Preacher sample

Excerpt (1-1/2 minutes) from tape T4 in Collection 38, oral history interview with Virginia Latham, wife of Tabernacle musician and youth leader Lance Latham.

LATHAM: He had both strength and gift. It was extraordinary. He was a strong man. He had been a...he had been a fighter in his early days. I don't know what kind of a fighter but also baseball player and so on. He was...he was built well. He was a strong man. His gifts in oratory were lovely. He had a gift of storytelling that is unequal to anybody I've ever heard. He...the words just flew out of his...poured out of his mouth. And people sat there and could sit there for hours and listen to him. Every time a sermon would...came to a...came to the end, they wished that he would keep on longer. They had great...great song services down there. But I as one, who is...represents many, I couldn't wait until that dear man stepped over to the pulpit, opened up his Bible, and with a great big white hand in his...handkerchief in his right hand he started to preach. I loved it. I ate up every word. It was food to my soul. He had great strength. And he was attrac...he was an attraction to people. He had a wonderful personality. Happy. He knew how to tell jokes in the right way. People laughed. They were happy. They loved to come.