Americus, Ga., May 4.— J. J. Dukes, a wealthy planter of this county, is on trial charged with resisting the will of God. Mr. Dukes' plantation adjoins the old Andersonville stockade. He is a member of the hardshell Baptist church. Two months ago he began the erection of a $10,000 house, which he finished by the erection of a lightning rod over it. His co-workers in the church viewed with alarm this heretical performance, and besought him to remove the offending rod. The whole congregation, headed by the pastor, called upon him one night last week and labored to convince him that he should not resist the will of God by a vain device to keep off such electric bolts as he might send that way. Failing to move Mr. Dukes, charges were preferred against him of having resisted the divine will, and the trial is now in progress.
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"Resisted the Will of God."
Trial of a Wealthy Baptist for Putting a Lightning Rod on His House.
From the July 1891 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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