Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-02-16
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UNCLE TOMS LETTER.
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Editor News:
In concluding my letters l wish t.
say that have tried to be frank anC
honest and state my opinions and be
liefs without fear. Some have slight
ly differed with me most especially il
what I've said regarding preachers
but when such men as as the Rev Ler
q. Broughton charges the church
with being hobble skirted and toady
ing to the rich the cultured and re-
spectacle there must be something in
such an accusation. Then again,
when he declares thru such paper as
the "Golden Age that all the rich,
all the cultured, and all the respecta.
BILE belong to the church, and that the
church controls the wealth of the
world, is there anything wrong in a
fellow like your "Uncle Tom" asking
how comes it that the church and its
pulpits are SO negligent and indiffer-
emit to the poor Have the churches
and preachers all laid their heads in
Miss Delila's lap, and let her cut of
their locks as she did Samson's. You
people that have taken issue with me
seemed to let the spirit of Delilah rock
you to sleep SO you can't see the prop
osition as / would like for you to see
it. My point and aim was to stir up
the church and its ministers in regard
to the poor. think we as people,
have surpassed all other people in our
splendid statutes we have on our law
books. but like the religion we profess
we surpass all other nations in not liv-
ing up to and obeying the laws we en-
act. AS you find us disregarding our
state and national laws, SO you find as
acting about the same in regard to the
doctrines of the church or If any
difference, a little more lax. We have
allowed our principles of liberty to
become a license to us to disregard
the laws Of God and Of man.
am making serious charges
against church members who are dom
mated by spirit of anarchy in regard
to the commandments. Who cares any
thing about the laws of God enough to
obey them. In proof of what / say,
Point out to me what the church is
doing for the poor have no object
ions to the church and her ministers
fondling and petting the rich, the
cultured and respectable, but I do
think she should fondle the poor and
help them above all others.
Did I make a mistake in attacking
your political pulpit demagogues2 No,
I did not. according to the Bible.
Not single apostle hobnobbed with
the political Delilahs of their day and
the consequence was they never went
to sleep, and let the winsome and fas-
cinating young miss cut off their locks
and rob them Of their power. do
not wish to destroy the influence of
the preacher or the church, but from
the reading of the Bible too much in
fuence with tho world and worldly in
situations is not good for the man of
God. Paul never had enough influence
with the courts and politicians of his
day to keep himself out Of Jail. But
thank God, he had enough power with
God sufficient to shake the old prison
and bring the jailor to repentance. l
don't find in all the lids Of the Bible
where a man of God sought to mess
and NEEDLE with worldly governments.
Their theme was the Law and the
Prophets Even Jesus stressed the doc
trine with positive declaration.
The Golden Rule is enough for any
christian to live and practice without
wanting to influence the government
to enact laws making more and more
criminals / don't believe man full
of the love Of God wants to make out
laws of his neighbors, neither do l be-
lieve such a course by the church and
its ministry is the best service to God
and humanity she can render. / be-
liave her duty to God and humanity is
of different nature. Let the church
and her ministry preach repentance to
the erring ones. This is her plain du
ty.
have no faith or confidence in any
other course to make bad men good
and the church and ministry that
seeks by legislation to reform men is
not following the commission to my
notion.
Where is the power the church once
had2 Has she lost itf It looks so and
the devil has given her in lieu infiu-