Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-10-16
NO INSURANCE
AT THAT TIME

The notice which appeared in the
Statesman Democrat last week rela-
tive to the Insurance being carried on
the Southern Methodist church and
parsonage in Jasper is correct. But a
| little explanation will clearly show
that while my friend was correct, he
is discussing one thing and was dis
cussing an entirely different matter.
Now let us see. l never wrote one line
or word about the parsonage. The
parsonage was not involved in my ar
ticle. (The evidence furnished hith-
erto shows that the parsonage has been
insured for seven hundred dollars, and
this has been carried for perhaps near
ly two years, The church has now
on it, according to statement made
to me by the agent, $4,000, and that
insurance has been taken out very re-
Gently. To Mrs. Austin Hall may be
accredited this insurance as it appears
that she collected all the money to pay
the premium for this insurance. be-
lieve / will venture that if the date of
the insurance on the church were Civ
en-, it will not date back FIVE months.
Now to my statement, which | will
try to make plain enough so the most
casual reader may clearly understand.
At the annual conference held at
Abingdon in 1919, a written report
was submitted to the statistical secre-
taries, giving in the Southern Metho-
dist church at Jasper, as being insured
for seven thousand five hundred dol
lars, and that same report was incor-
porated in the official minutes of the
church for 1912. Anyone who will
take the time and pains to examine
the official records of the church will
find my staten ont correct in every de-
tail This fact is known to the official
board in Jasper, and is no new thing
to them or the Presiding Elder OF the
Chattanooga district. When | say it
is known to the board of stewards OF
Jasper, l mean to say that l first ap-
prised them Of the fact in one of my
quarterly conferences. offer this ex-
nlanation to relieve any mind of
thinking that the board of stewards
was in the least implicat ed.
challenge the world to change that
report in the official records of 1919.
IL have told the truth, am to be
criticised If SO, for what2 Will not
the Judge of Heaven and Earth smile
upou the man who would tell the truth
in the face of ten thousand who would
condemn true and honest statement.
I am not making reports that will
simply meet the approval OF some &C.
clesias tical body, but that will stand
the searchlight of eternity, and the in
stigation Of the judgement of the
last great day, which is a higher trib-
unal than any earthly conclave Be
We not deceived. God is not Knocked,
for whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap" When criticising
and condemning a man for being hon
est, is to enci oach upon the One who
has spoken from the summit OF the
basaltic crags of Sinai, and amid the
deep-toned thunders given orders rela-
tive to speaking the truth.
This statement is made to clear up
any doubt that may exist in the minds
of those who have read the preceding
article, otherwise this statement
would not appear.
l wish to say. further, that l hope
for Jasper, under the leadership OF the
new pastor, prosperous year, and
great spiritual awakening among
the mem bership and the citizens OF
the town. l worked and prayed to
that end when | came to Jasper, but
God knows | worked under many diff
ficulties and disadvantages, but go
to nv new field OF labor feeling that |
have done my duty. and preached the
truth as it is in Christ Jesus. | never
faltered when it became my duty tol
condemn sin, yet did it in the spirit
of my Master, and did it out OF my
interest in the people whom | served.
Some of the members stood by me,