Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-06-23
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, UNCLE TOMS LETTER.
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TRACY CITY, Tenn June 90
Rev. A. T. Founders meeting closed
last night at the Baptist Church. he
begins another at Pleasant Hill Tues
dav night, the 21st inst Extra large
congregations attended the services,
score of souls were saved and chris
tians generally edited. The people
treated Founders kindly. We are sor-
ry that the meeting had so many obs
tacles to encounter. yet 1t seemed to
be nothing more than vapor after all,
as the meeting was a triumphant sue
cess. l am ashamed to record the at
tempt to enjoin the best people in the
town in order that an old merry go
round might annoy and distract, and
gather in the nickels. Did you ever
hear of lot of sober, quiet, law-abid-
ing citizens having an injunction got
ten out against them to prevent them
from protecting religious worship2 If
you never did, such has been or tried
to be the case in Tracy City.
Then again, there are men in Tracy
City l used to have much confidence
in, that paid no more attention to the
effort being made to save souls than as
if they had been so many hogs. | have
no faith or confidence in any man,
church, or what not, that kicks out
holiness Holiness seems to be the
terror to the average hireling pastor of
today and they paw up the earth and
rage like bull at red rag. 1t is a
fact that the Baptists and Northern
Methodists have treated the Holiness
people with the utmost kindness, for
which every Holiness person feels
thankful, and / would advise all the
Holiness people and their friends to
stand by these two churches and assist
them all they can. The Holiness peo-
pie on the mountain belong to the
different churches, but they get en-
enlargement only from the two above
named. Well, holiness has come to
stay, and no little, ready made to-or-
der pastor can whip it out, but he can
drive the people away from his church
by making war on holiness.
Thank God some of us have stood
the storm, snubs and insults for sever
al years and are not tired vet. DR..
Hembree has won for himself the best
wishes of the Holiness people and all
their friends. He was the only offic-
ial of the M. E. Church, South, that
lent his aid and influence to the meet
ing. Not even his pastor encouraged
the meeting and only came one time.
Guess he had business elsewhere, and
did at the first Well, Nero fddled
while Rome was burning and chris
tians in this town, at least some of
them, don't care very much about
souls from their conduct.
I guess the Holiness people don't
suit their weak, sickly stomachs, and
therefore denominationalism is about
all they possess in the way of religion.
We hope they will get more than that
before they die The reason men
ton this is because they charge the
Holiness people with not trying to get
people to join the church after they are
converted. Well, there is no Holiness
church for them to join, but they are
advised to join the church of their
choice and live as christians, but you
all know every falsehood that can be
started is told on holiness preacher,
and they are made to be the meanesi
men under Heaven. You let a mar
begin to preach Holiness and the ton
que Of scandal starts. You let mar
or woman get the experience" ant
all the lies possible will be told OF
them. One of the best women tina
ever lived in Tracy City has had IL
suffer from lying tongues, SO whel
scary tales are told on Holiness folks
don be too ready to believe them.
Well, the Church has been and is to
day the prosecutor of the saints, ant
so it will be to the end.
A big basket dinner the Goth a
Pleasant Hill and an all day service
You Whitwell folks come. We are ex
Meeting a great day. "Uncle Tom
Q and "Aunt Fannie will have has
ket sure Bro Founders gave it on
last night. We haven't given Bro
Founders much as yet, but we aim t
take an Offering, and we want it to
an extra offering, one we can be prou
Of UNCLE TOM.
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