“Well, now, there’s no use in fooling! Did you pray for the Lord to kill me?”
“No, sir,” said I, “I prayed for the Lord to convert you, or else kill you.”
“Well, you prayed for them fellows the Bible speaks of,” he rejoined, referring to the Apostles Paul and Silas.
“Yes,” I answered.
“Well, that’s all one tarnal big lie!”
“Why, sir,” I inquired, “do you not believe in the Bible?”
“No! I don’t believe one tarnal word of it, I don’t.”
“Then, sir, if you escape the rod of God in this life, you certainly will not in eternity.”
“See here, sir,” he rejoined angrily, “you had better mind what you say.”