Ailey Baptist Church (image: vanishingsouthgeorgia.com)

The teacher and the preacher

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Wednesday, June 9. 2010

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By Walter Geiger

The Ailey Baptist Church has a baptismal pool hidden beneath a trap door.

The kids from the Methodist church down the street often snuck into the always unlocked Baptist house of worship and marveled at what they thought was a swimming pool.

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#1 Simon says on 06/10/10 at 08:49 PM

Good story sir. I love to see pictures of charming, old country churches like that. Reminds me of the good ole days when a church was a church, and not a social club, a fashion show or a major corporation.

#2 Anonymous on 06/12/10 at 03:16 PM

I’m still trying to figure out what exactly this article is trying to say. It looks to be a perspective from a person who lives in the south and of a Christian upbringing. I wonder if this person knows of any other ways of life that just might be as spiritual and productive as the one he is living. I do know Lamar County does not have a house of worship within its county lines that is not other that Christian Protestant. From that prospective it’s like looking at the universe through a key hole and actually believing one see all that there is to see. There are more stars in the universe that gains of sand in all the beaches in this world. If only a mere fraction has a planet with life where does that leave the exclusive nature of his Christian Protestant God? Yes, as a child we need structure but only to keep young minds focused and engaged on a path of growth that will bring them forward in life. It is not the God of the past but the God of tomorrow where humanity will find its salvation.

#2.1 Tammy Harvey on 06/15/10 at 05:28 PM

The article is what it is--a celebration of the love of 2 people over the course of 50 years who have touched the hearts, minds, and lives of countless others and I am one of those people. Thank you, Professor Brewer, for the pursuit of truth and understanding you instilled in my life and nurtured for 4 years. You and Mrs. Faye are loved and appreciated.

And you, anonymous, were obviously not one of Professor Brewer's English 101 or 102 students because you would have left his class knowing how to comprehend what you read.

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