Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1915-01-28
UNCLE TOMS LETTER


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'Aunt Belle" keep on writing and
nav no attention to those who Would
insult. slur and insiL uate Sueb
people never have any argument save
insults to offer.
/ Well, Mr.. White, worl to Won
Your comparisons an Scripture are
not applicable to children, and il was
children | was talking about. Now
for your special benefit let me refer
You to some passages of Scripture TO
| be found in the woid of truth in Dent.
| eronomy, I chapter, 80 verse. This is
| God talking to Josnua and declaring;
Your little ones, which had no know
ledge of good and evil, they snall 90
| in and possess the land. 4" God SEES
! things quite Cifferent from those who
oppose the children. Then again. the
! Lord gave Jonah to understand that
| He spurned Ninevah because of the
six-score thousand of persons who
knew not t0eir right hand from their
| left. In Numbers 14:3t, another
promise is made regarding the little
ones. Tnen again, Mr.. White, we
have proof where an angel was sent
unto Manoah. telling him that bis
wife should conceive and bear son.
and no razor should come upon his
head, ''for he shall be Nazarite IN.
to God from the womb" You object
to the baptism of infants Here was
child declared to be Nazarite to
God before he was born. In this les
son we find an honest father and moth
or desiring to know how they should
order the child, and what they should
do unto him.
Have you ever read the beautiful
story of little Samuel in the 3rd chan.
ter of Samuel? Samuel didn't vet
know the Lord, yet the Lord made
him a messenger to Eli concerning
his house. My point is, if it was
wrong for children to be baptized and
brought into covenant relationship
thru tbeiI parents to God, by what
authority was Samuel permitted to
minister unto the Lord before Eli'
am very much interested in the
welfare of the children and do not en-
dorse the idea of letting them grow up
helter-skelter and Just any old way.
God has spoken concerning the child
rem, that we should train child in
the way he should go. and bring them
up in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord, and it looks to me like He
didn't want us to ignore the church
and not teach the child anything con-
corning the ordinances of the same,
or deny him the right, though ever so
young, to be participant. My |
friend. we are under obligations to |
Goa for the training of our children,
and the opposers should read the Scrip |
tuies concerning children. Please tell |
us at what age you propose to teach |
and trainstbe child, and bear in mind, |
brother, I've not said whether l be. |
lieved in infant baptism or not. So |
many infer things that it is really
amusing how they try to make a fell
low say things be don't say Such
people are not square and really are
not to be trusted I won't have any
of your Scripture not applicable to the
question We are talking about child
rem and not adults l don't think,
brother, there is any scriptural au-
thority for ignoring the children at
all.
AS to Bro. Kings profession and
baptism. I'll say this Bro. King was
3 free moral agent and bad a right to
chose for himself but the very fact
brother, that he grew to manhood be-
fore he was converted or confirmed in
lis christian life, proves he was neg
acted by his parents, aud the church,
70 your argument falls to the ground,
's your illustration does If l was
alking about adults would accept
'our Scripture applying to them A
ady said to me, If child was placed
n the care and keeping of the Catho-
ic church for the first seven years Of
Is life, it would always be Catholic.
quite a compliment to the Catholic
jhurch, and doesn't sound very COM
limentary to the other churches that
gnore the children or neglect them,
$ it seems Bro Kings church and !,
arents did him. "Train child in
be wav he should CO." is the doc
rine of the Bible, while your doctrine
SENS to be to ignore them and let
1em CO. Brother, You certainly don't
amt the News readers to SO under
land your doctrine regarding child
On.
"And they brought young children
INTO him that He might lay His
ands on them and bless them," but l
.e had some disciples that objected, \
lst as few do in this our day, and G
g gently rebuked them and said, i
Suffer little children to come +
nto me and forbid them not, .
Il of such is the kingdom of heav- L
l." Then, brother. isn't the church
10 place for the little ones, and by
hat authority do you propose to ig-
pre- them and keep them out, al
fought they know not their right
Ind from their left, but still God
omised they should go in and possess
q land and for their sakes he saved
ineveh and then thru and by the
outh Of His Son said. ''Suffer them
come unto me.
Your Brother King is no criterion
go by. He, in common with many
hers, was a poor, neglected child.
hose parents failed to perform their
1ty. You people lie around with
ur fingers in your mouths and let
g Catholics have the purest and best
earth, aud then grumble and growl
cause they take advantage of the in
ferent attitude and neglect of the
ildren by your church and some 9TH
church. Isn't it SO, brother What
, the churches doing for the little 1
ess Are not the Catholics. Episco-
lians and few Methodists proving
Dir faith by their works, trying to
70 the children and bring them up
the church. 1 hope you'll get wise
the interest OF the children and quit
ing to ignore them, and keep them n
of the church. The childrenshave