Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-03-04
OUR GEORGIA LETTER, J,
"Unele" " Saddened by Deaths.
Snow Suggests Scripture
References. Deplores
Conditions in Georgia 8,

Dear AdVertlser:- Iod2y Is Tue
day for you to come to me and
while await your coming it is With
anxiety that only myself can have.
Why so? From the fact that / shall
possibly hear Of more deaths in old
Edgefeld. DR.. j. II. Carmichaeps,
followed by James T. QUITS, and am
satisfied a notice Of Mr.. II. M.
Dorn's death will appear in this
issue. Then know of anotheriwho
may by this time have paid the
debt we all must pay, Mrs. Rhoda
Sharpen of the Red Oak Grove
neighborhood.
have known Mr.. T. M. D5rn
intimately since 1871, and a.better
neighbor never lived by.
ednesday morning when I
awoke 1 saw that snow bad fallen
and it continued to fall till some
time in the night and yesterday
morning when the sun rose III all
his splendor and the snow glistened
in all its whiteness. / thought Of a
few passages in the Bible. Psalm
5l..7 and Isaiah l-lS. ] leave the
reader.to look up those passages
and read them, and / am satisfied
that the'time will not be lost. And
if child :ofF God gladnessi.wiii
spring up in the heart to GJd for
His goodness,to them and they will
feel like singing that sweet song,
Now wash me and Ishall be Whit
er than snow And if one ,,wbeSSs
an unbelieyer should read those
words of God and catch the, spirit
[ofitheme, right lead them to'be.
liieve "Miiler than, snow, what
can be wbiter? I.don' tpo oW 6
anything ON this earth %f sS
esrII inast and I'd il pass n s.
we all need something to .ptepa4e
us for another world and GOD HAS
given us a Saviour that can and
will if we will let Him make us
pure and remember our sins no
more against us. Yes, make our
lives so clean that our soul- will be
white like snow, and like Paul says
in 2nd Timothy t-l2. Yes, not only
washes our souls and makes them
clean but keeps us IN this life anc
takes us TO Himself when we ar
called to meet Him.
MIR. Editor, ! am no preacher ,bu
| just could not resist the feelin
to write as have. am not ashar
ed of what | have written and God
forbid that shall be. You just can't
imagine how feel to see men, wo-
men, boys and girls that seldom
if ever attend Sunday school. I
sometimes find myself wishing that
! u as young again, but that / can
not be. And then ! find myself won-
dering why there are so many men,
women, boys and girls who have
the advantages of church and Sun
day school who will live ungodly
lives. l think of the Saviour's words
TO some people, Matthew lO-l5-ll-
"a, also Mark Gil, Luke 1919.
Just let the reader hunt up and read
the above references and ask them
selves the question, am | one of
those? Possibly so. God knows, and
| leave the question with the read
err. lis solemn one, as l see 1t, aid
one that some day all will have to
meet. God grant that those who
have Christian advantages may use
ihemeto Gods glory and their own
good.
| could write more but must stop.
In getting letters from South Calo-
lima from kinsfolk and friends am
often asked about the country or to
describe it to them AID / have de-
cided to say in your paper to all my
correspondents to just ask questions
as to what they wish TO know and
if can will answer all questions
gladly.
Best regards to The Advertiser
family and don't forget Bud Rus
sell and tell him there is man
down here near me reminds me of
him. His name is Jimmie Turn'r
who was reared in the Fruit Hill
neighborhood, Edgeheld cou",,.
He and I talk of the Edgefeld1 folks
when we are together. | also find
others whose parents or grand
parents came from EdgeGeld and all
of them have that old Edgeheld
hospitality about them. Why sir q
man from Edgtfeld means some,
thing down here. Some people think
they are dangerous set because
an Edgeheld man several years ago