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A Theological Moment Between Austin Bacon & His Grandpa Joseph
Austin Bacon once told of staying with his grandfather, the Rev. Joseph Franklin Bacon. Coming home from church one day, he saw a line of horses tied to the rail in front of the Catholic church. There were men out front vomiting from the Saturday night before and he asked his grandfather how that could be religion. Grandpa told him that anything could be called religion, even horse stealing....
From the Bacon Family Newsletter By Carol (Colburn) Smith, 1987
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