says: "God viii
send strong delusion that they may
believe a lie. " And when God says
"Let him alone and takes tn,
promptings of the holy spirit from
him he is left unrestrained and auto
maticslly drifts into strong delusior
and believes lis-belieyes that ht
oan buy Gods favor with money anc
thinks it TO be his own money, bu
it is Gods money.
| The decree Is thZ man.-nOt an
tgels-must carry the gospel to al
the world. The people must put
part of the Lords money in the gos'
pei channel and the stewards must
do the work. But | do think the
ridiculou. quibbling over the recep'
ton of Mr. Rockefeller's 500, ,00e
missionary gift is a sin against Gods
ruling economy, as well against the
uncivilized nations for whose benefit