Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1906-11-20
To True Cumberland
Presbyterians.

WI y"A thAh my Fhlnef anu
Mother entered the christian life through
tie influence Of the Cumberland Church
when Il was in lie infancy, became
members Of the despised then a. well a.
now. Poor and weak, with nothing
but principle to look TO- they gave their
money, influence and work TO build Il
up helping to build church houses,
publishing and missionary boards and
supported all Of It's enterprises. My
brothers and sister have done the same.
! have given the best part Of my life to
her interests, and now after we from
obscurity have brought ourselves to the
front so recognized that the larger
Churches have been forced TO use our
Thunder and under cover of Revision
(so called are trying to swallow our
membership by the votes Of the wea er
Presbyteries, and conhscate our property
by law ignoring that clause of their
adopted Confession that declares that
the arms Of the law should give to each
denomination undisturbed rights (see
Prov ll-22) And the less informed are
telling it around to the ignorant class
that are left that there is no Cumber-
land Presby terrain Church.
/ am reminded of a little incident that
happened in Chicago when Robert In
gersol leetured in that great Auditorium,
when at his best, and to the mind of
his followers obliterated the last vestIge
of argument favorable for the Christian
religion, two young men were on their
way home when the one who had influ-
enced the other TO go out and hear In
eersol said, "Wasn't that great? Did
you ever hear anything like it2 Didn't
he just sweep away every stick and
stone? He simply didn't leave any.
thing of the other side at all, he certain
ly made clean sweep" The other
fellow said, 81 knoA one thing he didn't
sweep away, end that is my old mothers
religion So am ready to say with
one hundred thousand as tue men and
women as ever walked the earth, with
the decision of three Courts that the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church 10
here to stay. To strengthen the asser-
ton, they tell us 'T'here is no difference
since the Old Confession has been re-
vised (see Prov. IL 22). On examina-
ton we find that Calvinism in its high
est sense runs through the entire book.
Our General Assembly in May 1907 is
destined to be the largest in the history
of the Denomination. Presbyteries are
coming in tents to be in an old time
Cumberland Presbyterian meeting, to
hear the Whosoever Will Gospel as
only G P's can preach it. Our Baptist
Brethren preach it with immersion add
ed, our Methodist Brethren preach it
with an "Ii you hold out faithful to the
end" but Cumberland Presbyterians
preach it as recorded in st. John 3-16,
"FOr God So loved the world that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whose
ever believeth in him should not perish
but have everlasting life" l have been
travelling around and find that there
is a demand for Cumberland preachers.
1 met one of the Unionists in spirit
flled) around looking after his pay, but
in every instance the Sessions told him
that when he stepped out of the 0 P
Church into the Presbyterian Church
he was no longer their Pastor and that
the pay stopped. We have passed the
mile post of Argument but are busy
adjusting our cause to suit the environ
me nts. I verify believe that as Church
we will be stronger when the storm has
blown over than ever. OF course we
wi II not have so many ID DIS nor so
much measuring Of intellectual Arms,
but we will have more of the Spirit.
We have it recorded that ut is not by
might nor by power, but by my spirit
saith the Lord of Hosts"
On Cathey's Greek, in Maury County
is an old Presbyterian Church, South.
At one time the Pastor forgot his manu-
script and had to preach without notes.
At the close he apolOgized to his con-,
gregatiOn for leaving his manuscript,
and said that he had to depend on the
Lord that time but that next time he
would do better, he would bring his
manuscript.
am longing to see the day when
Cumber land Presbyterians will realize
more and more their need of the Lord,
to insure their intellectual training ben
eficiaI.