Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-07-31
UNCLE TOMS LETTER
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Editor News:
reckon your readers would like TO
myself and Parsons and Brown l.
change our topic. think my position
on social Iecreations is we'll enough
understood so I'll drop the subject, th
others can go ahead if they like, as al
they seem TO know about life and its
social side they get from the lowest O
under world, and their brains are no
fertile enough to even imagine any
improvem ent.
l beard a lecture from the Rev. R
K. Morgan of Fayetteville last nigh
that was worth listening to. Subject
1.-The Making of Man" 1t was fine
and ] wish every boy and girl. mos
especially Parsons and Brown, two
patrons of the underworld, could lave
heard it. l don't think they would
ever again have tried to refute the
idea of Improvement by parading be,
fore the public eye an old ugly, hid
eous picture in opposition to higher
order of social reel cations. l would
not have missed the lecture for any
thing. Advanced thought and ideas
| of the day by such men as DR.. Morgan
is helpful to every father and mother
who want their boys and girls to be
perfect. We all need teaching and
training and need it badly as l said to
some men regarding our revivals 60
ing on here in answer to some Griti-
cisms they offered about some people
getting religion every time a big meet
ing was held, Why, said |, you don t
expect people to keep and live a thing
they don't know anything about the
principles of. Friends, they can't do
it. The Bible says, Teach the com
mandments of God and that is to teach
and train and let them understand and
know what God wants and then if
they believe they can and will be saw
ed. Oh, you can get lots of converts
and have hallelujah time while the
meeting lasts, but the work is only be-
gun. They must be nursed and train
ed as the Bible says. A man can't live
and practice thing he doesn't know
anything about. That is all that is
the matter with the world today, the
dense Ignorance regarding christiani-
ty. 1t thinks it knows, but it don't.
1t Will lay burden after burden on
your backs and Say, "Tote this, and If
you don't you are no christian" and
if you don't do as they say they will
accuse you of being an infidel and a
traitor to God. Such advises are fools
and there is no hope of fool being
anything but fool. I'd prefer to be
an intidel than narrow content ious
fool for an intidel has chance of be-
ing something. God Almighty wants
men and women to know him and to
be co-pal tner with him and how can
a man be partner with God and not
know what his duties and obligations
ale, Still, your churchism puts forth
no effort to instruct and educate the
poor so called convert about his duties,
but it will in general strip him of
nearly everything calculated to make
life pleasure. Christ says his yoke
is easy and his burden light, and that
is the truth, but man makes it exces-
sively heavy and often very expensive.
False teaching is the curse of the day.
and the people are fast finding it out.
Denominationalism does not have the
influence over the people it had few
years ago. Not many will confess to
sectarianism. All claim to be chris
tians but still they won't nurse and
help God make man of boy. God
said, "Let us make man." If you are
a man you must help God make an
other man and so on. l am glad that
we are partners with God in the man
making business. 1t is silly nonsense
to think of God doing it all. God
doesn't propose to do anything of the
kind but He proposes to help man
make another man, "let us make
man." How many of us ever put
forth any effort to help God make a
man, yet we, If we are men, have an |
invitation to help. l guess the most
of us would prefer to make slaves in
stead of men,.
Now, in conclusion let me say have
but little use for the non progressive
Teller. He isn't man and is living
in the wrong age of the world. Hun
dreds of parents are not connected
with this or any other age of the
world and consequently are of no real
benefit to God in the man making bus
mess, yet they can shout louder than
trumpet can sound, but what
does it amount to? Not a thing be-
cause they won't make their children
DO the right. Christians, so-called,
who let their children do as they
please are no partners of Gods. God
wants to make men, and not things.
Tho church is only nursery while
you and are tue workers with God
n making men. Which had you ratb-
II DO, help God in making men or the
levil in making things? For my part
want to beat the devil for [ believe
he real beauties of life are on the side
# God, and l think God and man are
BILE and competant to make life worth
he LIVING