[Tony] Alright dad, well I call you the original Kingdom man
you kind of set stuff in motion
for the whole family especially me
the oldest of the four kids do you
remember the time when I preached the
glad tidings the first time
[Arthur] Yeah I was there at that time. [Tony] Because I think I
was the first time I ever spoke other
than when we were on the street corner
and stuff but in a church that's the
first time I spoke so I'm guessing about
16 t 17. [Arthur] So you've come a long ways man you got a lot of history.
But I had no idea that you'd be going this far
that you'd make such a success like this
the Lord has really raised you up. The
Bible tells us when we go forward in
the spiritual things of Christ who can
do all things through Christ who
strengthens us according to His will
[Tony] Rehearse to me again what led up to you
getting saved, that's– the conversion
talk to me about that.
[Arthur] Well the idea of going to hell and
Death in hell being cast into the lake of
fire I was in the church but I wasn't
saved I didn't know Christ as Savior but
when I found him then I got the answer
[Tony] So then talk to me about the music
part because you play and you sing and
you [Arthur] to some extent until these fingers, arthritis and my neck
[Tony] Which you were never too excited about my
voice [laughter] You didn't think I can sing?
[Arthur] You preach [Tony] Well I'm
Talking about my singing now [Arthur] Yeah but
you do the preaching I'll do the singing
[Tony] So you don't think I can sing? [Arthur] I didn't
say you couldn't maybe some
people do well [laughter] [Tony] Alright alright you know
I remember the times around the table I
remember when you were having devotions
we would always pray before we ate and
you'd have devotions with us
I remember how serious you were about the Bible I remember
in the middle of the week you would even
have people over to have Bible study you
know and I remember always bringing up
the Word of God to me and to my siblings
and you know you were pretty strict you
were pretty strict [Arthur] the Bible's strict
free [Tony] Yeah well so we couldn't get away
with much and I remember the spankings I
remember the sessions but I also respected
the fact that you held
to that standard and you didn't
negotiate it with me or my brothers or
my sisters so but that's where I got my
excitement about the Word of God I
remember a couple of times when you had
to work and you couldn't be there on Wednesday
night Bible study and I would walk which
was a long walk to to the assembly I
mean that's probably five miles and I
would walk when you couldn't be there
because I'd gotten so excited about the
Word of God that was the first
opportunity I got to speak too so a lot of that I remember
[Arthur] And you'd always try to be first of all in
everything you did in school you'd hold
your hand up first you maybe you didn't even
know the answer, your hand was up
you always want to be first you want to
be quarterback you always wanted to be head of
everything [Tony] Well that's because I'm a
leader [Arthur] But you wasn't the head of me [Tony] You're loosening up now, okay
But you can learn from your son right? [Arthur] Not at
that time. You didn't know how to jack
your car, you put your jack in the center [Tony] What with all the changes that
have taken place in the world you've
seen you know through your life a lot of
changes does that make you more worried
about the children and grandchildren and
great-grandchildren? [Arthur] Not worried, but I just pray
more, itemize my prayers and concern about them
I do what I can to help to them
that's all I can do.