It ran thus:

Dobbinsville, ----, Aug. 29----

My dear Evangelist brother:

i am saved and sanctified praise God O how i rejoice in this wonderful
salvashun i was a member of Mt. Olivet church fer 27 yrs. but i never
knowed what it was to be saved from sin this summer i was herdin cattle
down in the hills about 30 mi. from here and a most wonderful thing
happened. To preachers came along and told me that Christ could save and
sanctify me i fought them at first but God would not let me rest until i
gave him my heart, then he sanctified me holy o how i rejoice my wife
and oldest son is also saved now but say bruther how the people of my
own church persecute me they say I am crazy and that a man cant be saved
from sin in this life o if i had only found this salvashun when i was a
young man but now i am middle aged but by god's grace i aim to do all i
can to save my neighbors, i see in the holiness paper that you are a
evangelist and that you go about preachin this wonderful salvashun so i
want to now if you will come down here and preach to the people we can't
get Mt. Olivet church but we can build a brush arber. i am sending you
$20. this part of the money i urned herdin cattle for deacon gramps i
promised the Lord when he saved me that i would give him part of this
money so here it is so i hope you can cum your brother saved sanctified
and happy

Jake Benton

CHAPTER V

As I have said before, Deacon Gramps sat on his plow handles at the
close of an August day. He fairly rejoiced when he saw Deacon Brown and
Deacon Jones coming toward him.

"Good evening, Brother Gramps," shouted Jones and Brown simultaneously.

"Good evening, my good brethering," responded Gramps, "I am so glad to
see you. I have a great burden on my mind and I was just planning to go
to your house, Brother Brown, as soon as I had unharnessed my team and
eaten supper."

Brown and Jones looked at Gramps with an expectant gaze, and continued
silent. Gramps went on, "It's high time we was doin' somethin' to
protect our church. I have been a deacon in this church fer many a year,
but to my mind this is the most dangerous time Mount Olivet has ever
seen."

Brown and Jones nodded a candid assent to what was being said. Gramps
continued, "For many years our church has been the strongest church in
this county and everybody has counted it an honor to belong to this
church, but you know, brethering, ever since our pastor died last
spring, an