kBOY:
This went on far into the summer until word of it reached JRS, who had been absent much of the time because his divorce proceedings from Martha had forced him to steer clear of Iowa. When he eventually returned, there was a general ‘call to arms’ meeting where he railed against all the backsliding (having fun) and questioned everyone’s commitment to the cause. The ‘fun’ was basically squashed (but not the coupling), the Victory Siege picked up additional steam, and by the end of summer, there were four weddings on four consecutive weekends.
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Well it stands to reason that he would rail against that, NO PREACHER wants his tithe money spent the bars and have HIS SHEEP missing indoctrination sessions. That's a good way to have the heard start wandering off.
This went on far into the summer until word of it reached JRS, who had been absent much of the time because his divorce proceedings from Martha had forced him to steer clear of Iowa. When he eventually returned, there was a general ‘call to arms’ meeting where he railed against all the backsliding (having fun) and questioned everyone’s commitment to the cause. The ‘fun’ was basically squashed (but not the coupling), the Victory Siege picked up additional steam, and by the end of summer, there were four weddings on four consecutive weekends.
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Well it stands to reason that he would rail against that, NO PREACHER wants his tithe money spent the bars and have HIS SHEEP missing indoctrination sessions. That's a good way to have the heard start wandering off.