The Southern Highlander and His Homeland (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...by blood, and we would have been saved by the blood of Isaac." The Scriptures are the source from which arguments are drawn for every important discussion of Church or State, or of life in general. To bolster up a cause or an opinion the Highlander is able to quote disassociated texts--"textes" as he would say--and often, too often, the Book of Books becomes a cudgel for the head of an opponent rather than a "lamp unto the feet." It was the writer's experience upon one occasion to deliver a sermon at the same meeting with two mountain preachers. It had been the custom for the school pastor to preach in a distant neighborhood on those Sundays when there would be no other service. On this Sunday he, being ill, dispatched the "Professor" to take his place, but unfortunately he had mistaken the day, and his substitute arrived to f1nd not only a large congregation assembled but two preachers native to the region already present, the one a young man new to the calling, and the other an older man of considerable reputation throughout the countryside. Despite the efforts of the latest comer to withdraw, it was held by the two first on the field that all three should preach, for the Brother had traveled a long distance; he was a learned man; and the audience was expecting to hear him. They decided, furthermore, after some consultation, that he should speak second--a convenient middle, as he afterward discovered, upon which pressure could be exerted from both sides. The young man began. He introduced his discourse by saying that there was present that day a stranger who would speak to them. Hewas a very learned teacher. He came from; all the audience knew;it was the greatest institution of learning in the county. However, ...