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Dr. E. W. Branyon’s Bio
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Daddy was a big Baptist and mother a big Presbyterian. Our family was so prominent that they bent the rules for mother so she could teach Presbyterian Sunday school in a Baptist building. I also learned the Presbyterian cat- echism through mother’s efforts.
Our church had alternating circuit-riding preachers. First and third Sundays was a Bap- tist, second and fourth Sundays a Methodist, and the fifth Sunday Church of Christ. Little did I know there was a difference in the doctrinal beliefs of any of these churches. I think we were probably more ecumenical than we are today.
A farmer had two yoke of oxen. He named them Methodist, Presbyterian, Church of Christ and Baptist. A neighbor asked how he was getting along with his team. The farmer said: “I’m having lots of trouble. Methodist is always backslid- ing, Presbyterian holds his head so high he won’t pull, Church of Christ lies down in every river branch, and Baptist is always going off and eating by himself.”
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