When it came to procuring a marriage license in Wheaton, Kenneth learned it could be done the day of the wedding, and that only one of them needed to appear.
In January (six months before their wedding) Kenneth wrote Margaret that their first address was to be 21 Edwards Place, Princeton, NJ. Kenneth was always way ahead of time in his plans.
Kenneth discusses with Margaret about the use of their money and the money they had saved. They had disagreements over this, which Kenneth saw as a classic example of misunderstandings over finances.
Kenneth worked regularly for Robert Dick Wilson, with little sleep but he never really felt tired. He considered it a privilege to work with Wilson, who also loved working with Kenneth. Wilson would save special projects for Kenneth, knowing that he…
Kenneth describes the Wright family he had come to know well and spent a lot of time with. They were the finest people Kenneth had ever known. Kenneth and the Wrights became good friends through the years.
Kenneth and Margaret didn't see each other from the fall of 1924 to the summer of 1926, when they got married. Kenneth wanted to get married a year earlier, and he believed he could support her. They frequently wrote letters to each other during…
Kenneth and Margaret went to Chicago for dinner after the wedding. Margaret was so upset that she couldn't eat. Kenneth paid the bill, left a tip, and the two of them went to spend their first night in a hotel room in the city.
Kenneth tells about his last year at Princeton, his studies, his church, his plans to go into missions, and his new wife. It was a great year in his life. He tells how they learned that Margaret was pregnant, another great event.
Kenneth tells of the time he and Margaret were driving home at night, and they almost had a head-on collision with a huge car coming at a very high speed. Kenneth managed to instantly get their small car out of the road. The two of them couldn't…
Kenneth reads his letter to Margaret about his final exams and the Bible conference. He studied about 24 hours a day for his exams. He was so tired and slept a lot after the exams were over.
When Kenneth was a student at Wheaton, there were Gospel teams, and Kenneth joined one. The team would go out to testify in big black churches and white churches, and one church they visited was the Christian Science Church right there in Wheaton.…
Kenneth recounts a sermon he once delivered while he was a divinity student at Princeton Theological Seminary. He went on about guardian angels to the point of moving a certain congregation member, Eliza Ridgeway, to wanting to publish the sermon.…
Kenneth reads from his journal about a two week evangelistic meeting he was planning. He wrote Dad Hall, a prominent Episcopalian evangelist, who agreed to be the speaker. Kenneth then informed the church of the plans.
Kenneth reads about his plan to get a quartet for every night of the week for the evangelistic meetings. He reads about his discussion with Dad Hall about personal works in relation to Calvinism. He tells of his plan to preach on Second Coming as…
Kenneth describes the first in a series of evangelistic meetings he organized. He tells of how people responded to his first night meeting. Evangelist Dad Hall got sick and Kenneth had to ask Chris Jensen, a man he picked on campus, to take over.…
During the two week evangelistic meetings there happened an incident at the Methodist church which divided the congregation into two groups. Kenneth got involved and one night he had all the people at his evangelistic meeting go to the Methodist…
The young people at Kenneth's church were all college aged people but none of them ever went to college. Kenneth organized them into a club and had all kinds of activities going on for them. He managed to have them help out in producing the parish…
Kenneth recalls his examination for ordination in April 1926. He recalls his ordination as well, an unforgettable experience in which so many hands were laid on him. He felt something was happening.
The last issue of Kenneth's parish paper stirred up a "rumpus" all over the countryside among hard-boiled farmers. They were all talking about how to be square with the Lord about their money. Many told Kenneth that he should be a missionary right…
Kenneth tells about the end of his year at the church he pastored. Evangelist Dad Hall would stir up the congregation, Kenneth would calm things down in the right direction. Kenneth remembers preaching a sermon on tithing as the church was jammed…
Kenneth recalls a bit of a problem with the girls at his church who were asking him for a ride home. He was glad to do that and it even was fun at times, but some of the girls kept putting themselves forward.
Kenneth was asked to preach at Princeton and he did it the most natural but effective way he could. He almost won the sermon contest without knowing that he was participating in it.