Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-08-20
Tracy City.
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My dear "Aunt Belle" I've been
going to real old fashioned revival
meeting, conducted by the Rev. Fer
rel Tate. The meeting has been a
wonderful success. / say wonderful
because of the manifestation of the
spirit and power of God Brother Tate
is not learned man, doesn't profess
to know anything about theology or
anything connected with it, but only
lays claim to knowledge of sins for
given by repentance and faith in the
Lord Jesus Christ. Old Bro. G. d.
Nunley, another old illiterate preach
er, is holding series of meetings in
Landlord town and the altar is crowd
ed with penitents, so it appears,
Aunt Belle" God and the people
are on the side of these illiterate and
unlearned preachers after all. You
and I have been taken severely to task
because we expressed opposition to in
strumental music in revival meetings,
and we've been held up as liars and
fit subjects for the internal regions,
and ignorant of Gods will and ways,
and tnat, too, by man declaring MIN
self as an elder in some church, and l
reckon claims to be christian. Poor
fellow, 1 am sorry for him, for l fear
he lives in glass house and has books
galore and has never had the oppor-
kn cto ~ ha IA
knowledge of the heavenly choir until
we objected to music in solemn wor
ship where the salvation of sinners
was sought.
He reminds me of the man who
wanted to impress everyone he was
rich. The man was so crazy to show
off that he blacked himself every
morning and washed the windows to
make people think that he could afford
negro servant. So our traducer has
sought to appear as magnificent ex-
pounder of what you and / should be-
lieve and ought to believe to keep out
of hell. He may be church member,
but as to his christianity, his letters
in the News do not sound very nice,
loveable or genteel toward an old ig-
norant brother and sister, as he rates
us. believe he owes us an apology.
Not only us, but all the readers of the
News, for his sulphuric attack on two
people who were ignorant of the musi
cal forces in heaven and on earth. We
didn't know that repentance was to be
brought about by some kind of musi-
cal festival. We thought repentance
was sad and sorrowful expression,
or of broken and contrite heart. OF
course we know when victory was
gained then music was in order, but
not until then.
Well, "Aunt Belle" you and l have
lots to learn, but believe. dear aunt. |
we'A. have to secure another teacher
AS our dear elder is too full of self
importance to treat us fair, and his
lessons are rather drastic for a man
protesting such knowledge of heaven
and hell as he does He Is great on /
ouoting Scripture and seeks to get us
to dispute the word of God, Does
christian really act that way' Why,
YOU and l could quote Scripture and
even prove he ought to hang himself
bnt wouldn't it be farce and kind
of duplicity. Spec it would. Well,
amt, l hope he will get tired of max
ing an ass of himself and shut up, and
he is at liberty to believe as he pleas
es and 80 are we. Now. let him bray
like iackass, which / guess he'll do.
I am not joking when l say L pity
him.
UNCLE TOM.