A/N and warnings!-'How Great Thou Art' was the next great episode in the 7 or 8 great seasons of this show on CBS. It was about Charlene being hurt by her minister, Reverend Nunn who didn't believe in women preachers. I don't mean to make fun anybody's belief's or faith, I just plan on giving a twist to Revered Nunn.
This chapter will also deal with snake handlers, there is a small section of Pentecostal religion that practices it, use wisdom and ignore this practice! Now, on with the story.
Revered Nunn was upset. His congregation of 9-10 years decided to kick him out, they said his views had got to be too fanatical and to demanding. He was taking himself a vacation, up into the northwest corner of Georgia's beautiful woods, to lose himself in God's wonderful creation and and clear his mind.
One morning, he decided to get up and go for a long walk in the forest, he came across a little church in the woods*-Holiness Church of Jesus*, he knew it to be of that Pentecostal religion...he realized it was Sunday and he should be in church so he figured, why not? He was mildly interested anyway. He went in and sat down, after a lively 'musical session' of singing songs to God, he realized that a WOMAN preacher was getting up! He started to get up to leave but he wanted to hear what she had to say.
Her name was Sister Lora Hunt and her words were strong and every word had truth in them and he wanted to here more to his surprise. Then something happened that should have made him get up and RUN but...he stayed and came back every Wednesday and Sunday that he could, he found out more about this woman preacher and the snakes. She strongly believed in the words of Mark 16: 17-18 and Luke 10:19.
The more he heard her speak and he studied under her, the more he believed himself! He was a long way from what he was then one Sunday, he held the snake himself for hours with no harm! He found out that this woman didn't want to preach but she felt the Lord told her to continue her late husband's ministry and since they had no children...
He and the Sister became closer and closer as time went on and their faith grew and they were married. He took over as preacher of that church and it shocked everyone when 6 years, 6 months and 6 days later they both died of a rattlesnake bite.
A/N-The 666 reference is from Revelation 13: 17-18
Again, I am from a Pentecostal background but I DO NOT recommend this snake practice.
Disclaimer-I do not own the rights to 'Designing Women' or to the name of 'Holiness Church of Jesus'. There might be a name of a church as that but the name is not something I own.