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EPISODES AT THE LITTLE CHURCH AT THE CROSSROADS By Mrs Glennie Moffitt tic's seem calm. She When the preachers his dentures went out he would get turned v0 had just purchased a were unable to come, the window, so he around, and someone Did you ever live new couch. Brother they notified my grand- couldn't talk. from the Amen corner A near a little church in Stormy came home father to take over the As Brother Stormy had to go up and Qthe country where the with father for Sunday pulpit. One time he aged, his eyesight straighten him around. v minister might be left dinner, and after walk- received this request began to fail, though Had he ever stepped off 04 standing on the church ing up the incline from from Brother Stormy, he continued to the rostrum on Sunday � steps on Sunday night? the road, he was ex- who, while going home preach; he knew his night, there wouldn't Well, I did ! My h a u s ted, saw the on Monday was sitting Scriptures and sermons have been enough men father would always couch, and let himself by a train window and by heart, having in the congregation to LO (o wait outside the church go. So did the couch was taken with repeated them so a and if no one invited springs, never to coughing and sneez- often. At times when See LITTLE CHURCH the preacher home return to normal. ing. During the seizure preaching and shouting (Continued Page 7) with them for the , night, we got him! Otherwise he would have to walk two miles to the little town and 1 stay at the hotel. Our church members were all farmers and didn't mind picking the ministers' up when they arrived Saturday on the 4:18 train, as they had to get WELCOME groceries anyway. They would keep him for supper,overnight, w and breakfast, and brTO - ing him to the morning 10 service; then their shift was over. Someone else took him for din- ner and supper and brought him to evening o NEW CARLISLE meeting, and that end- e ed their shift. The night shift, as I have said before, uncertain. HISTORICAL DAYS The two ministers I remember most vividly were quite opposite in personality. Brother 011ie -- short for Oliver -- was a quiet little man and a fine preacher. In my teenage years I always sang in the choir, and sat where I Behind our name stands over could watch him as he sat cross-legged, keep- 50 years of successful service ing time with the music by tapping one foot on the floor and swinging to this farming community. the other. Well, I thought, if it was all right for him to keep WE ARE DEALING IN: time with his feet in the church, I could keep SUPERSWEET FEEDS time with mine. So I PIONEER SEED CORN learned to dance. The other was HY RATION DOG FOOD Brother "Stormy" a GRAIN & FERTILIZER man ofpounds with a mouuthh and voice in CUSTOM GRINDING & MIXING proportion. He achiev- ed this nickname, as he was a converted "Old Sea Salt". His favorite song was "There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood", and he was apt ELEVATOR to start singing any time he felt like it. There was no use in- playing the organ, as it FEED MILL couldn't have been heard by the time the congregation joined in. He was a jolly old man, and the kids liked his sea stories. 6S4m362S One time, if my mother hadn't been a lady, she could have blown up a storm with him to make the Atlan-