The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-03-17
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The Rev. John C. Kilgo, Methodist
Bishop, preached a remarkable SER
mon in Atlanta a few days ago, in
which he told some mighty plain and
forcible truths. His subject was,
''Take heed to the doctrine"
I somehow think it will do good to
| pass his remarks on. as far as saw
them quoted in the papers. I don't
think I agree with him altogether, in
fact I know I don't, but there is a
great deal of truth, as I see it. in
what he says. I don't believe. for in
stance, that a Methodist preacher is
ordained to be narrow. But it is
good advice to take the doctrine your
mother taught you, for you may be
sure that she taught you what was
best for you. or she certainly believ-
ed it was. But here is the quotation:
81 would not exchange the doctrine
my mother taught nne of Gods love
and prayer for all the pet theories of
your modern theological seminaries. -
said he. II have no philosophy Of
prayer. Americas supreme need is
an orthodox pulpit. The Methodist
preacher is ordained to be a narrow
man. The broad-minded preacher is
travesty on religion.
"I would rather be old Jasper. Of
Richmond, going to heaven to learn
that the sun do not move, than to be
Bishop Potter, with the stencil Of a
saloon upon his name for the next
thousand years. Give me narrowness
as against all your ecclesiastical
mitres. Your broad-minded man is a
traitor to God, a hireling Of man, open
to bribery.
"You talk about the progress Of the
new age. 1t is not an intellectual age.
There is a great deal feducation and
very little intelligence. In place of
Bunyan, you read the zone Woman" !"
the Bible is no longer read. Bunyan
! IS no longer read, the classics are no
longer read, but in their stead novels,
cheap playd magazine storiess the
literature of all ages with detached
passages from everything, and the
whole Of nothing. 1t is to me an age
almost marked with hopeless idiocy
"1,he times are full of liars. adulter-
ers, Sabbath-breakers and houses Of
infamy. I do not mind hunting doo-
dies and playing William A. Trimble
Toe, but I won't argue with your
preacher sceptic,"
I have tried to keep Up with Gov.
Blease and the supreme court and the
magistrates and their grievances, but
it has been mighty hard matter, and
7 have been able to follow only afar
eff. I don't think would have gone out
of my way to hunt uD old man Trou-
BILE, If had been Gov. Blease, because
he is always standing around in the
way any how, so I would, except in
extraordinary cases, have adopted the
recommendations of the delegations,
and let them fight it out. My obserVa-
ton has been that patronage is one Of
the most deadly and dangerous things
that a politician can have at his dis
posal. But these here magistrates that
are trying to hold on so strong remind
ME Of what Frank Stanton Says Of the
holdon fellows. Read It:
The Hold-oR TelIows.
Nobody who gets an Office down
this way" says the Billville Banner,
"can ever be persuaded to resign
They consider it a public trust not to
be lightly considered, and to be hand
ed down to the third and fourth gen.
Grafton. 1t takes hurricane to blow
em out and they'd fight an earth
quake that attempted to swallow them
and the office, Such grit is commen-4
dable, but it's pretty tough on the
ambitious fellows outside, in the
cold!"
1t seems to me that about the only
difference in Gov. Blease and his pre-
decessors in the matter of appointing
only his friends, is that he frankly
says he will only appoint his friends