"Biographical," The Gospel Messenger vol. 10 no. 3 (Mar. 1888)
My father was poor and hard-run, and unable to send me off from home to school (which advantage many have to-day). Though my parents were poor in this world’s goods, yet I believe they are now rich in glory, for they have long since passed away. They were both Old School Baptists, and admonished their children to be truthful and civil, and to behave themselves both at home and abroad. But they never said to me that I could be a Christian whenever I chose to be; though they often had occasion to correct me, for I now know that I was a wild and rude boy, and though I was wild yet I had the good fortune, in general, to have the good will of my playmates and associates. |
