Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1916-04-27
ACCEPTS SEVERAL POINTS
Of BIBLICAL LORE

! Let me have little space to eXplain
myself concerning the more importan
matter that confront the human family.
to-wit, the christian religion, Eve
been slow and stubborn on some points,
so much so that l could not believe that
Christ delegated the power to forgive
sin to any living man. II was ridicul-
GUS to me. Yet, to repudiate the doc
| trine, l had to reject the teachings of
all four of the Gospels, to-wit, Matt.
| 2sth chapter, Mark 10th chapter, Luke
| 22nd chapter, John Goth chapter, and
teven Paul in 2nd Cor. 2nd chapter, 10th
verse claims the power of forgiveness.
| There is no blasphemy as | used to sup
| pose, for we all acknowledge God works
thru human agency in everything con-
cerning salvation. We admit that bap-
tism is per formed by human agency and
in the name of the Lord so upon the
same principle the forgiveness OF sin Is
certainly taught. Read Matt. 10Th
chapter, 7th and Sth. They had the
power to teach, forgive, and baptize.
NV opinion is, if | reject the plain spe-
cifc teachings of Christ, | had just as
we'll reject the whole plan of salvation,
for 1 cannot find where God withdrew
this forgiving power or even intimaJed
that he would As to the doctrine of
Holiness, that is specifically taught to
the christians and is absolute and
positive, TO wit: Follow peace with all
men and holiness, without which no
man shall see the Lord. just as soon
repudiate and reject the whole plan of
salvation as to deny the doctrine of
Holiness doll Baby" need not be
uneasy about my my attitude concern
ing Holiness. | am strong believer
in sanctifcation and holiness. The
only thing | guess we differ in is the
church. believe in the one Holy
Catholic church, built by the Lord,
Jesus Christ, which causes me to accept
in full the whole plan of salvation from
Genesis to Revelations. / cast over
board my own notions and ideas, and
just accept the doctrines and teachings
of Christ and his apostles. This has
been hard for me to do, for have been
taught that none could forgive sin or
heal the sick save God, thus repudi-
ating more Of Christ teachings than
really thought, for l have been misled
concerning the church and ber minis
ters, for find them ordaining snccess-
ors to carry on their work. preaching and
pardoning. frankly say that believe
the doctrine of the church and find
it confirmed by the written word
in the New Testament Christ is
the author of the church and no
living man had anything to do with
it until Christ himself cal ed and chose
them, and he promised to be with them
until the end of time. Undoubtably
the plan of salvation is in the care OF
human beings and wise church con-
trolls and directs its propagation and the
church by the mouth of it's minister.
In conclusion, let me say know a
little girl about IA years of age that was
born deaf and dumb. Her father was a
wicked man but was converted few
years ago and fell in the holiness move
ment and believed the whole doctrine
and plan of salvation. He called for
the elders and believersNof the christ
ians in behalf of the deaf and dun b
daughter. Hardy Simmons of Eagle,
Tenn, came and conducted the healing
service and that child was healed, her
hearing was restored, her tongue loosen
ed, and she went to school this last fall
John Parker lives in Cannon county
six miles south of Wood bury, Tenn,
route 4, and any ybody can write and get
all of the facts from him or his neigh
bors. God and his Christ are still
with his true believers and never has !
forsaken them and never will. There
are two other cases that personals |
know of divine healing, yet the world |
is full of unbelievers and many of them
pretend to preach. The preacher said |
last night that the priest would prey |
your sins away for the money, but he
would pray for them without the money.
| knew he lied on the priest and him
self for he wanted clothes and some- |
thing to eat. | believe the commission
OF Christ holds good until this day
and that forgiveness of sin and divine
healing accompanies the preaching of
the Gospel. l have given one case as
proof.
UNCLE TOM
Daylight, Tenn.