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9 UNCLE TOMS LETTER.

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Well, Farmers Wife. you say
touched a tender chord in your heart
Sorry you do not respect the founder
of your creed well enough to want to
bear his name, but ] can't let you ar
rogate to yourself name every child
of God is entitled to, so I'll call your
church the Campbellite church, and
every real, genuine child of God in 1T
will be known as a christian anyway.
1 do think the Campbellite church is
kind of arrogant and presumptuous in
assuming name that all the children
of God bear the world over.
Now,if every man and woman in a
church were real genuine christians
then the name might be more apple
able, but as they are not. it seems to
me it is wrong to pose for what the
whole is not There is difference
between a christian and church
member, and / don't suppose any
church claims that all its members are
christians. Consequently look at the
attempt to confer the name Christian
as a kind of imposition, and then
again, don't believe God has but one
church, and l don't believe any man
can join it. think they are born in
to it. The idea of man made church
being the church is ridiculous and
fellow would have to be very credu
lous to believe any such stuff. be-
lieve there are christians in all the
| different denominations, and / rather
like the name Methodist, Baptist,
Presbyterian, Campbellite, ETC., for a
man may belong to either and still not
be christian, consequently he is not
a hypocrit, but simply a believer in
the doctrines they teach. The world
recognizes every christian in or out of
church, and so your church name
doesn't amount to a pinch of snuff.
| Why do you want men to pose as
christians and be called christians
when they are not?
Isn't it kind of Dissertation and al
so an impositionH 1t looks so to me.
You can't white wash and galvanize a
man and make him a christian to save
your life God does that. Getting
people into the church without relig
ion and calling them christians is
hurtful to the poor fellow l believe
in the new birth The fact is, if we
are real children of God, we are one
in Christ Jesus, regardless of the de-
nomination we may belong to.
Well, enough on that. The meeting
at Pleasant Hill still continues A
large overflow crowd attended Sunday.
Founders preached one of the best SER
mons, many say, they ever heard It
really was an excellent effort. This
man Founders is plain, definite, spe-
cific teacher, and it is no use for any
man to kick up row about him, as
the people will. go after him.
Now, your Uncle Tom has this to
say. Any man who fights sin am
ready to bid God speed, and while l
pin my faith to no man under heav-
en-, can't see how men claiming to
devil by repeating slanderous stories
on their fellow creatures that have no
foundation in fact. OF course 1 am
aware of the jealousies that exist
against the Holiness people and their
preachers. Well, the Holiness gang
belongs to all churches and all de-
nominations have men and women
who are power in the movement
Lady Quinn of the Catholic Church,
was probably one of the most holy wo-
men of the modern age and while ma
ny church members look on the Rom
an Catholic Church as kind of an I'M
godly make up, l don't look at them
in that light at ALL | believe the
Catholic church is as holy as any
church, and has as many holy people
and as good people as any other
church. In fact. they are more rever-
ent and devout in their church wor-
ship than the giggling Methodists.
Not much reverence is manifested I'M
til the service begins in these other de-
nominations like there is among the
Catholics Well, / am highly tictur-
ed with Catholicism, and believe in
their doctrine, and consequently ]
must uphold the banner of holiness.
am for the best in religion and in
politics, and shall stand for it at all
hazards. am for whatever is good,
If you please.
|
UNCLE TOM.
| Tracy City Tam