Emphasis Preaching Journal
In Will Campbell's book, Forty...
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In Will Campbell's book, Forty Acres and a Goat, he tells of hearing a black preacher say:
Mr. Folsom just need to take his buggy wheel to the river. The noise from the crowd was far in excess of its number. Again the students did not understand, had never watched their daddy or grand-daddy remove a buggy wheel, its spokes loose on the hub and rim from sun and wear and years, take it to the river where the cold running water would swell the wooden parts to fit as tight as new in a few days of soaking, and the buggy could roll on. Renewed.
Mr. Folsom just need to take his buggy wheel to the river. The noise from the crowd was far in excess of its number. Again the students did not understand, had never watched their daddy or grand-daddy remove a buggy wheel, its spokes loose on the hub and rim from sun and wear and years, take it to the river where the cold running water would swell the wooden parts to fit as tight as new in a few days of soaking, and the buggy could roll on. Renewed.
