There he was, sure enough, stand ing erect outside the classroom, eagle-eyed, trim white beard, gray suit, winged collar, big watch chain, and Bible and doctrine book under his arm.
PREACH THE WORD
By O. E. SANDEN From DECISION, © 1972 by The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. that the Bible Teaches Temperance for the Individual, State and Na tion." Being then 14, I asked my father if he would give me time out to enter the contest. He gave his consent (for several reasons, I im agine). In a little country church two miles away I found some old Sun day School quarterlies and looked up the temperance lessons. Then I started writing. On completing it I went to town five miles away to seek a typist. Finally I found one who offered to type it for four dol lars—the total amount of my sav ings. My joy was unbounded when Page 9
When I was in my early teens the doctors despaired of my life and felt I needed the invigorating air of the country. Accordingly our family moved from Illinois to southwest Louisiana. One day when my father and I were out working in the field my uncle, who lived down the road, handed me a copy of a temperance paper en titled "The American Issue," pub lished by the Anti-Saloon League. It announced an essay contest that offered a prize of $25 in gold to any boy or girl in the south, un der 15 years of age, who would write the best essay on "Resolved,
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