Emphasis Preaching Journal

Orville was a six-year-old boy, the last of several children born and raised in this farm house. His father affectionately called him the youngest man in the house. Orville loved the lambs and cared for them tenderly. Physically large for his years and very strong, he could carry even heavy things that were needed for the sheep and he'd keep the sheepfold clean. One black night a storm cut through that part of Michigan and the farm buildings shook badly. Shingles flew through the air, trees crashed down, the dogs howled wildly, the horses pitifully whinnied their cry.