Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1907-04-11
ON DIVERS SUBJECTS.

Editor News: 1t has been a long
time since | saw my name in the News.
Not receiving it regularly, | only see a
copy occasionally, which | read with
interest. Several weeks back one of
your correspondents stated that the
Scripture said that the time will come
when we cant tell winter from sum
mer, except by the rising and falling
OF the sap of trees" would like for
him to give the chapter and verse, in
the Old or New Testament that
says so.
In your March 21st issue Scrabble
harder" intimates that no one but a
Christian can make true prophecy.
differ with him if he means no one
who does not believe in the divinity of
Christ or who disbeljeves in his mir
aculous birth from Virgin. In fact,
he emphatically denies the existance
OF any such being ever lived Here is
his prophecy made November, 1900, just
after the election: Mckinley will die
in the midst of his second term and
Roosevelt will finish out the term.
-Four years hence Roosevelt will be
elected president to succeed himself
During his presidency the United
States will become involved in world
war and will be miraculously victOri-
Gus over five allied European nations. "
| The prophet failed to give his name,
so do not know who he ID or was. l
was taking monthly magazine in
which the prediction was written at
the time. He certainly made pretty
good guess as to two of the events to
take place, and there is plenty of time
for the other to happen during Mr..
Roosevelt's unexpired term.
| agree with "Scrabbleharder" in
reference to support of schools instead
of SO many churches. look on ma
lority of the preachers as a lot of dead
beats that could well be dispensed
with.
AS to "Uncle Gid's" grandfather s
ghosts | can t tell whether he ever saw
any or not but spirits or ghosts have
always existed since the death Of the
first man, and will continue to exist
and be seen until the final wind-up of
! time, if it is ever wound up. There
are many well authenticated instances
of persons seeing ghosts in all ages of
the world, from the ghost of Samuel,
raised by the witch of EndOr down to
the present time. Man is a complex
being, composed of physical body and
a spiritual body. His spirit is not his
soul. The Bible does not teach that
spirit and soul are the same. If the
two were the same the God or the au-
thor who wrote the transaction of the
Creation, made a blunder when he
said, God breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life and man became
Il living soul, not living spirit None
of the apostles used them interchange
able. Our ignorant sky pilots. Bible
FOUNDERS or journeyman soul-savers,
also known as preachers, either igno-
rantly or purposely misinterpret the
Scripture in this respect and in many
other respects. | wish to say to the
readers of the News that spirits, as a
rule, are not dangerous There are
good and what are called bad spirits.
You are surrounded by them all the
time. Spirit means breath. 1t does
not mean soul or ghost. The Latin
phrase "Sanctus Spiritus'' means set
apart breath. The Testament writers
translated it into ''sanctified spirit,
and ignorant sky pilots call it Holy
Ghost 1t was not so understood il
tho beginning. The Greek term ''Hag.
los pneuma, meaning ''highel
breathing" was also translated ''sanc.
titled spirit. -
Anyone who will take the time tC
hunt NJ places in the New Testament
where the writers of the Gospel refer
to soul and spirit, he will see they
made distinction between the two
| have no Testament by me or | would
give chapter and verse.
| am sorry to see the Union and non
Union writers still wranging ovel
how much coal has and is being dug
/ believe both parties can be benefited
by reading up on political economy
, agriculture, science, literature, etc.
and give the readers of the News thu
benefit of their reading The laho
question will never be settled, whil
two or more hungry beings are afte
tine same job, and there are not enough
: openingS for all to get a job 1t look
like the two parties ought to hav
{ sense enough to see that where MAI
+ is poor, and needs food and raiment, i
of industrious habits he will take an,
t Job, regardless of unions or combines
in orler of satisfy his need. If Tn
p ion man refuses to work fer a certain
, price. he has no right to say shall 2
hungry and naked aud refuse to tax
( the price offered. Mine owners, man
ufacturers and other employers of la
: Dor may or may not be able to pa
, more for labor that a certain price
They may be extOrtionate and unjus
in their treatment of their emplove
t. yet they Rave perfect right, unde
/ the laws of God and man to contrC
/ their capital. and there is no law, I'm
man or divine, to the contrary. NJ
advice to all laborers is to raise enoug
truck on the farm to feed and cloth
themselves and those dependent o
their labor for support If they wi
do this they will not be dependent o
digging coal, iron or working in th
e shop for "a living
d Now. brother laborer, of any and a
T, occupations, | will prophecy and yo
I will do well to act in a way to be prt
& pared 70 stem the tide when il arrive,
70 for it is rs certain to come if event
e continue rs they are drifting There
i going TO be one of the worse pHnics i
y the United States, within the ney
J. three or four years. that has ever b,
il fallen the financial world, provided tb
G war spoken of above does not kill q
: all the surplus labor. The fa1nin,
caused hv idle labor and tramps wi
T be horrible beyond description. 50 II
} dear brother be prepared 10 enter ii
army of tramTs or the army of VI
Roosevelt. for one or the other or bot
rs are near at hand. Go to work i'm Il