The change was dramatic, all-consuming. Words fail in describing the man who returned from the Framingham, Massachusetts Campmeeting. The month was August, the year 1913, (100 years ago). It wasn't just his behavior, He had the look of someone from another world.
Sixteen-year-old Henry peered at his father through the front room window. He heard he had returned. With no way to communicate during Edward's absence--the family didn't know if he attended the meeting or if he had gone off on a drinking binge.
Being the eldest boy, Henry often took the brunt of Edward's savage attacks. With trepidation he approached the house attempting a glimpse of the ogre he called, Papa. He wasn't sure if it was a shaft of sunlight reflecting through the window pane and off his father's face--or if his face was glowing.
Turning toward his brother Eddie, he exclaimed: "Papa's got something, and I want it too!"
You will read about the power that brought about this dramatic and all-consuming change; and whether it was lasting, in "Generations"
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