She said she never saw Methodists immerse in Washington County, Tennessee, where she was raised, but she had seen it here. The effect of pious training was evident in the character of the old man. Had he been as religious as his father, his son would have never been a distiller. No training is so important as that during the first years of life. The die is already cast.
Parentage is highest, holiest, and heavenliest of all relationships.
No work is so great as bearing and raising children. The child will live while God lives, and it is for the parent to decide, largely, whether that existence will be in heaven or hell. It is sad to look at the ashes of Wyatt's Chapel. Ragan and the people here labored so hard to build it. God so signally blessed their efforts and gave His endorsements by saving so many souls in it, that one feels regretful in looking at the ruin.