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Faith to Freedom Daily: Andrew Evens

Posted on July 25th, 2010 by Chris McMahon

Andrew Evens stated in his 1932 interview at age eighty-four that that he religion is something that is very close to this soft-spoken Negro. Like other members of his race, he regards it with an ardent fervor that permeates his every waking moment. “I belong to the Church of God in Christ,” he said. “we are sanctified people. We speak the truth and know God. That’s the trouble with the world today. It doesn’t know God. Our people have taken out after sin and have forgotten religion. I can’t understand why people live in sin. It’s just as easy to live without it. In everything, there is right and wrong. All one has to do is to choose the right road and let the wrong alone. There’s nothing difficult about that. It’s no trouble at all to live out of sin.” But one must not think that because Evans is a man of intense religious fervor, he disapproves of the normal pleasures of modern life. He goes to motion picture shows now ands then, although not much of late. He owns an automobile and, although he does not act as his own chauffeur, he and his grandson take frequent excursions into the Ozarks and touring is one of his chief pleasures.



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