Go Tell It On A Mountain - Sum
1. Summary- The story starts by introducing the active role of church in John’s and his family’s life. Various activities occur on Sunday in church, such as school, hymns, and preaching. On the morning of his birthday, he wakes up to lay in bed, pondering on his past birthdays and events. He falls asleep to wake up late and head to breakfast. Roy’s hardheaded personality is introduced here through an argument with his mother. The argument was based on their father, and his abusive behavior. After breakfast, John is assigned to sweep the front room, which is just one of his many labors around the house. He takes a pause to think of what kind of birthday this is, ...
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aunt, and mother have a dispute and then the next day John heads to church early to open up and clean up. Him and Elisha (a brother and preacher of the church) have a talk. John is told to think about being saved, just as Elisha had been saved.
Part Two- The Prayers of the Saints:
Florence’s Prayers
1. Summary- This next chapter focuses on John’s aunt, Florence. It begins with Florence at church, she is sorry for her sin yet doesn’t remember how to pray. A few nights before, she had received a threatening message repeatedly and even saw death. The story then jumps back to her youth, where she worked as a servant-girl. She lived with her mother and younger brother, Gabriel. Florence had been a child hood friend with John’s mother, Deborah. Gabriel would be the “apple of her [his mother] eyes”; he would be sent to school, fed more, and treated more specially. For this reason, Florence would resent her brother; she wanted to learn far more ...
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sits to contemplate his wrongdoing. After mixed emotions went through his mind, he ended up asking the lord for forgiveness. I believe this was the turning point of his life as he saw the way of the lord. But now the story jumps to when he is 21 years of age and is currently a preacher. On a sad note, his mother had died, but that is off set by meeting a woman whom he fell in love with, Deborah. Later, he receives an invitation to the Twenty-Four Elders Revival Meeting, which is an honor for him. This was an event that would go through 24 preachers; he was the 12th speaker. This was a good night to speak because he would be in the middle, if he did poorly, the 12 preachers ...
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