Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-12-08
Tracy City.
Steeialto ne Mcrrs.

! Special TO khs Mars
work is splendid. Everything boom
ing. Fine times in old Tracy City.
Santa Claus there is $40 90 on hand
for the Oak Grove children and large
number of prizes. Done forgot old
hard times.
Schools close next Friday with EN-
tertainments.
Il like to read Uncle Toms letters
in some things, and in some things /
don't. He has so much to say about
preachers and everybody else"
know some folks regard preachers as g
kind of sacred beings aud refrain from
criticizing them, most especially if
they be on the side they believe in. l
have no criticism to offer against any
preacher of any denomination that re-
spects his calling as a preacher and
will not and does not drag it in the
filthy cesspool of politics respect and
love such man, but have no use for
your political demagogues that would
ontlaw Christ if He were here on earth
today and refuse to join affinity with
the house of "Ahab''. That is the
kind of clerical cattle l am talking
about, ''my dear. can conceive of
no higher calling and gift of God, than
call to the ministry. l think it is
an honor far above anything the world
can confer on a man, and it hurts and
pains me for man to prostitute and
drag it in the mire and filth of poll
tics, and when he does lose conf
dence in him as preacher and be-
lieve he ought to be kicked out of the
pulpit. We don't need preachers that
will forsake God every two and four
years and dabble in politics, and serve
political masters with the world as
full of sin, vice and immortality. 1
don't see any place for them to join
the multitude of mammonites and try
to build up a worldly thing as full of
graft as our government is, not only
graft but oppression. Whether prohib-
ition is success or not, am confident
a preacher can do more good preaching
the fatherhood of God and the brother
hood of man than dabbling in politics,
What is more needed than brotherly
love and kindnesst You Danish liquor
and still oppression will go on, but |
build up the spirit of love and let it |
permeate and dominate our people,
and we'll have paradise here on
earth. Liquor is an evil thing, but |
oppression and covetuousness are |
greater evils, and have caused more
suffering than ever liquor did Hun
1reds of children are thinly clad and
often go hungry because of oppression,
not liquor, as some will say. Men I'M
Ter our system and policy of govern
nent. are doing all they can to live off
If the sweat and hard labor of others.
Even preachers are not averse to get
ting their share. Some of them will
;alk politics 8 days in week, and
want you to pay them from FIVE hun
lred to a thousand dollars for preach
ng so Sundays, while poor working
nan can hardly get one dollar day,
yet we mustn't plead his cause, but
It's no harm to dandle stall fed polit-
cal demagogue of preacher on our
Knees and hold him up for high wag
IS, and clothe bis family nicely and
md genteelly.
Well, my religion and principal says
support the true, genuine man Of God,
who breaches the doctrine. Thou shalt
not Cypress thy brother. and let the
political hireling and demagogue root
Tor his living No, I've turned my
back on such preachers from now on,
and if the church hasn't any other
kind, I'll stay at home. But methinks
We few, but mighty few. l don't
care who reads my letters and who
lon't. I'm right just the same.
Away with the prophets of Ahab, and
give us men like Elijah.
Uncle Tom.