Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-12-14

interest IN church work In various places
were advancing, have all been divided,
torn asunder, friendship alienated never
TO be restored, preachers in the pulpit
for no other purpose than TO carry their
plans, aided in their efforts by those
who in the past have deserted the Oreeds
of their fathers
have always felt kindly toward
/ those who came into our church Except
those ola dictatorial spirit, or who left
the former churches because they could
not get along with fussing, bringing
with them i'll will against former pastors
and would not speak TO former brethren.
/ have always been sorry for that church
made up of such people,. N.Y. myl
won't there be a sitting after a while.
So today the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church has been rent asunder. For
four years, from 1861 to 1865, we met
each other as National foes, each proving
true TO his cause, but when peace was
declared like men, true men, we sheath
ed our swords, never again TO be un
sheathed, What JOY there was in the
town of Evans, Indiana. as the news
came out more Grace than Politics in
the Cumberland Presby yterian Church.
And our church there today declares
that there will always be one q Z
Church. And so we have il from all
parts Of the North, South, East and
West. We are standing pat with more
than 100, 600 members to press the
Whosoever doctrine rs no others do.
This so called union comes TO us in dis
guise. No such deeds as have been
perpetrated could come from the spirit
of God. ST. Paul said "If any man
have not the spirit of Christ he is none
of his" ask myself the question
often, cam right? | want above all
things to be right with God and be-
lIeve / am, have an answer to my
prayers that am right. When by ac-
cident got into the eyangelistic work
in Alabama / asked the Lord to give
me souls for my hire if were right.
Nearly one hundred souls came out
confessing Christ. In the Torrey- Alex
, ander meeting of four weeks just the
time was in the work there were
twelve hundred claimed victory. See
the equipment? They had their six
hundred trained singers More often
with me had none. More than one
hundred preachers and personal workers
had been working for weeks before. l
had in my feeble way to do all the
preaching and most of the NrsOnal
work. Now if, under these adverse
circumstances, from a human stand
point, God honOred his word for man
that purposed in his heart to stand true,
f Do you blame me for using my influence
, for my church, having sacrificed my
u all upon its alters. While | have in
I the past abored as best could, growing
d poorer day by day, so far as this worlds
e goods 60, those that served, and some
a whom have loved as my own life, have
become rich, and today are heaping all
: the anathemas IN their power, and would
II if possible rather sweep me out of ex
|. istence than have the scheme in which
- they have become allies fail. The as
sertion that has beeu made that the
e Cumberland Presbyterian Church had
ol for years been trying to get in some
re bigger church is false. If they so de
3 sired it could have been accomplished
! long ago. The truth is that some OF
: our self appointed leaders along that
ID line have been doing their best to sell us
n, out, and this time they verify believed
~ the time had come when they could
.. succeed. cannot see to save my life
how it is that good men, if they be good,
can from any standpoint justify the
r unholy manner in which this thing has
s, been heaped upon us. 1t would have
ii been nipped in the very beginning if
the truth had been told. Instead Of il
being unanimous in the demands for
ne union there was one more Presbytery
in begging the assembly not to agitate the
Y. question than were for it. This fact
7 was held back. When the report was
made at Dallas the question was argued
NC for days and nights, at last, near mid
as night the proposition was made to sub
re nit the report. which carried, and in
.rs two ours we are told that the message
:. to the Presbyterian Church U S A sale
w that the Assembly had adopted the re
ng port by constitutional majority. Ther
lie AS the work moved on votes taken By
no the Presby teries l34 more votes wer,
"a against union upon the proposed basi
- than for it, A technical majority o
an Presbyteries is the only thing they hay,
OF All the while the church }as repeated,
ia said they would not be cOerced, subjugi
ty ted or confscated. Every decision, o
ID the Courts has guaranteed us our right
We need not have any fears. Our prol
re- erty, decided to lis, paid for by Cumbe
81 land Presbyterians, will remain ours
by My advice is to have just as little to d
,as with those that want to rob you as poss
o.s ble To our friends of other folds VIII
'' have taken sides with them / want t
ere say as Cumberland Presbyterians W
me have had to fight from the beginnin
not for an existence and will to the enc
rbe You have very poor way to ingratiat
yourselves in our good graces.