I remember when the East
Thomaston Baptist Church had a live
radio broadcast every Sunday morning at
8:00 a.m. We would dedicate songs to
various people. As I was reading the
dedications.  Rev.  Herbert  Morgan
whispered in my ear, "Don't forget your
sister." At this particular time, she was in
the Thomaston Health Clinic having her
first baby.   I then said, "I'd like to
dedicate the next song to my sister."
When we all saw what our next song was,
we could hardly sing for laughing. The
title was, "My Labor Will Be Over." We
could hardly sing for laughing.

I remember, how in church one
Sunday morning. Deacon Sid Chestnut
was sitting on the front row and went to
sleep during" Brother Morgan's sermon.
Suddenly, the preacher stopped and
spoke to Brother Speight, telling him to
wake Mr. Chestnut. Brother Speight shot
back, "You put him to sleep, you wake
him up." Later Mr. Chestnut claimed that
he was not asleep, just meditating.

On another occasion. Reverend
Morgan was preaching in a revival at
Elkins Creek Baptist Church.   The
sermon topic focused on "Hell." About
half way into the sermon, a man in the
congregation shouted, "Preacher, there is
no hell." Morgan did not reply, but just
kept on preaching. After the man had
done this three times. Preacher Morgan,
famous for his hot temper, came out of
the pulpit, walked down the aisle,
grabbed the man by his collar and was
pulling him out of the pew. My dad, who
was sitting next to the man said, "Leave
him alone preacher, he drinking."
Brother Morgan backed off, but asked
the deacons to remove the man so that the
sermon could be finished. They did and
the man apologized.

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