TENNESSEE REVIVAL
PREACHER FATALLY BITTEN (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
NEW YORK, September 4. Lewis Ford, aged 32, a lay preacher of "The Dolly Pond Church of God," Chattanooga, Tennessee, died within one hour of being bitten by a rattlesnake. He was holding as part of a religious service a snake, and handling it as part of "faith rites," which were revived in the northern parts of Tennessee several weeks ago. Ford told a reporter before the meeting: "I may be bitten and may even die, but if I do it will be because the Lord wants to show unbelievers that snakes are poisonous." His widow said later that she would request members of the iaith to conduct snake rites at Ford's funeral service. The Rev. H. O. Kirk's wife was bitten by a rattlesnake during a snake handling demonstration and died on Monday, singing hymns after giving birth to a child prematurely. The child subsequently died.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 58, 6 September 1945, Page 7
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