Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-07-16
In Reply to .sUncIe Tom.

| noticed in the last issue OF " Mrs.
Grundy, "Uncle Tom puts all of
his feet on the union. He said union
ism couldn't be where religion was
and that it had ruined Tracy City. |
Now, l want to say if 1t has ruined
Tracy and he doesn't think man can
go to heaven and be union, am GER
tainly glad Uncle Tom" has found
peace to his soul, for | was sure nm
easy, for the Scripture said II the
blind lead the blind they would both
fall in the ditch, so am glad Uncle
Tom has found resting place. You
don know how much good it did me
when / heard ''Uncle Ton" was on
the Lord side. / knew the Bible said
''flesh nor blood cannot enter the king
dom, still | knew God had blessed
this man and had him here for some
purpose and | guessed it was best
known to himself | have prayed time
and again for him, saw he was the
proper child, but he is like good
many other men, We all talk too
much but it is all right now, no mat
ter what he does. 1t doesn't matter
what christian does, he will prosper
anyway.
Now, tUncle Tom. will you be
tstill about five minutes until | put
another star in your crowny A man
can : get too good to go to God. If the
Lord was to call yol some day TO come
up home. would you not want to have
ten or fifteen good christians to go
with your 1t would be peace and COM
fort to YOU Sure, ! would say. Well,
wouldn't that be union7 1t certainly
1 would be union. If | had the least
idea the union would cause my soul to
be damned l would fight it the rest Of
my days, but do not believe any such
stuff. | do believe that a union man
will be put in the shining place of
glory and his crown decorated with
bright, shining stars and new song
put in his mouth, and this is what
will be said to him. tssRest at ease and
think back in yonder world and sing,
Oh, did you ever meet poor scab on
the street2 Oh, it's pity, but don't
condemn him pray forit was scabbing
that brought him to it. He is some
4 mothers child, | know. Oh, it's a
pity, but don t condemn him, pray.
Now, / don't say this to dishearten
MUncle Tom Just let him go on for
if he is christian, he is just the thing
. he ought to be, and you know a
christian is not going to do wrong.
If he does it is all best known 70. him
self. He said six or seven years ago
he warned some of the christians what
the union would do. / guess he pro-
fessed when he was asked to show his
!, principle in 1909. If You are man be
ia man Don't be all the time on the
, fence. You can find good man any
+ time s%
sUncle Tom said let God feed tht
Z lpeople. Well, he is right about that
fbut the union is only feeding about
: 150 men at Tracy and they have al
! small families They let the Lord feeC
all large families like Uncle Tom g
He wants free, independent men, mel
: who win let the company treat then
+ as they please.
' "Uncle Tom went on Shadrick Hill
!, last week, where the good people wer
having good, old time meeting, ant
y he talked about the big things he hat
! tdone and it wrecked the meeting. HI
i could not have been sent by the Lord
If yhe had, he would have had som
good influence He can't fight th
\ labor union and be on his road to heav
Ell. too, for it takes a man tina
I 4 4 xoI D., .I.~~.1
!. one that has no respect for hilnsel
nor anybody else, to fight union.labo
: these days.
# tfiink "Uncle Tom is well fxe
i for heaven. He has had his teeth al
: pulled ont and quit tobacco and is we
fixed to- 1--we without sin, but he seem
!, to want to have pull at the union
If | were he. and on my way to hea
) ven as well fixed to go as he is,
a wouldn let unionism bother my mind
) but would get all of the union me
= on my shoulder 60 to God with theI
and say, Here Lord, | have brough
you some of the men led astray whe
y the convicts were at Tracy City
a know something about this goo
h old way of living without sin. ! wi
Is tell you what | did, and what ma
\ must do if be gets right with God
= He must go down on his knees and say
Here / am, Lord. know i al
weak in the sight of man, and Goo
Now, Blessed God, ] know have bee
everything but man. have been
IS lick for all companies and robber I
rs the labor union. Now, Oh Lord
|. help me and will give back all hay
ID taken from the poor, and will pa
! back fourfold. / hope the Lord wi
: bless "Unele Tom, and keep h
ie mind directed from this day on. Lore
o. he knows not what he does. Sho
ID him his littleness before God and MAJ
h Tell him the good union men at TraC
!, know him. Open his eyes and pJ
= him in the light. Show him his wes
v condition, Blessed God The peop
at Tracy City know there is somethir
wrong with him. Put him back in
his right mind now and clean b
ID heart and fill it full of love. -
m was woman and my man WI
: to sit down and talk about the pol
> class of laborers who bad to work al
et toll day by day for what bread the
A. ate. l would not be caught in con
D, pany with him. Some men may thir
A. poor woman don't have anything
n do If the poor woman did not {
anything and did not have to do al
VI thing she needs more praise than
lr man, hut there are some men in th
world who are not worthy of birt
dav an1 IL Is "A shame for "A mon. a