Effective Proselyting

Benny, the 4-year-old member of the family, had been trained to believe in the water form of baptism.

This is believed to be the reason why he was trying to plunge the household cat into a bucket of water. The animal resisted. It howled, and scratched, and clawed, and used violent language.

Finally, Benny, with his hands covered with scratches and with tears in his eyes, gave it up.

"Darn you!" he said. "Go an' be a Methodis' if you want to!"