Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-05-28
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asked III the News. He says /
jumped him ON preachers salaries.
Not word of it. Just asked to he
shown the chapter and verse in the hi
BILE where ii says that il is wrong Ia
pay preacher. and as he frankly adj
mitted it could not be shown, he there
by admitted | WAS right You say
you are not fighting paying preachers
as yOu always paid your wife's dues
III You are not fighting it, in the name
of common sense, pray tell me what
you are writing abouty / asked for
the name and the postoffice address Of
the preacher that You paid your wife's
dues to, as she belonged 10 the church
at Burnett's school house 30 l could
get his certificate and have il publish
ed for the benefit of the reading public.
You wanted tn know if God had any
payday to pay off his preachers. Yes,
for Jesus said he would SAY, well
done, thou good and faithful servant.
Enter into the joys Of the Lord. " This
is Gods payday when life is over here.
] suppose You meant day for the
church. Yes, Paul fixed the time and
told us mot outsiders) Just how much
to pay when he said Lay by in store
on the. first day of the week rs God
has prospered everyone of you, that
there be no gathering when | come. .
This is the amount, as God has pros
pered the church members, and the
time Paul said for the church to pay
was when the preacher came
You said you were older than |, inn
plying thereby that You knew more.
Admitted you are older, but | was
born first You said as | grew older |
would have to learn many things. Ad-
mitted your weakness, for God 5 word
says, "Once man and twiceA child. "
This teaches me that the older we get
the weaker our minds get.
In your article you say you are not
lighting paying preachers and that i'll
my acts eof paying the preacher, |
might have upheld some grown up,
idle boys. God Word says a preach
er shall have support for him and
his family. The Word also says that
God has ordained (appointed) that
they that preach the gospel should live
of the gospel. 1t tells Just how much
a preacher shall have and says they
shall live of it, that is, they shall have
Il living.
A man or woman, who doesn't be-
| long to the church is not entitled to
| church benefits. Paul says for us to do
/ good to all men and especially the
household of faith, and Representa-
tive don't belong to the household of
faith. We are not commanded to take
of church funds and support him
| Paul's example and teaching to the
| 4 .s,,fI hn,,
the church and II widow must be three
score years old, having been the wife
of one husband, having washed the
saints feet and diligently followed ev-
cry good work, and for a poor old wild
ow that lived otherwise not to be a
church charge, he meant the church
must not keep them up, if they have
not lived right. Gods word says they
that don't work shan't eat and that
the sluggard would not plow for reason
of the cold, and he lacked in harvest
and starved. God commands a man to
bring mp his children in the way they
should CO. and to teach them to work,
for God said six days thou shalt la
Dor, and was so binding that Joseph
taught Jesus Christ the carpenter 5
trade. A man who has grown up boys
and is not preacher has to look tC
them for support and should teach
them to work six days, and not hunt
sage rabbits six days in the week
A man who raises up such boys, if hi
has nothing but rabbit soup to eat, nj
one is to blame but the father of such
boys
Your reply reminds me of an Incl
dent | once read of a man who wor
shipped man for his god. He got our
one day and started his team. He com
menced to call upon his god. His GOO
walked up and said, PUT your should
er to the wheel first and then cal
for help" | don't consider myself
that am under any obligation in an,
way to help a man that at no period O
his life would work have not work
ed day in % years but | worked il
pain by standing ON a diSlocated foot
and suffering from a broken cola,
bone and dislocated shoulder. | work
ed III store Saturday barefooted be
, cause | could not stand shoes on ny
swollen foot
Bro. Representative, l think i
men will use the best of efforts. the,
would be worthy, if health fails o
misfortune comes, of aims from th
, people. 1t has come under my observ
/ alton in life that those who idle ava
the best part of their life can make til
loudest cries for help. If person get
q the benefit of church support, Odd Fe
/ lows, Masons or Knights of Pythias
he has to belong to the order. If not
? member he is not entitled to anything
Things are looking upa little here
: j., B. Davis has ordered new b
! cycle.
Will Crabtree has ordered tailor
8 made suit of clothes. Look out girls
: viii said he got plenty of good cofft
I while he was in Coffee County.
/ Several are joining the Odd Fellow
r and the women are crying.
J. b. Ross and Tilman Griffith wei
= i'll town Tilman said his wife WI
4 sick, and he thought she was takin
n the fever.
o Alb Picket was after medicine for h
n sick baby.
: Paying your wife dues reminds IL
4 of a jew who met another jew on I'll
i street, who told him that Mike ha
. got religion. 'Where did Mike g
! religion, .Jimmiey' "Why he got
: from the Lord. " Il will bet you fl,
dollars, Jimmie, that if Mike has g,
q religion, he has got it in his wife
/ name" So you have got all of yol
. preachers salary dues in your wife
i name. Waterman.
+ CURES BLOOD, SKIN DISEASES, ECZI