As it looked
to him now, he was one of the principals in a battle between truth and
error. He was very young in faith, and it is not to be wondered at if
his zeal was greater than his knowledge. Day by day he prayed that the
saving truth of the gospel might be made plain to all, and that deadly
error might be exposed, and its power to blind the people destroyed,
completely and eternally.
"Romans 7," called out Peter Newby, who led off without consulting
anybody. "Read the first verse, Mrs. Johnson. Everybody follow the
reading. There are so many present tonight that only a small portion
will get to read. Pay strict attention."
After the chapter was read, Peter began:
"Neighbors," he said, "you have known me for a long time, and all of
you know that I am fair and square to everybody. I try to treat my
neighbors right. I have been a Christian a long time. I was baptized
fifty years ago in the Big Sandy River. Water baptism is essential to
salvation, so somewhere between the time I went down into the water
and came up out of it, I was converted.
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