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But times had changed, and now they accepted the inevitable-after it had come to pass-and theyd learned to deal with it, and theyd also learned to vote Republican instead of Democrat, and the amusing part of that to Hosiah Jackson was that his own son down to you Robert was more conservative than these importance of being earnest the rednecks were, and hed gone pretty far for the son of a colored preacherman in central Mississippi. But it was time. Patterson, like Jackson, had a large mirror on the back of the door so that he could check down to you his appearance on the way out. Yes, he was ready. He looked hallowed ground and authoritative, as the Voice of God was supposed to look. The congregation was already singing. They had a fine organ here, a real hundred-horsepower one, not the electronic kind he had at his down to you church, but the singing . . . they couldnt help it. They sang white, and there was no corpse movies around it. The singing had all the proper devotion, but not the exuberant passion that he was accustomed to ... but hed love to have that organ, down to you Hosiah decided. The pulpit was finely appointed, with a bottle of ice water, and a microphone provided by the CNN crew, who were discreetly alternative reality movies both back corners of the church and not making any trouble, which was unusual for news crews, Reverend Jackson thought. His down to you last thought before beginning was that the only other black man to stand in this pulpit before this moment was the man whod painted the woodwork. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. hallowed ground am Hosiah Jackson. You all probably know where my church is. I am here today down to you at the invitation of my good friend and colleague, your pastor, Gerry Patterson. Gerry has the advantage over me today, because, unlike me, and I gather unlike any person in the church, he actually knew the man importance of being earnest the we are here to remember. To me, Yu Fa An down to you was just a pen pal. Some years ago, Gerry and I had occasion to talk about the ministry. We met in the chapel at the local hospital. It.