Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-06-04

u, '0N TcSihtttu Lnt llIouu nut give 4
eth grace TO the humble.
Now, you say that God never or
dained that his ministers should en-
gage in secular employment TO earn "A
living and preach the gospel at their
own expense. Those plough ministers
that plowed from Monday morning I'M
til Saturday night and went next
morning and preached at their own
expense were all wrong, were theyg
Secular employment is an unspecial,
worldly occupation (see Webster).
Now, sir. have you got the audacity to
claim that tilling the soil, such as
blowing corn, gathering your grain,
and all kinds of farming in general are
wicked occupations, when God said
that man must earn his bread by the
sweat of his brown What kind of en-
ployment have you gotp You say that
you preach at your own expense and
you also say that God doesn't allow
this. Is your employment a spiritual
something that has the tendency to
elevate the standard of christianity?
Ii so you are all right. but if not you
are doing the same as the plow minis
| tiers. You are just too lazy to go out
in the corn field and pillow corn or help
your wife to hoe in the garden because
that is secular occupation, and you
are a preacher, therefore you must not
| indulge in secular employment for if
you did it would keep the church cool.
Now, Mr.. White, you said the min
isterial support, the tlthe system or
Gods plan, reminded you of an old
horse. Now, let me quote you in your
first article. You must have changed
nightly since you say men may rob
God by not paying tithes to his cause,
the tithes which are so necessary to
help it along. Then you were support
ing that so called Gods plan of sup
porting his ministry and now you con-
denim it.
Now, Mr.. White, neither the coming
nor the teaching nor the mission of
Christ altered or lessened in the least
the binding forces of any moral laws.
His coming set men free from long
list of ritual and ceremonial duties,
but not from single moral duty, and
there is not line in the entire new
testament which either directly or in
directly lessons or weakens in the
slightest degree the binding forces of
the law of 1.-THE system. That the 1.-THE
was to be the basis of the temporal
support of the ownership of God in the
christian system the same as under the
Jewish, is plainly evident from Cor.
9:1-14. Again in the seventh chapter
Of Hebrews the right of Christ to re-
ceive the tithes of his followers is
plainly shown. That epistle was to
the Jews From these facts we must
conclude that the new testament chris.
tians, both Jew and Gentle, observed
the 1.-THE system. If Melchisedec re,
ceived tithes, why not Christ? The
10th chapter of list Corinthians 4
quote from the new version, verse IL,
says: Now, concerning the collect
ion for the saints, as | gave orders tx
the churches of Galatia, so also do ye
, Upon the first day of the week let eacf
3 one lay by him in store as he may
| prosper, that no collections be made
{ when | come +" There were suffering
/ poor among the saints down at Jerus
alelh, and out of kindness of heart
Paul was trying to raise some none,
for their benefit among the churches
of Galatia and Asia Minor, and il
9 these t;!o verses he gave some direc
9 tions as to how it should be done. H,
3 was careful to give the reason fo
0 these directions that there be no col
lections when he came. Paul, i
P seems, did not like to depend upol
3 special collections any more than d,
: most modern ministers, in order to al
Q lay any suspicious that he might wan
1 to handle the money, so he says in tn
Q third verse, ''And when l arriv
d whomsoever We shall appoint by tell
= ers, them will send to carry you
$ bounty to Jerusalem.
:; Please read the whole 9th chapter o
Il Corinthians. 1t refers throughout t
g the same subject. Notice how earnes
: he is, but at the same time how anx
I ious that they shall give from RICH
y motives. The divine orders are 1.-THE
u and offerings, the one being an express:
J. ion of debt, the other our gratitude
u Both laws existed and were binding q
T long before Moses as the creation {
man and win be binding as long q
70 man endorses them. Neither in an
: sense derives its obligation from tn
; Mosaic law. Both are moral duties
and all moral duties have their origi
in our moral nature. Law de fines bU
J does not create them.
le Now, Mr.. White, did you ever sc
Z, this tithing system practicedT Yo
q should not condemn anything unit
IS you find out whether it will worl
g Write and get reports from those tia
II use the tithing system. | don't sa
II that is the only plan, Any good pla
e that will cut ont those false preacher
lie is a good plan. l will give you I'll
g names of different churches that use i
;, The Mormons at Utah that believe
$ poligamy use this system. The Mo
"a mons that don't believe in poligam
L also use this plan. The Seventh da
D Adventists use it. The Second da
y Adyentists use it. The NJ E, ChurC
ID at Morenci, Mich, U. E. Baldin, Se
< rotary The First NJ. E. Church,
Sc Shelbyville, Indiana, Harry Whitcom
1t Secretary. Rev. F, o. Ballard pa
u tor of Memorial Presbyterian churcl
1T indianapolis. Indiana. Rev. J. Clal
1t Leech, pastor of the Presbyteria
3. church, Greenfield, Indiana, and 10
to more Write for their reports. Yc
* will learn something.
is Now, Mr.. White, | am through al
Dr if you ever come near Empire con
y, and see me- and will kill one of IL
e, big white chickens and we will SCI
in for Joe Hackworth and his valuah
IN dogs and have big fox hunt A
st but that would be secular pleasure tn
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