It was my first full time work with the Lineville congregation and as a young preacher, I was full of zeal to do as much as I could in laboring with my brothers and sisters in Christ to lead others to Christ. I had not been there very long as I recall when a man and his wife, on their first visit, came forward during the invitation song to confess Jesus Christ and desired to be baptized. Was my first sermon that inspiring and motivating, as well as being informative?! It made my heart feel so good that this couple, no doubt sincere seekers, responded at the first gospel sermon they perhaps had heard. The brethren rejoiced and we all expressed our love and happiness to them. And, if there was anything that we could do for them, we would be more than glad to assist them. And there was.
We collected food for them, along with some clothes and, of course, an amount of money. It was a good day! However, the next news we heard about this couple was that they had joined the First Baptist church the following Sunday and the First Methodist the next Sunday. The experience taught this young preacher that there was a difference between 'ducking' a person in water and scripturally baptizing him.
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