IMH 75:2 182

"Chronicles of Upper Burnet" (1)

1881

Sunday, March 13th.

A cloudy blustering raw cold day, somewhat disagreeable. I
attended meeting on the creek twice. Rev. Runyan gave the
"non-essential" men a blizzard in the morning and insisted on
the necessity of baptism to salvation. In the evening as a
farewell effort he got in a hit at nearly everything opposed to
him displayed some rather crude and wild geographical and
Biblical ideas and employed some rather mixed figures of
speech. Father was up at Bob Foster's awhile in the evening.
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Teaching Note: It is apparent that William has an active and curious mind. Older students
will appreciate his candor and his independent thinking. Most younger students will not likely
grasp that yet. It is a still a good opportunity to point out the virtues of being a life long learner.