Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-06-04
REPLY TO @. W. WHITE.

your valuable paper IN reply 10 MI
White, who claims that misrepresent-
ed him in recent article by saying
that he would preach for salary, but
was afraid that unchristian people
would cali him money hunter.
Now. Mr.. White, You say some ''un-
informed, uncheerful giyers, wicked,
unregenerated men" set up howl by
saving preachers are but money hunt
ers. Mr. White, You say you prefer
to preach the gospel without charge
or at your own expense, Just 10 Keep
such men rs you speak of from calling
you money hunter You say charg-
ing for services in preaching is
preacher liberty, but you have pre-
ferred to preach the gospel at your own
expense so that unchristian people can
not say that we preach for money.
Now, sir, this makes You coward,
and what is a coward2 One who is
afraid You would preach for a tlxed
price, a salary, but you are afraid OF
those 'uninformed, uncheerful glvers,
and wicked men" calling you a money
hunter, and now you intend to dodge
them by preaching at your own expense
and l Just refuted your sentiments IN
my article, and it stands pat
Now, Mr.. White, l have looked
through the columns of this noble pa
per, and have failed to find where
any of its correspondents ever spoke
of all preachers being money hunters
When you say preachers you mean all
/ see where they speak of certain
preachers being money hunters. just
after Pedro" of this place (Empire)
spoke of that preacher at Cole City,
you came out from behind the curtain
at once and said that some ''unlnform-
| ed, uncheerful givers, wicked, unre-
generated men" set up howl that
| preachers were but money hunters.
Now, sir, your argument is founded
on lust such preachers as Pedro"
| smoke of. A preacher that will get up
and tell the women that If their hus-
bands won't give any money to pay
dues, that they can take in washing or
! sell an old dress or some chickens to
pay their dues, and if they won't do
that he will have to take their names
| off of the church book. Just think OF
those women out around in the camp
looking for washing so as to keep
their names on the church book.
Now, sir, this is the kind of preachers
you are defending and called the cor
respondents such names just for telling
on them. Who would not call such q
preacher a money hunterp
What about that preacher at Tren-
ton, Ga, who said "If you cannot
pay me $50 instead of $40 / will go on
evangelistic work ? They could not
pay this $50 a month, and he left hi:
flock to the wolves. Now, sir, this Is
the kind you are defending. What Is
he but a money huntery There was
one of those money hunters on the
Whiteside circuit that preached al
Brumley's school house, who said tt
his members: NOW, you have mo-
paid all of your dues and not a cent o.
benevolence money I'D this is the last
time expect to ask you and IT you
don't pay me will erase your names
from the church book, for | have th'
authority" This is the kind you art
defending. This was not Bro. Hat
field for he is a model preacher. HI
preached the old kind of religion, fire.,
salvation, and Bro. Hatfield told m,
with his own mouth that he wrote t.
the two preachers that were on tn
circuit before him to come and hell
him in revival, but they never cam,
and Bro. Hatfield said to to my sur
prise, both of them owed big stor
debt at Whiteside. Now, sir, yol
said in your article that to open th
eyes of the Pharisees that | woul,
have to write in the Hebrew tongue
If you please, sir, those hypocrite
know the English tongue too we'll now
They are the kind of preachers tina
our noble staff of correspondents spok
of for which you so rear about just be
cause they spoke of them. You mus
remember that there isn't denomina
, tion on the earth but what has goo
christians and good preachers
) Preachers that preach the doctrine c
, Christ, Just as much so as in you
! church, and when you say or spea
such language as you have in defens
) of such class of preachers, you encoul
/ age that class in all denominations
! Now, sir, you say the plan of God
! ministers ploughing from Monda
, morning until Saturday night to sur
port themselves and families is fin
way to keep the church cool Now
sir was it any harm for those oil
+ pillow ministers to work on their farm
/ through the week and Sunday mornin
put on their home made clothes G
their jeans hambeaters, as you Ca
them and preach of God and Civ
thanks and tell of that good old tim
religion, free salvation, and sin
those heartmelting old songs, "Jesu'
Lover of my Soul, and Salvation
Free for You and Me. So these kin
of preachers make the church coo,
Now, Mr., White, what are you d.
ingY You say that you have got liz
ing and you say to earn a living an
= preach the Gospel at ones own e.
i pense is a hardship and that if thos
. who cry "money-hunters' would bT
= try it, it would be more evident. Yo
surely have some kind of employme1
:. to make this living, and it seems thu
you have q hard task to make a Twin,
=, To make living You are required
commence Monday morning and woi
- on until Saturday night, and then it
4 your choice TO go and preach one
two sermons on Sunday, the next da,
. without charge. Now, Mr.. Whit
: where is the difference in principle
what You are doing and those ploug
ministers You are condemning in
; the same thing in principle that yC
q are practlcing yourself. All the di
= ference | see is those old plough mil
10 listers never knew what blacklegging
preacher was. which You are doiI
against your own class of preacher