| Show AH 1IT AS PEACEA LITTLE TOT OF FIVE YEARS EXHIBITS EX-HIBITS GREAT KNOWLEDGE Familiar With Every Chapter of the Bible Says He Is Agent of Divine Di-vine Power Washington Star A boy thoroughly Imbued with the teachings of the Bible just brimful ot the gospel is little Lonnie Lawrence Dennis the 5yearold preacher whc has come to Washington as he says to speak to the people with the holy ghost God is leading him he declares de-clares and he will preach his word during dur-ing the remainder of his life which has but scarcely begun The child is wonderfully well posted on Scriptural subjects and is prompt in answering the most difficult Biblical questions propounded Without being able tc read or write a word he Is acquainted with every chapter of the Bible and especially with matters dealing with the life of Christ Lonnie Lawrence is in his 6th year having been born Christmas day 1S93 His skin Is olive In color his hair black and curly He Is a tot In size and dress but has the brains of a grown person His mother and father are wellknown colored people at Atlanta Ga arid they are also in the city The boy has been before the public ever since he was 3 years and 11 months old or since Nov 25 1897 Even at that age he answered In his baby dialect all questions asked It Is not supposed sup-posed so much religious knowledge could be taught the child and retained in his untrained mind Therefore his ability to preach and to explain certain cer-tain portions of the Bible is declared to be nothing short of marvelous His Views of New York The Boy Preacher as he loves to be called will be in Washington for two or three weeks and during his stay will endeavor to save the souls of those whc come within range of his voice a voice which is quite wonderful if not sonorous sonor-ous at times He has just returned from New York What do you think of that city he was asked by a reporter for the StaJ today It is the Wickedest place in tin whole world Lonnie replied withoui hesitation And what of the people They are just as wicked as the city IF Washington a wicked place Washington is not as wicked sis New York It is the prettiest city I ever sawHow How did you happen to become a preacher of the gospel God called be and I felt that I must goHave Have you ever been to school No sir and Im not going God has taught me all I want to know So it was God who made you preach Course it was Who else could make me preach anything unless badness bad-ness and thats what the devils people peo-ple doDo do-Do you think your being born on Christs birthday has anything to do with your preaching It has everything to do with It Have you ever seen God Yes with the eyes of faith What must a person do to be assure < J of heaven He must be a good faithful true and honest Christian People what belong be-long to the church are not always Christians The boy speaks with a slight dialect How about the story of Jonah and the whale do you belae that Of course I do If I didnt believe that I wouldnt believe that Christ rose from the dead Who was Christs greatest disciple St Peter But didnt St Peter do something wrong He denied Christ He sinned but lii didnt know it Who was converted at midday Paul He was converted by a Hash which blinded him Do you intend preaching always Im going to build me a church and a tabernacle when I get grown up Do you think you will go to heaven when you die Yes sir Belongs to Gods Race Lonnie Lawrence objects to being called a negro Asked to what race he belonged he replied To Gods race God said that man should be called man and woman should be called woman All are his people Is Christ coming on earth again Certainly he is How and when will he come He will come in a tpiriual way and no man knows when his judgment will come He will bring with him millions of angels to help him And Gabriel w ll blow his trumpet twice The first time It will be low and the mood p oole will hear and come IntoGods house The second time he blows it it will be as loud as seven claps of thunder and the bad people will go into the devils house houseWill Will thewicked people ever get out of hell They will burn there until long after eternity for millions and millions of years and the good people cant help them To what church do you belong To Gods church The boy will preach tonight at Israe church First and B streets southwest He answers all questions asked by persons per-sons in the congregation and explains them Once while preaching in New York he was asked why Christ was crucified He quickly replied To save you hellians Whether inspired or not the child ira ir-a wonder |
