The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-12-18
clear vision of other peoples duty

a clear vision of other peoples duty
that he makes no error. It's great
pity that an old Christian CD, one
of the fathers in Israel, living so
close to the border land Of the b..
yond, failed to see his duty to his
pastor who came to him, under lash
of his great boss, the presiding
elder, with some minutes to sell.
It seems that pity alcne would nave
called forth that Is cents to save
the back of one he says he must
love, inspite of his dignity" Al
least, If he saw his pastor doing
wrong, would it not have been more
Christ like to have taken him off
behind the church, or have taken
him by the coat sleeve and lead hin!
down into the woods and there have
given him a good, fatherly talk, and
prayed with and for him over the
matter, then told him 10 20 and
sin no more, than it was to call otE
ers attention to these thinEs, and II
a Way possibly, to do great harm t.
his influence for good over them?
Such treatment, as the former, might
have gotten all the dignity" out of
the preacher and also have stuffed
Mr.. Vaughns pockets full Of free
minutes.
How ea:v it is 10 see the To!e iii
others eyes when the beam in oul
own eye has a magnifying glass in
it.
He. goes to church "to worship
Cod" and mot the preacher" and
Ito help the preacher all he can.
Evidently he believes in the blessed
ness promised in Matt. Sill, "Pleas-
ed are ye, when men shall revile
you and persecute you, and shall
say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake" and he goes
to work to secure this blessing for
his preacher by meeting the con-
ditions upon which it can be SECURED
to him.
May all the preachers be delivered
from that kind of help that says
long prayers in the amen corner for
him and then goes out before the
little boys and the young and the old
and brands publically that same
preacher with rascality, theft and
all the/other vile things one can
think of.
He must be a very devout and
pious man, indeed, who can really
worship God, while his mind and his
heart Is full to overfowing. with the
thoughts of the sins and iniquitiea,
the wrongdoings and thefts of the
preacher, who is looked upon as a
leader in that worship. How could
a preacher do otherwise than loose
his hold upon his people, when a
devout saint (?), the idol CD Of
the community, and the adored Of
the very angels themselves t?) sees
so much fault in him, and lets NO
opportunity pass OF exploiting those
faults before the public gaze.
AS to his standing at Jamison.
where he has lived. so long and
we'll (?). I have only this to say.
He has a following which may me.t
the fate OF those spoken of in
Matthew 1914.
If any one doubts Mr.. Vaughn's
great popularity let him make a
pilgrimage to. Jamison, S. c., and
see for himself how the people Of
that community worship at the
shrine of Mr.. John Vaughn. If he
shall hear, while yet great way off,
the noise of music and dancing and
great shouting, he will perhaps slls-
pecr that this noble man, who always
speaks charitably (?) Of his neigh
Dor, according to the General Rules
of his church, he is passing and that
the whole community has turned out
to do him the honor due him.
II these lines seem to breathe a
harsh spirit my reason will be found
in Prov. 26:5. And yet realize the
danger I am warned against, ia
Prov. 26:4.
With this statement, we are done
with this discussion, so far as the
public prints go. Any member Of
the church has right to call in
question the preachers authority for
his acts, and to express his disap-
proval of anything he sees wrong in
the church or the preacher, so long
as he confines himself to facts.
But to misrepresent, to SANDER, AMI
to falsely accuse, is not within the
right of any one and he who does
it need not be surprised, if they are
called to account for it.
So far as we are concerned, We
are too busy with other and better
things than running down the false
hoods of others, and especially since
some have a capacity for meddling,
falsehood, etc., which is ad infinitum.
]. H. THACKER,
St. Matthews, S. c., Dec. 16, 1908.
nondrufY Ton he Easily Cured,