The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-04-08

would keep. There are several things
about which / desire to express an
opinion so I have concluded to con-
tinue to write.
Talking about sermons and preach
ing I read a question in one OF the
county papers the other day which
was a part of the program for an
Epworth league meeting in the Gen.
tral Methodist church and which 1
presume was discussed. The general
subject for deliberation- at this meet
ING was 1.-THE Sabbath rest and the
week day toil.'' This question to
which I refer was the fourth and ,
to be opened by the pastor Of the
church. It read: "Would it be any
more incongruous to dump a load Of
hay in your parlor Sunday morning
than the contents Of Sunday paper
in your mind?" I was hoping at
least one of the papers would publish
the answers to this Christian ques-
ton. I wanted to see what would be
said. I suppose the answer would de-
pend on several things. It appears to
me that it would depend somewhat
on the kind of cattle you kept in your
parlor and then somewhat on the
capacity of the mind into which you
dumped the contents of a Sunday
paper. And then too on the defnl-
ton Of some Of the words that are
contained in the question.
It might have been well in an
nouncing subject Of this character
for discussion in an Epworth league
meeting to have learned wisdom from
the young gentlemen Of the literary
societies of the college when they
announced that they were going to
discuss the jury system. I happened
to see on Of their published programs
and they kindly printed for an unso-
phisticated audience the limits which
they placed on the ''jury system. -
Then they kindly told the audience
that "abolition is the extinction, the
doing away with, or the putting an
end to-" And further Ito promote
is to contribute to the development
and furtherance Of" And still fur
ther "justice is the body Of princi-
pies by which the actions are deter
mined as right or wrong; reward or
punishment according to desert. or in
vindieation Of law and right.''
Now, that struck me as exceeding
ly kind and thoughtful in these young
collegians. There you had it. The
whole definition and you could under
stand what the young men were talk
ing about. You had an explicit def
milton of such intricate words as
"abolition," "to PROMOTE" and
'Fjustice," and you could not fail to
know what they meant.
Now if this Epworth league pro-
gram as published had also publish
ed an explanation Of such intricate
words as ''incongruous," "dump,"
t'hay," "parlor,'' ''eontents, - 'pa-
per-" "mind,'' and so forth I might
have formed some sort of an idea Of
what line of thought was pursued. I
find that old man Webster says Gin
congruous'' means "not congruous"
and that "'congruous'' means ''to
came together" therefore '"incon-
gruous'' would be interpreted ''no1
to come together.'' To substitute
therefor simple words it would read,
''Would it be any more not to come
together to dump a load Of hay" etc.
Old Mr. Webster says 'mind" is
the intellectual or rational faculty
in man"
Mr.. Webster says also that dump
means 'Eto knock heavily" I have
often wished that I could get the con-
tents Of Sunday paper in my mind.
The Sunday paper generally contains
some fine sermons and many helpful
articles. I have often read with
profit in a Sunday paper some fine ar
ticles from the. pen of such men as
Bishop Gambler. In fact I believe as
a rule there is more helpful reading
in the average Sunday paper than in
any other paper Of the week.
I want to give you some little SER
mons I read the other day in week
day paper. Take them along and d.
gest them. They will do you good:
IF there was an elevator going to