Matt Elliott! I thought of you!

Went to a "barn raising" this weekend (church in the sticks built a new building, y'see) and much doctrine and fellowship was had there, all hail.

Anywho, we're having a good old church of Christ time, when the songleader (using mimeographed copies of the songs -- mark of the true professional) tells us to take our "Songs of Faith and Praise" and turn to "Victory in Jesus." The song in the book, though, read differently from his version . . .

Our book said: "And somehow Jesus came and bro't to me the victory"

Our songleader sang: "When I obeyed the blest command, I GAINED the victory."

We were all actually frightened for a moment by the book -- the nerve! That Jesus might come and speak to us before our full immersion baptism! What were they thinking?