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Tuesday, November 12, 1929
Why the Grouch?
Why should we be so gloomy when there is so little
trouble surrounding us. We see streams of blessings
on every side every day, coming down from above and
•pringing up from below. We pay little attention to
them. We seldom thank God for these blessings, with
out which we could not live a s minute. Yet we permit
ourselves to put on long faces, look sour, talk ugly,
complain, and grouch, all because we can't have every
thing we want. We are just covetous sinners, for
getting that unless we are held back a little by the
hand of poverty that we will very soon run off the
track.
What we n-eed to do is to stop grouching and thank
Clod for the chastisement He is pressing down on us
in the way of a little poverty, which will help
save our souls and bodies from sin and death.
Smiling faces and thankful hearts are our greatest
need.
Who Controls the Church?
Is the church to IK- the next kingdom to be invaded
by the money gods. The political field has been con
quered by wealth. The social field has been corrupt
ed by wealth. The moral standards have been low
ered by wealth. A And now the money gods are grab
bing al the throat of the church. Will it win? Of
course not, but it will drag it down and wound it.
Money plants the seed of pride and vanity in the
church It draws men from the |jfrsonal service and
the church worship. It offers itself as a substitute for
the values pledged by God himself to who will
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PUf L liH ID IVWY
T UWPA Y AHV miQAT
serve and obey Him. It keeps the human family halt
ing and stumbling. It actually goes into the church
and invades the pulpit, the choir, and the pew; it
transforms men from worshippers of God into wor
shippers of vanity.
It goes further: It makes man sneer and spurn the
poor and lowly, against the teachings of the Saviour.
It forces churches to deny the opportunities of mem
bership, unless the aplicaHt bows to the prescribed rules
of the modern business man and preserves his glory
rather than the glory of tneir Maker. ,
The man who builds the church and pays the preach
er generally rules the churdh. An example of which
has recently been seen in a church in East Marion.
The weak ones had to go bv the dozen.
No Lawlessness Without Laws
There can be no lawlessness without law.
Man needed no statutory laws in his primitive
state. But as civilization has advanced step by step,
one law after another has become necessary, because
man is dealing with more men now than when he was
in his savage days; and certainly a civilized gentle
man has more obligations than the savage. For that
reason every new era has brought forth new laws.
God passed some very stringent laws and had
servant Moses write them down. They were good
law£, arid arc still good. They were very stringent
laws, however. They required all men to have but one
God; that we love our brother; tell the truth; not
steal; not covet; observe the Sabbath, etc.
liy this law, God Himself has made millions of
lawbreakers. And then, again, every civilized coun
try has passed many laws, but they have caused law
lessness.
Strange to say, nobody ever found fault with any
of these laws because they Caused people to be law
less. It remained for the liquor folks to start the cry
that the liquor laws cause lawlessness, which is a
fallacy too thin to present to thinking people. If
there is any truth in such argument, why not repeal
the law against lying, which is violated ten times as
often as the liquor law, or stealing, or covetousness,~Dr
adultery, or gambling, or killing—all of which are
being violated on every hand a thousand tiroes as
much as.lhe liquor law^.
One leading weekly paper in the State has recently
said, "The prohibition law has created more criminals
than anything that has ever happened." Of course,
the editor was simply shooting the liquor law.
Who would have the laws of Moses, which com
mand us to have one God, repealed? The infidel.
Who would have the law which says thou Shalt not
steal repealed? The thief. Who would have the law
that says you shall not li? repealed."' The liar. Who
would have the law that says thou shalt not com
mit adultery repealed? The man who has two or more
wives. Who would have the law against murder re
pealed? The murderer. Who is against the auto
mobile law? Of course, the man who opposes all laws
that restrain men.
Then, who would have the liquor laws repealed???
THE BNTSRPRISB
THE LETTER-BOX
ELDER HARRISON WRITKS
Dear Brethren:
| I feel in my heart a desire to publish
a short sketch of the trouble that occur
ii id among the brethren at Smithwkks
| Creek.
I will say to the dear brethren, there
! i> no root of bitterness in my heart for
any dear brother or sister who may dif
i fer with me. What I may say or write
is in love for all and bitterness for
none.
Every departure from God's word
among His people leads to trouble.
God is not the author of confusion, but
|of peace to all saints. I can not com
mand language to express the sweet
! fellowship that I have enjoyed with
my spiritual kindred in serving churches
and associations for 64 years. We
| should remember that if we walk after
i the flesh, we shall die to the joys of
the (christian religion.
Every man and woman has Xy/o na
| lures, called the old man and the new
1 man, that causes the continual war-
I ure. It we follow the dictates of the
old man. it will lead us into smutty
' woods and we will be swallowed up in
I great trouble. Our Saviour said,
I "Truly the harvest is plenteous, but
1 the laborers are few. Pray ye the Lord
I of the harvest to send more laborers in
illls vineyard." In my labors of love
1 among the churches and associations,
1 carry with me a beautiful rule hand
ed to me by my Master. With that
rule 1 can measure the devil's tract to j
a hair's breadth That rule is the ;
; Word of God. If man or angel dis- I
pute that rule, let him be cursed at
the coming of the Lord. I trust there '
is no envy or jealousy in my heart to- j
ward any erring brethren. He that
converteth a brother from the error of
his way hide* a multitude of faults and
saves a soul from death. I love every
brother and sister who will lovingly
j teli me of iny faults. All big things
emanate from little things. "Behold |
how great a flame a little fire kindleth."
j One wrong or departure from God's
word leads to another.
| 1 would admonish all the young min
i isters, whom God has qualified to
! preach the gospel, not to conclude that
1 you know it all and become puffed up I
with pride, for sooner or later you
are liable to error. All must acknowl
edge that we see as through a glass
1 darkly. Jesus said to His disciples,
"Oh, fools, slow of heart to believe
all that ~the prophets have written,
ought not Christ to have suffered these
things and entered into His glory."
I have prayerfully studied the or
| thodox principles of the churches and
I their communications with associations.
I would thank any brother or sister to
I show me any authority in the. Bible
lor associations or any other ecclesia-;
| lical body, to settle trouble in the
| churches. Elder J. K. Respass (now
j dead), editor of the Gospel Messen
! ger in Georgia, questioned the author
ity of any association to deal with
churches. Each church acts as an in
dependent republic in the adjustment
iof its own business. Klder Sylvester
Hassell said it would he much better
tn dissolve all the associations than to
permit them to encroach upon the
rights of the churches. There are num
erous leaders of the same opinjon.
No brother, holding his membership
in one church, has any right to com
plain, either by speaking or writing, of
any other brother holding his member
ship in another church. If he has aught
against a brother and'he considers it
a public offense, he should apply to
the church- where he holds his mem
bership, laying his request before the
church for messengers to lay his charge
before the sister church. If the church
considers the charge, the charge may
be heard in conference. If the sister
church refuses to consider the charge,
you can go back home arid say, in ef- !
ftct, to the sister church with whom
correspondence had been exchanged,
"With all due respect, we will attend
to our business, and you can attend to
yt urs." Any departure from that rule
is open disorder.
When the allegation ot; charge was
laid before the Smithwick's Creek
Church in conference, Elders S. Ha*-
sell, K. H. Pittman, and J. C. Moore
were invited to sit with them in con
ference. >r ln the multitude of counsel
there is safety." The conference did
not approve of some ideas that Elder
Harrington'advanced and asked him to
avoid using some expressions for the
satisfaction of the church. .
But that did not settle the iriatter.
Elder Hassell wrote me that he want
ed me go with him to Smithwick'*
C reek to labor with him lovingly to »ee
if they would confess their faults, one'
to another, in the hope that a recon-'
filiation could be accompliihed. When
his letter was delivered at my home I
was away, having gone to attend the
Bear Creek and Mayo Associationa.
l ; !ler Hassell did not know that, and
in another letter, said>Jie was disap
pointed in my not meeting him there |
on Saturday before the fourth Sunday'
in Mjay, 1928. He said that after
preaching the church went into con
ference. It was agreed that every
member, when his name was called,'
should say that he was willing to abide
by the orthodox principles and Article* (
of Faith as established at that place
in the year of our Lord, 1803. All an
swered to their names that they would
abide bv the original articles, except
right of the minority faction. These
eight were three brothers and five sis
ters who would not take any part in
it. Our rules of decorum say that if
a brother or sister sits in conference
and hears decision of conference and
foils to state his objection before con
ference adjourns, the same is disorder,
because it genders strife.
When the Skewarkee Union met
next at the Falls of Tar River on Fri
day before the fifth Sunday in July,
Iv2B, the minority and majority fac
tions were both represented, each
claiming to be the church. The union
meeting at that session accepted the .
minority and rejected the majority. I
was present and opposed that action.
They asked me if I was taking sides
with Harrington. I said. "No; all the
Harringtons in Christendom can not
get me to preach conditional salva
tion." I did not then, and do not now,
see by what authority the union re
jected the majority and accepted the
minority.
The Kehukee Association convened
at Tarboro in October, 1928. When
letters from sister churchea were called
fo»> the minority and majority factions
were both represented Iry letter* and
by messengers. The association ac
cepted the letters of th« minority and!
rejected the majority, I asked by what
authority they pursued that course.
They presented no authority, but said
'What we have done, we have done."
I said the former action could be re
scinded. I then related the experience
oC the church at Moratoc, year* ago,
with Elder William Gray, of Martin
ounty. Elder Gray held his member
ship where I did mine—at Moratoc
Church. He objected to some of the
transactions in the conference. He
picked up the church books and said.
All who are for Billie Gray, follow
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| me." Part of the members followed
him to one corner of the church.
Brother Charles Blount, a lovely
brother and gifted in prayer, said, "All
! who are for Jesus Christ, stay here."
i Both majority and minority factions
! were represented by .Mters and mes
| sengers at the npxt association. The
acsociation refuted both letters, say
' ing, "Let the church' settle her own
1 troubles." If that course was right
then, it is right now. The church at
Moratoc asked messengers to sit with
them in conference and they decided
j against Elder Gray and the minority.
Elder Grax jumped up in a rage,
grabbed his hat and said, "Good-by,
; brethren, I am gone." He united with
the Missionary Baptist Church and
j preached for them two years. He went
out proud and haugty, but returned to
the church empty and asked the breth
ren to forgive him. He said his whole
course was as bitter to him as gall, in
: trying to harmonize the doctrine of
: electing grace with a conditional sal
| vation. The brethren received the
poor prodigal with tears in their eyes
and the church at Moratoc enjoyed his
preaching as a sweet under-shepherd
after that time for more than 50 years.
Dear brethren, Moses said, "There
is not a just man that liveth on the
face,of the earth and sinneth not."
But if we sin, he says, "Oh, Lord,
I forgive." Brethren, remember what
| God told
! you in all lands whithersoever thou
goeth, and I will bless them that bless
you and curse them that curse you. I
will be your shield and exceeding great
reward." Dear brethren, do not con
sider me your enemy because 1 tell
you the truth. Do not conclude that
what you do and say is like the Medes
and Persians, whose laws never
change.
Let me refer you to the Articles of
Faith and Orothodox Principles of the
Kehukee Association adopted at the
Kehukee meeting house in Halifax
County in the year of our Lord, 1765,
and revised by Biggs. Read those and
see if you can harmonize them with
the action of the Kehukee Association
of late. Should we drop correspond
ence with other associations without
stating the cause? Should we say in
our minutes that ministers and breth
. ren of the associations with who we
formerly corersponded are cordially in
vited to visit us if they are in good
standing? Who is to be the judge, the
association or the churches with whom
they hold their membership? Is the
association authorized to act as a su
preme court in adjusting differences
in the churches? All the authorities
agree that the association is a creature
ot the churches. Brethren, I hope that
I God will bless us to let brotherly love
I continue.
It is commonly reported that the
minority faction is going to try to hurt
my standing if I preach for the ma
jority. If they should pursue that
course, I shall say, "Father, forgive
them, for they know not what they
do." I do not have men's persons in
admiration. I had rather have the ap
proving smiles of God than to have
the smiles of all the proudest mon
archs on earth.
ELDER N. H. HARRISON.
Pinetown, N. C. *f
NOTICE OP SALE
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Under and by virtue of the power*
contained in a certain deed of trust,
executed to th e undersigned trustee,
for J. S. Ayers and Company, by Mar
tin Whitaker and wife, lna Whitaker,
which deed of trust is dated the 16th
day of April, 1929, and is of record in
the public registry of Martin County
in book S-2, at page 250, and default
having been made in the payments
therein secured, the undersigned will,
on the 11th day of November, 1929,
ai 12 o'clock m., offer for sale, at the
Motor Oils Demonstrations
Mr. J. Q. SWANN, Special Representative of the Texas Company, will
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places: • - • *
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Robersonville-Wed., Nov. 13
TEXAS SERVICE STATION
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Hamilton - Thurs. Afternoon, Nov. 14
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courthouse door it?' Williamston, N. C.,
the fololwing described real estate, to
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Beginning at the Gilbert Rogers
corner on the road, thence down said
road to Sarah 11. Whitaker line, thence
l westerly course to Sam Rogers line,
thence east to Gilbert RSglcrs line,
ind known as the Riley Wynn lands
ind being the place now .owned by
Martin and Norman Whitaker. Con
taining 18 acres, more or lets. This
deed of trust covers Martin Whitaker's
one-half undivided interest in said
lands. Said interest being free from,
all incumbrances.
Terms of sale: Cash.
This the 10th day of October, 1929.
RUBIN BAILEY,
oil 4tw Trustee,
j Jos. W. Bailey', attorney.
NOTICE
North Carolina, Martin County; in
the superior court.
Mack Jones and Wife, Amanda Jones,
J. A. Cherry and wife, Adelia Cherry,
and R W. Salsbury vs. Cornelius
Lynch and wife, Mary Lynch, Pitt
man Lynch and wife, Lucinda
Lynch, and J. M. Hardy, Guardian
for Thomas, Joaeph, Ruth, James,
Vivian, and Booker T. Hardy, and
Leonidas D. Lanier, executor of Bet
- tie Lynch, deceased.
The defendants, J. M. Hardy.
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