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Originally Posted by Dr. Vaughn
I have received several PM's requesting the mailing address to order my grandmothers book.
Her book is an autobiography of her life;
In this book which she titled "Extraordinary Miracles in an Ordinary life"
You will begin in the backwoods of Louisiana where the Jesus Name Message came to her mother and her family by a lady Evangelist, which she names, in an Old Brush Arbor.
You will hear the trials that the old Jesus Name people endured from her own experiences. When she tells how Old Brother Hoyt brought the message of Divine Healing into their country, how healing began to happen everywhere, including her own.
My grandmother was an epileptic with constant seizures, constantly chewing her tongue until it bled. Her body would convulse in these seizures. She tells of two lady preachers who came through her country and they were invited to come and pray for my grandmother. She tells the story of how these ladies crawled into her bed and commanded all unbelievers to leave the room...... eye witnesses tell of grown men, rank sinners, falling under the power of God as these women prayed..... when it was all said and done.. NOT ONE MORE SEIZURE nor any medications some 60 years later.....
You will read of her marriage, being left with 10 children by a husband who chose another woman in the church.. how this affected her children to this day.. how she was left to face the church with the embarrassment of his infedilities. The story will take you through a lifetime of love for her Lord and also through the murder of her youngest son........ through her songwriting years and some of the stories of those songs.....
I am very proud to be her grandson, my heritage is strong and no matter my theological views on women preachers, I will always hold my grandmother in high regards for the price she paid to serve Jesus.
You may write to:
Sis. Lois Terell
P.O. Box 651
Foxworth, Ms 39483
Book cost is $10.00
Add $2 for shipping
Make check payabale to Sis. Lois Terrell
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Your Grandmother???????????
Wellwhadayaknowboutdat?
I've known her and your greatgrandmother (her mother) almost all of my life. She led my 70 year old grandfather to the Lord at Berry's Creek revival in 1960 if I rightly recall the year.
Except for the past twenty years or so, I've kept up with her having visited and preached for them in Foxworth only once since then.
Yes, I remember well when brother Gatlin closed out a service where they pastored in Bogalusa, then left immediately with another woman, leaving sister Lois with all of those children. Of all the children, I remember Gail the best.
I very often visited the church when she pastored first in New Orleans and later Metarie. She is one of my heros in the faith.
I learned to give sacrificially after watching Brother Gatlin "empty out" in his giving that broght the glory of the Lord upon him when they pastoed at Cross Roads. He gave and kept giving until there was no more to give, but I saw the results. Because of what I saw in Brother Gatlin, years after he backslid, I looked him up on the job and recalled that incident. Tears came to his eyes and he recalled that day in a fellowship meeting. I begged him to come back to the Lord. I pleaded with him. He promised that he would. That was the last time I saw him.
I shall never forget when he was in a backslidden state about 1953. He was siting with sister Lois and her mother in church in New Orleans. As the altar call was being given, the church was sining, "Coming Home." I wll never forget that he jumped up and ran to the altar screaming to the top of his voice, "Lord, I'm coming home." I would think that your grandmother will never forget that night too. He prayed back through and then went into the ministry. He was a good preacher but I enjoyed sister Gatlin the most.
She used to tell me, "Bro. -------, no one can inspire me like you do." Of course, since she was one of my heros, her words meant a lot to me which would not have meant so much if the statement would have been made by almost anyone else.
Aaaah yes, those were the days of trials, tears, struggles but great victories as well.
I too will write for the book.
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