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Pitone.e prteacheA Z. N. Moarrte had the.e woads to
say about MajoA Penn in 1882: "He has now been
in the fLield seven yearcs...he ha oanly tost 150
days ftom tAavel, sickness and tLet. AUl this time
he has conducted Auom two to ouwA seArvice. a day...
TheAe have been about /sixteen thousand poutessiono
od conveAtion undeA his ministyu ... The largest t
number oA conversion itn a day was 100...and the
rnmaUReLt number at any one place whete he held a
meeting uwa 33 and he wua only thete thtee days...
Since the days of the aposte.s, I have not tead oA
anything ike it continued so long."
By 1879 Majot Penn had puAchased a laAge tent fot
holding tevivats, and he carried an vugan; and
otganist along as wueR as a singet. So veAy
likely this tent wC6 the setting foa the beginning
o6 ouA chuALch in 1882, when Rev. G. W. Staughtet
waz able to ge t Majot Penn to come Aot a meeting
which stated a month. Rev. Penn's signature
appeaAc in ouA church minutes as the modetator
,t the organization o the. chuAch.
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Moore, Bobby E. [A Centennial Booklet of First Baptist Church], text, October 10, 1982; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth38091/m1/19/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.