BOOKS OF THE BIBLE (1934 9 years old)
I loved the Royal Ambassadors, the Baptist weekday organization for boys. Mrs. Bob Smith, wife of our former pastor, was our sponsor.
We met at her house once a week.
The first thing she would do after the opening prayer was to call the roll. Each boy was to answer with a Bible verse he had memorized. She always went down the names in alphabetical order; my name was usually first, unless Eugene Bostick happened to be thre. I was unprepared, of course, but my old standby saved me many times--"Jesus wept."
The R.A.'s had a project once of memorizing the Books of the Bible, all 66 of them. Our chapter learned them well, better than most of the other churches in Pike County. We would stand in front of the congregation and recite them in unison. It was a crowd-pleaser, and a few other churches invited us to come and recite the Books to them. I thought that if reciting 66 names of Books was so exciting the people would get really high if somebody could recite them backwards, so that's what I decided to do. Actually, when I said them in reverse to Mrs. Smith, she got all excited and went and told the preacher. He gave me a nice build-up the next Sunday morning, and I said them backwards to the congregation. After that I had a dozen invitations from other Baptist churches.
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