Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-12-31
UNCLE TOMS LETTER

Well, Mira CoWIes, l appreciate
your kind letter and also the inform
alton it contained. / was not in the
least surprised for was not altogeth-
er ignorant of the matter when |
wrote my letter on the doctrine of
second chance after death. / had in
mind whole lot Of other people who
actually believe fellow will have q
second chance. am really sorry you
thought was accusing Won of such
belief. If there should be such thing
after death ! don't think it would APP
ply to these fellows who teach such
thing, for they are presuming on Gods
mercy with their eyes wide open.
/ hardly know what the doctrine of
the no hell-ites is or upon what scrip
ture they base their belief believe
the devil is the author of all trouble
of every nature and kind, let it be
what it will. think when he is cast
into the bottomless pit his power to
vex and torture human beings. wheth-
er dead or alive, will cease. To be
more plain, the devil will have no
power over the disobedient after he is
cast into the bottomless pit, and shut
up His power for evil will cease for
a thousand years. God nowhere as
serts He will not punish the wicked,
but doubt whether they will be cast
into the bottomless pit with the devil.
We have no scripture to that effect, as
| can find. God is a just God and
don't believe He will allow the devil
or any of his angels to be the execu-
TONERS of the children of disobedience.
He will never, never be allowed TO
gloat over any of Gods creatures, to
my way of thinking. Am rightT
God will surely punish the wicked,
but / don't believe the devil will
have any power after he is cast into
the bottomless pit After Shis confine
ment be will De looseu ard be will be-
gin to stir up the nations to war.
Then he will be brought to judgement
and sentence passed on him, and he
will be cast into lake of fire and the
smoke of his torment will ascend for
ever. His sufferings will be terrible,
for Gcd's wrath will be- poured out in
fury on him and bis angels which |
rebelled against God in their first es
tate Yes, the wicked will suffer &C.
cording to their deeds, and according |
to their knowledge and understanding,
and no man can escape who knows the |
Fathers will and does 1t not. He will |
be beaten with many stripes, and |
those that know not the Father g will |
and doeth it not will be beaten with |
but few stripes, and where much Is !
given much will be required, and !
where little is given little will be re-
Quired. The writer is silent about
lake of fire. Whether there is any fire
punishment for the children of DISC
bedience. / do not know. So leave
the subject for the present.
On the night of the 22nd inst some
parties from near Short mountain on
Charles Creek, broke into the Morrison
depot and got 38 packages of liquor
John Akers and Mr.. Roach pursued
the thieves and captured three of
them, and got the liquor. The fourth
man hasn't been caught yet.
On last Friday night over In Can
non County near Woodbury. at
school entertainment, the deputy sher-
if and the constable of the district ar
rested or tried to arrest young man
by the name of Davenport, who resist
ed and was killed by the officers, and
a woman received flesh wound in
the leg The constable received Sc
we're cut in the neck from Davenport.
At place called Sheboggie on Sat
urday, Dec. 10, another difficulty oc-
Cured that came near being fatal. It
was between the Carrick boys and the
Smithson's. The Carricks came near
killing one of the Smithsons with a
brick, but liquor was the cause of all
the trouble in all three of the difficult
ties / wish there wasn't a crop in
the u. S.. and the first man who offer
ed to make any could be taken ont and
hung Such people need no mercy
shown them. aud the railroads which
deliver the stuff should be punished
severely, as they are the cause of lots
of trouble. don't advocate mob law,
but l believe the good people should I
make raid and capture the vile stuff
and pour it out, and give the railroad
to understand they must
not send the debauching stuff over
their lines. The trouble in this coun- {