Table of Contents
THE EARLY YEARS
GRANDPA ISOM
MY MOTHER
MY FATHER
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
RELIGION OF MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS
OUR ECONOMIC STATUS
OUR EATING HABITS.
THE EARLY YEARS (con'd), GROWING UP
MY CHILDHOOD JOBS
OUR JOURNEY TO A NEW COMMUNITY
HOUSE AND LAY OF THE LAND
FIRST TWO YEARS
COOK PLACE
MY STEP MOTHER
DOUBLE STANDARD
UPCHURCH FARM
GROWING UP (con'd.) AND HIGH SCHOOL YEARS
MORE LESSONS IN SALESMANSHIP
REFLECTIONS ON "WILDERNESS"
MR. COOK
TALMAGE WHATLEY
B.Y.P.U.
RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME -- SORT OF
B.Y.P.U. AND THE EVA BAPTIST CHURCH
A LUCKY ENCOUNTER WITH MR. E.L. BUCKNER
PORTIS AND I
ELIEN AND I
ROMANCE AND DATING
HIGH SCHOOL YEARS (con'd.) AND APPLYING FOR COLLEGE
LIVING WITH THE BUCKNERS
THE UNCLE BILL STORY (My first encounter with racism)
I COULD NEVER REPAY THE BUCKNER'S
THE HOLLY POND BAPTIST CHURCH AND I
MY FIRST SERMON
SUNDAY SCHOOL "EXPERT" - A REMARKABLE CONGREGATION IN THE PIEDMONT HILLS OF ALABAMA ABOUT TWENTY MILES NORTH OF ANNISTON
BEREA COLLEGE IN KENTUCKY
COLLEGE YEARS
LEAVING HOLLY POND HEADED FOR HOWARD COLLEGE
A COUNTRY CHURCH ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH OF MONTGOMERY
MY FIRST CHURCH JOB IN THE BIG CITY
MY JOB AT THE SULPHUR SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH
MY COLLEGE DORMITORY ROOMMATES
LIVING OFF CAMPUS
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS AND HOUSE SITTING WITH BED BUGS
THE ACCIDENT
AS A PAPER RETAILER IN THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT
COLLEGE YEARS (con'd.)
MT. CRMEL BAPTIST CHURCH (September 1934--September 1936)
MY COLLEGE EDUCATION EVALUATED
THE GREAT REVIVAL (HOWARD COOLEGE)
LEAVING COLLEGE AND GOING TO THE SEMINARY
MY RELIGIOUS STATE OF MIND
MY SEMINARY YEARS
THE SEMINARY (con'd) AND THE COMING WAR (WORLD WAR II)
TURNING POINT
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS DEFINED
THE SEMINARY(con'd) and GOING TO COURTLAND, VIRGINIA
COMPARATIVE RELIGION CLASS
HOMELETICS CLASS
ON THE CIRCUIT IN VIRGINIA
THREE YEARS AND FOUR MONTHS IN COURTLAND, VIRGINIA
COURTLAND, VIRGINIA (con'd)
THE MOST EFFECTIVE SERMON I EVER PREACHED
BOY SCOUT LEADER
ROSE--THE BIRTH OF MY FIRST CHILD
WORLD WAR II
PEARL HARBOR
CHAPLIN SCHOOL
CAMP SIBERT (Gadsten, Alabama) 1943
CAMP CROFT (1944)
SAXON BAPTIST CHURCH YEARS - PART 1
(Spartanburg, South Carolina) 1946--1953
REV. BLACKWELL & "OLD MAN LAW"
"JUD" BROOKS--THE GUILTY PARTY
CLARENCE GUTHRIE
THE MILL'S NEW OWNERS
TEMPER OF MY MIND
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
A DAMN COMMUNIST
THE SILENT PICKET LINE
"MAN WITH A HOE"
STATE CONVENTION ELECTION & POLITICS
A NEW MAGAZINE -- "CHRISTIAN FRONTIERS"
COMMUNISM
SAXON BAPTIST CHURCH YEARS - PART 2
(Spartanburg, South Carolina) 1946--1953
CAN-A-WEEK-CLUB
ORGANIZED LABOR
NAACP
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MY READING PROGRAM
ALBERT SCHWEITZER AND HIS "QUEST FOR THE HISTORIC JESUS"
WILDERNESS OF THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY
SAXON BAPTIS CHURCH YEARS - PART 3
(Spartanburg, South Carolina) 1946--1953
THE INFLUENCE OF "THE PHILOSOPY OF CHIVILIZATION" by ALBERT SCHWEITZER
THE SAXON BAPTIST CHURCH - Part 4
(Spartanburg, South Carolina) 1946 -1952
W. T. STACE AND "THE GATES OF SILENCE"
A RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURE
FAMILY AFFAIRS
THE SAXON BAPTIST CHURCH - Part 5
(Spartanburg, South Carolina)
VACATION
AN EASTER SERMON
DAY TO DAY NOTEBOOK
REV. ROBERT WESTON AND
THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF LOUSIVILLE
ONCE IN A LIFE TIME
ELIEN?
NEW ALBANY, INDIANE - OUR NEW ABODE
ROSE ELIEN AND MARY BETH?
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF LOUISVILLE & WICHITA
AS CHURCH SECRETARY
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH OF WICHITA, KANSAS
TRIP TO WICHITA
CHURCH BEGINS
FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH (WICHITA, KANSAS) (Con'd)
HOW TO MOVE A CHURCH - IF YOU ARE LUCKY
OUR FIRTS LUCKY BREAK
OUR SECOND LUCKY BREAK
MY NEW IMPORVED READING PROGRAM
THE RELIGION OF EMERSON
RELIGION OF EINSTEIN
THE RELIGION OF EINSTEIN (Con'd)
RELIGION OF EINSTEIN (Con'd)
ANOTHER PART OF MY READING PROGRAM
AGE OF FAITH
SOCIAL ACTION
THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY (Wichita, Kansas)
SOCIAL LIFE OF CHURCH MEMBERS
VISITING MINISTER TO FELLOWSHIPS
AMARILLO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS
DECISION TO MOVE TO DES MOINES, IOWA
BIRTH OF A UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP
THE TRIP TO DES MOINES, IOWA
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