Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1912-10-31
WONDERFUL BREAH.

The County Fair has come and
gone. There was q very fine ex-
hibit of farm products; chickens,
mules, horses, cotton, corn, po-
tatoes and ali kinds OF vegetables.
Ii Just made = fellows mouth
water to see all these nice late
vegetables. This shows US Just
what this country will produce
the greater part OF tie year with
q little industry.
All vide awake farmers can
catch some good ideas at these
Fairs and in this way tits a great
benefit 10 the people. But. 20,
you Ca-nival." | was jus, think
Ing that an oAicer hereafter
would have al excessive amount
oi gall" n put a Inc on mig
ger, Tor shooting craps" for
the reason that the white folks"
have been running wide open
gambling machines every day
during the past week. BY the
way some good old church mssa-
bers were playing these ma
chimes and Dragging about win
Ming some money am not very
well posted on the scriptures. but
ism there some verse in "H0lv
Wris," thst reads something Ike
this: Come out from among
them and be ye separate" 1.
seems Ike the church members
! Of this town read this verse 6ifTs-
rent to Shat l have always been
taught They resd i. something
ike tins: Go We out among them
and be one OF them. or rather
they make this kind Of IN aupl;-
CATION Ot the scripture % them
selves Now, don't Nv ID and
say that | am cri,icising any one.
l aGl no. dong this St AL. / an
Just merely calling your attention
TO these indisDuiao,s facts. I
All aas sle prop-r one to criGci=a
arr che. | vas horn anG rea-st
N tbs AMY ard have IeS.i OILY
4 fatty sOol m-ral life. NJ hts
y 10 t-e-I one. l could nCt ask
the El-ias generation 10 follow in
NY footsteps, | would not ask
tAeGl % isI Il; lie De .hsir guild
ling star. But II there il any hu-
man being that deserves the per-
feet contempt of all people. it is
ihatcf = hypccri,e Too many
OF - are carrying the church on
lone shoulder and the worlf On the
oiher and the world is so much
larger than the church, We can
see i so much palmer. L.. ne
ask you one question. ICON
+ wat do you base your hone Tor
nsSven: Is i; upon gambling.
taGcing, playing cards. clear On
through Ine catslog OF sius9 =
this the kind Of fruit the Chris
tan bears: you believe ina.
q fellow tEst l. full az religion
EouAi do all these taingss A-e
you living 4 religious life that
yea could oec the youths CT our
eoantFy 10 tO..ovs Saw. Bud
ies re ,sii you. If you are ever
saved N heaven, it xiil be tsro,
the tender -erciss ot Al AT Wise
God Do you know that ia
very clflcCit task nov 10 tel he
sheep frOal The goats. especially
these Angola goats when taey
Gre al Il sns same drove. NV
tbs = a fellow outside of lie
church talking to you.
But | IGss waited 70 let you
+. Know TIA. people outside II ,h4
cnurea notice some things alonr
though lie ! don's telieye.when
= fellow Is fuIo Of religion, trat he
would van; 10 co ali thess thiass
or that he world DO them. Don't
81 n-rDly believe that there are
/ some people that use the church
- : CLOAK n business wsv oth
sFs Tor their advaacementi7 n.lli.
tlcs and so o. Isn't il fact hat
saeEe Is g great deal Of style, pre-
tense, Torn and money in the pre-
s.ns Kind OF religion We haysa
Really now much pure aad unae-
Aisa fe.isi5n IL there in Oxford.
Eat Il i II we're as the "nigs,er,,
says oileG" down 10 the es~e5eas
-NoN do no;unierss and ne 70 be
cslticisins anyone.
2H just asking some petit
nent questions for you to think
ABOUT No~, feel a, times. ike