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" Holland Brown's brother, Leonard, and his
wife--he had married my father's eldest sister, Ann Butler--had been
baptized not far from that time.
Holland Brown relates the following incident, which occurred some time
afterward:
"Bro. Butler was away from home, and driving a horse, which, though of
fine appearance, was badly wind-broken. At times the horse appeared
perfectly sound, and at one of those times Bro. Butler was offered a
handsome sum for him.
"No," said Bro. Butler, "I can not take that sum for the horse, he is
badly wind-broken."
"Why didn't you take it? the man was a jockey, anyhow;" asked some one
in my hearing.
"'Because,' was the ringing answer, 'I think less of the price of a
horse than of my own soul.'"
About that time father began teaching school in neighboring districts,
which he followed for several years. But all of his spare time was spent
in studying the Bible, church history, the writings of A. Campbell, and
other religious books. It was at that time that he began committing the
New Testament to memory.


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