IT HAPPENED IN CHURCH, Part II

The incident I relate happened in one of our Southern Churches more than seventy years ago. I became acquainted with the participants in this little drama and found it interesting. A young lady had become a lover of the picture shows in the days of the silent films. Now, in a revival meeting, she was trying to sort things out and had come to the altar of prayer as a seeker.

She had suffered a knee injury and was not kneeling, but was seated on the altar. A certain brother who sought to be of help, and knowing of her addiction to the picture shows, said, "Yo' old shows wouldn't bother me none."

Wrong move! She knew that he was a secret snuff dipper, and that was a "no-no" in the church. It seems remarkable to me that these young people are so alert to some things that older folks may not be aware of. In this case the seeker turned on the would be altar worker and spat out, "And yo' old snuff wouldn't bother me none!"

That ended this brother's attempt at being a counselor to seekers, and he withdrew in embarrassment.

In 1959 the annual Youth Camp was held in Kirksville, MO. H.E. Schmuel was evangelist and William Mays was Bible Teacher. In The Friday night service there were several young people who responded to the altar call. At length all had departed except one young man from one of the Kansas churches. Brother Ray Pollard was kneeling several yards away. Instead of rising he "walked" on his knees to the side of the seeker and asked, "Young man, what is your problem?"

Without lifting his head, the young fellow said, "I guess I'm in confusion."

To this, Bro. Pollard asked, "You know who is the author of confusion is, don't you?"

"Some Chinese," was his reply.

There was a bit of quiet mirth evidenced among those of us who were in attendance. The good brother, so intent on being a helper, withdrew to his point of origin in the manner in which he had come.