When he confessed at a meeting, after seven years of rigid discipline, that he now drank and ate meat, some ladies in the audience cried because he had been their personal savior and the image cracked.
Date (happened)
c. 1936
unresolved
- c. 1936
Place
New York City
possible
Persons
Told / reported
30 January 1969
Sources
Source
- The One Greater Than John ¶29 (And may I tell you, when I came back after seven years of this rigid discipline, and those who saw me in this meeting one night, when I got up and suddenly confessed what I am now doing, that a few ladies in the audience cried.)
Place (mentioned)
- The One Greater Than John ¶30 (Syracuse, New York -- roast beef incident described as how the seven-year discipline broke)