Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-11-25
STATEMENT FROM
"ALETHOU HUPERASPISTES"

wish to express my sympathy TO |
the readers of the News for brother |
Barnes in his Affections, for If there |
is a class of people that deserves more |
sympathy than another it certainly is |
that class whose mind is in anyway |
afflicted l have no doubt in the |
world but if brother Barnes was |
"clothed and in his right mind" he |
would heartily indorse and contend for |
the very doctrine which have been
advocating. According to good author
ity, one peculiar Characteristic of the
greater per cent of all insane people
is that their view of things during
their insanity, is just the opposite to
their belief when the mind is enthron-
ed, and feels its powers and its capa-
bilities.
/ am sure the readers of the News
will not expect me to reply to any
thing which Mr. Barnes has written
concerning Dives and Lazarus. While
he has my sympathy and prayers for
his restoration, could not afford to
lower the dignity of my profession by
entering into or continuing a discuss
, ion with an inmate of an insane asy
lum.
know some of Mr.. Barnes friends
claim that he is deprived of his liberty
unjustly. But if you will think how
much is involved in such statement,
and how it reflects on the sanity, JUS
| tice and ability of those who adjudge
men lunatics, and the authorities that
appoint these commissions, you will
| quickly conclude that his friends who
think him unjustly deprived of his lib
erty, are entitled to a cell in the same
or similar institution. The fact that
an insane person argues that he is not
insane, or that he knows the nature of
it, should not give weight to their
statements While they may have Luz
| cid intervals, yet they are not capable
of giving advice ON any subject. They
are usually witty, and sometimes say
sbrewd things But human mind in
wreck is incapable.
l discovered at'the very beginning of
the discussion that Mr.. Barnes mind
was unbalanced, and | made frequent
mention of it to the Editor of the
News.
For reasons hitherto not given did
not sign my real name. The follow
ing are some of the reasons. did not
want or desire fame, and on the other
hand did not want to appear egotis-
tic, or get self praise 1t was the truth
/ was defending. signed my name
as defender of the truth. 1t was the
truth l wanted the people to know.
Knowing my ability to translate the
original, knew l could give the cor
rect rendering without depending up
on what some one else had said about
it. / did not attempt to tell you what
some one else had said. am not
ashamed of anything have written,
nor am ashamed of my name or an
cestors. While the bodies of my dear
parents and one dear brother and many
other relatives lie buried in the OLD
home cemetery, many miles from this
J Sunny South, their spirits mlnglt
with the noble army of martyrs and
the Just made perfect in the eternal
alteration of the living God. I honol
them, revere them, love them, anC
the very winds that sing their. re
t QUEENS over their grassy graves. Their
q lives and deeds have been a great pow
er and force against the power of sir
and darkness. Their firmness of char
acter and constancy has had it's part il
: teaching this old world a lesson.
Nor am ashamed of the great bod,
I of believers with whom | am identi
! fed. Thousands, if necessary, woulc
say Amen and Amen to the doctriE
which / advocate, nor am | ashamed
e of the great conference which assign
9 me my work, where | can preach tn
f Gospel and lead men and women to
y saving knowledge of Christ.
So / will not make any attempt t.
U reply to the lengthy article as writ
o ten by the poor unfortunate brother
It l wish l had the power to restore hi
d mind, how gladly and quickly would
4 rebuke the disease.
will very likely in short time
l. write for the Sequachee News an,
% some other papers, and take up th
II No-hellite doctrine, and show the alb
Is surdity and fallacy of their doctrine
!, and overthrow it by the plain word G
2 God. l regard 1t as one of the mos
u gigantic curses of the age, an error @
It no small magnitude, and one of tn
If greatest hell traps that could have or
iginated in the legislative and congress
r. halls of hell. From my observation
when one embraces this doctrine, h
espouses the cause of hell and hi
& conscience becomes scared as with
10 hot iron" His conscience is lik
"a frozen lake, which the fury of tn
tempest cannot disturb, and the jal
!. ring commotion of the warning elt
y ments cannot agitate. SO you ma
" look out for the arguments and demon
d STATIONS like mighty avalanches whic
[. will overthrow this damnable doctrine
"a and sweep it away as the refuge {
lies. / am not afraid to oppose TIL
," hellish doctrine, no, not in the face {
the world and all the batteries of cart
n and hell. l am not afraid to say whs
es / please about a doctrine that woul
NJ damn the human family, and if poss
- BILE, spread all the Grape spun in tn
70 silk looms Of Egypt and all the crap
ie factories can turn out to the consums
n ton of time over heaven, and chang
r, the sweetest music that all the angel
n hosts of heaven could make into a
- eternal funeral dirge. Why not OF
20 pose such a doctrine when the dew
y assumes such an attitude toward I'll
st Gospel and inspires his agents wit
- all the bold affrontery of hell to oppo'
''the armies Of the living God" Is
not time for the soldiers of the cross
Jesus Christ to put on the whole a
r. NOR of God" and charge the yer
l,rooof xyorko Of hallS