Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-07-29
ALL DAY sINcINes AND
DECORATIONS
by w. NJ. Henry

on, and the great Mcyan is still in the
fight Well, he began it and he will
end it if it, is ever ended am here te
stay.
He says my articles are not worthy
of comment, still he comments on them
anyway. So guess am overshootine
him. ! had better do like the Irishman
said in the battle of New Orleans:
had better shoot low; he may on his
all fours. When you hear man al
ways saying the other fellow knows
nothing, you may know that he knows
nothing else to say. He has reached
his climax
! His great trouble, 1t seems, is that
people are neglecting church and Sun
day school just like people could not
worship God anywhere except in the
church houses
| ! ask him what Is the church and
where is it located or set up that we
must go to certain places to worship.
Is it not an undisputed fact, that the
church is a kingdom. and that it is set
up in the hearts Of Gods people? If
SO then wherever they are assembled.
there is the church.
In the face OF all these facts then, !
wish to ask the gentleman If 1t is pos.
sibie for people to worship God in a
grave yard. II he says no. win prove
by the Bible that Gods people can wor.
ship anywhere; and II he says yes,
what viii he do with what he has al
ready said, that it is all the Deyii's
work. He may say they can but they
don't, but hold on, he is not the Judge.
/ Now, my dear sir, would have you
read the Bible. See If you can learn
that it is the intent or purpose that
commits the offence. II we are sin
cere in our purpose to worship, it
makes no difference where we assem-
ble-in house, in the woods, in a
graveyard, or anywhere else It is a
divine worship and defy you to prove
that it is not. Everything he has said
is only his idea, and not word Of Bi-
bic to prove it.. I'd like to see some
Bible or common sense to back up an
argument, but in his last letter saw
none Of the former and very little OF
the latter.
Such stun is uninstructive and mis-
leading and ought to be branded as
poison literature and kept away from
children. OF course grown people
have more sense than to be deceived
by it. Anybody that has sense enough
to be accountable for their actions,
know that there can be no harm in an
all day singing, where people meet on
the Sabbath day to practice in order
that they may be better prepared to
render services IN church. The last Ill
day singing held We had an appf6-
pirate reading Of the Holy Scrapture.
. fervent prayer, some good songs and
10 splendid SERMON, preached by an able
minister. Now wonder what part Of
this service was the DEVILS work; was
III the sermon, or prayers, or songs.
Well it reminds me Of the old seR-
righteous Pharisees, who were always
dnding fault with the Savior for doing
good on the Sabbath day. Is It lawful
to do good or to do evilon the Sabbath
day? He has had a great deal to say
about the devil He ought to be care
full how he talks; if Satan rise up
against Satan how can his kingdom
stand; house divided against itself
can't stand. guess he would be
afraid to go to an all day singing for
fear the devil might be there, and
guess he would be.
Ny opinion is that real good case
Of old time heartfelt experimental re-
|ligion would do this man more good
than anything else How many Of the
Herald readers have said come on Mr..
Mcyan with your letters. I'll had him
|hemmed up somewhere and had my
singing class. from Rocky Point and
Macedonia, ! think L could convert
him, We are taught that he who con-
yerts sinner from the error Of his
way, has saved soul from death and
hid a multitude Of sins.
want to impress on the Herald
readers that the leading thought OF
my argument Is that Gods people can
worship him justfas well one place as
another, and when one place is drawn
upon and the service weakened in that
place the service is Increased in anoth-
er place, and SO itsis all the same It
is like the water that is drawn from
the great ocean to support vegetation
on this earth. When 1t leaves the
ocean it is either in clouds or, In falling