Show CONVERTED BY BOY six year old oid preaches high class forceful sermons little charley turner suddenly called amazes amazee an audience of laymen and ministers by his HI diction and logic K knoxville ville tenn divine inspiration in these words many account for or the wonderful ful preaching of 0 charles charlea R turner a handsome lad 0 of six years yearb who though barely old enough to attend public school to ie an aim ordained minister of a baptist church as a to Is his father a minister of 0 16 years standing charles Is a native of 0 florida he will not be seven years old until next november in september 1912 he wits was converted and entered the work which he declares will be his vocation it was at the closing service of a baptist state convention that the lad when the invitation to peni tents was given went forward that same night he told his father he be had been called to preach the gospel the father was astonished for up to that time the lad had been as other boys full of play however when charley cabarle Y said he would like to make a few remarks at the sunday service his father consented I 1 the child took for his theme god 7 Is love it was thought that he charley turner would simply say bay a few words and sit bit down but he spoke for 20 minutes while hile the ministers present listened in openmouthed open mouthed wonder porty forty eight of 0 his hearers were moved by his words to live better lives little charlie told ot of his conversion and in a streng logical manner declared the worth of 0 gods love in a way that the auditors had never heard it told before he preached a real sermon the best many said they had ever hoard board on in the subject ile he was immediately ordained to preacher add he has been p reaching preaching ever since except f tor or six months that he was wait in a private school in school he made three grades one grade every two months but all the he was studying dying he was yearning 0 io o tell the message which be was eare ire he had been called upon to deliver to an erring world prom the first his language was aa beautiful hit bis enunciation practically perfect and his bis voice possessed a carrying power velch made it possible for or Lie everyone n a spacious auditorium to 10 bear eairy word charley ascend to the pulpit and kneela in prayer pracey then arises and open i tho the he first reads a passage ced with brief explanations pla nations the book ho he quotes aram memory other passages beating on the theme aoler anler discussion following these prel min arlos he launches laun chen into his sermon it Is not the singsong style etyle of delivery which might be expected from a child it to Is not a aff el nion read without espres slon sion but a strong earnest appeal to non christians to live better lives it Is a real sermon much of it extemporaneous but forceful in the e extreme A little child shall lead them suffer buffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such Is the kingdom of heaven these are his bis fathers explanation of his boys power after tho the sermon proper is over the young preacher descends to the altar rail and begs his hearers bearers to get right with god and these appeals are rarely in vain sinners are touched they go forward and shake the boys hand band and he kneels with them as they pray tor for gods mercy upon them when he Is not preaching he visits prisons hospitals and other institutions and makes personal appeals for convicts he was in atlanta recently and since then has been preaching in some of the small towns throughout north georgia and east tennessee his father was asked what pecuniary arrangements were made tor for the boy he answered nothing but freewill free will offerings |