Pocahontas star herald., 1927-02-17
WRITER COMMENDS
REV. p. o. FREEMAN

In an article appearing in 'The Word
and Way" a magazine published by
the Western Baptist Publishing Co. OF
Kansas CITY, Rev. p. o. Freeman OF
Thayer, Mo-. well known in this county,
is given word of well deserved praise.
The writer of the article Is general
secretary OF the Y. NJ. C. A. and is
Methodist. He wrote the article With
out consulting Bro. Freeman or his
family. The subject of the sketch is
the husband of the former Miss Pearl
Reynolds, who was reared at Reyno.
The article follows:
| Thayer-While | am not a member
of a Baptist church, ! am vitally in
| terested in the salvation of lost souls.
1t seems to me that there was never
greater need of a return TO the old
paths than there is today. | am fool
iSh enough to believe that the saliva
tiOn of God is for lost souls in the
same way that il was in the long years
ago. While science and literature may
have made tremendous strides during
| the past years | believe that there has
been no change i'm the laws of physical
or spiritual birth. Sometimes | hear
the call to the lost made in such way
that they could not help but feel hat
4 they would be comforting a great fa-
vor on God to accept a place in his
kingdom
Feeling that it might be of service
to some pastor who desires a man to
hnl aI In, 10 ahn /
would like to say a few words about
Brother p O. Freeman, pastor of the
Baptist church at Thayer, Mo. Bro
ther Freeman is an engineer ON the
Frisco railroad, and there are none
better than he, but he is n better
preacher than he is an engineer. ! have
been at Thayer. as secretary Of the
railroad Y. NJ. G. A. for the past five
years and it has been my pleasure to
know and work with Brother Freeman
for the past two years, since he was
called to the pastorate of the church
here. Other pastors have had some
of the best evangelists to be had to
hold meetings for the church at Thav-
er, and with some success. But Bro
ther Freeman has held the best meet
ing ever held in Thayer. While all
the people know him as "Ollie," there
is not man in the town who is loved
and respected more than he. As a
preacher / think he stands at the top.
and is one of the most constructive
preachers it has been my privilege TO
labor with during the past twenty
years. He makes no compromise with
the world, yet loves the lost with such
Il passion that his messages are com
pelling. While being absolutely loyal
, to his church he is not in the least
= offensive to others. He is deeply spirit
. ual and knows no clap-trap method OF
getting folks into his kingdom. He has
a very striking personality which wins
men wherever he comes in contact with
/ them. In plain words he is a real
, dynamic force in the church and com
munity. He is one of the most lOvable
men ] have ever known and would
work in perfect harmony with any pas
tor whether he be Baptist or not.
, just want to say that feel Brother
Freeman has large future before him
and should be used to the limit for
evangelistic work
II would be n real pleasure for me
to answer any communications relative
to this man of God, for l feel he has
powers that God can use for the 9av-
: ing of the lost.-F. CLARK, Sec'y., Y.
NJ, c. A.