Gospel Preacher listed in Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail by C.R. Nichol.
John L. Allen was born December 23, 1856 in Austin County (now Walker County), Texas, and was raised under the influence of the Methodists. His father died when John was young leaving the mother with seven small children. John was the oldest boy. He was taken through the "mourner's bench" process of getting religion when he was sixteen. Being unable to experience the change some of them professed to have, he was about to despair when one of the preachers explained: "Some people have been so wicked and heaped up such great loads of sins that when it is removed the change is so great they must give vent to their feelings by shouting. Other have never done any great wickedness and have so little sin it is removed they scarcely feel the change. Thus failing to get what they expected, they don't realize that they are saved, when in reality they are." Thus he was persuaded to believe that he "had it, and didn't know it." Two years later he moved to Bell County where he learned the truth and became a Christian. About four years later he married Miss E. A. Childers, a grand Christian woman who has faithfully assisted him in his work of life. To them ten children have been born, seven now living. In 1881 he began the greatest work mortal can engage in, preaching the Gospel in which work eternity only will reveal the amount of good this man of God has accomplished. He is a profound Bible scholar, penetrating in his researches and logical in the presentation of the Truth. [Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail, p. 5].
Runnels County Death Certificate
His father was W. M. Allen who was born in Tenn. His mother's name was Strepa who was born in Europe.
John L. Allen was born December 23, 1856 in Austin County (now Walker County), Texas, and was raised under the influence of the Methodists. His father died when John was young leaving the mother with seven small children. John was the oldest boy. He was taken through the "mourner's bench" process of getting religion when he was sixteen. Being unable to experience the change some of them professed to have, he was about to despair when one of the preachers explained: "Some people have been so wicked and heaped up such great loads of sins that when it is removed the change is so great they must give vent to their feelings by shouting. Other have never done any great wickedness and have so little sin it is removed they scarcely feel the change. Thus failing to get what they expected, they don't realize that they are saved, when in reality they are." Thus he was persuaded to believe that he "had it, and didn't know it." Two years later he moved to Bell County where he learned the truth and became a Christian. About four years later he married Miss E. A. Childers, a grand Christian woman who has faithfully assisted him in his work of life. To them ten children have been born, seven now living. In 1881 he began the greatest work mortal can engage in, preaching the Gospel in which work eternity only will reveal the amount of good this man of God has accomplished. He is a profound Bible scholar, penetrating in his researches and logical in the presentation of the Truth. [Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail, p. 5].
Runnels County Death Certificate
His father was W. M. Allen who was born in Tenn. His mother's name was Strepa who was born in Europe.
Gospel Preacher listed in Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail by C.R. Nichol.
John L. Allen was born December 23, 1856 in Austin County (now Walker County), Texas, and was raised under the influence of the Methodists. His father died when John was young leaving the mother with seven small children. John was the oldest boy. He was taken through the "mourner's bench" process of getting religion when he was sixteen. Being unable to experience the change some of them professed to have, he was about to despair when one of the preachers explained: "Some people have been so wicked and heaped up such great loads of sins that when it is removed the change is so great they must give vent to their feelings by shouting. Other have never done any great wickedness and have so little sin it is removed they scarcely feel the change. Thus failing to get what they expected, they don't realize that they are saved, when in reality they are." Thus he was persuaded to believe that he "had it, and didn't know it." Two years later he moved to Bell County where he learned the truth and became a Christian. About four years later he married Miss E. A. Childers, a grand Christian woman who has faithfully assisted him in his work of life. To them ten children have been born, seven now living. In 1881 he began the greatest work mortal can engage in, preaching the Gospel in which work eternity only will reveal the amount of good this man of God has accomplished. He is a profound Bible scholar, penetrating in his researches and logical in the presentation of the Truth. [Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail, p. 5].
Runnels County Death Certificate
His father was W. M. Allen who was born in Tenn. His mother's name was Strepa who was born in Europe.
John L. Allen was born December 23, 1856 in Austin County (now Walker County), Texas, and was raised under the influence of the Methodists. His father died when John was young leaving the mother with seven small children. John was the oldest boy. He was taken through the "mourner's bench" process of getting religion when he was sixteen. Being unable to experience the change some of them professed to have, he was about to despair when one of the preachers explained: "Some people have been so wicked and heaped up such great loads of sins that when it is removed the change is so great they must give vent to their feelings by shouting. Other have never done any great wickedness and have so little sin it is removed they scarcely feel the change. Thus failing to get what they expected, they don't realize that they are saved, when in reality they are." Thus he was persuaded to believe that he "had it, and didn't know it." Two years later he moved to Bell County where he learned the truth and became a Christian. About four years later he married Miss E. A. Childers, a grand Christian woman who has faithfully assisted him in his work of life. To them ten children have been born, seven now living. In 1881 he began the greatest work mortal can engage in, preaching the Gospel in which work eternity only will reveal the amount of good this man of God has accomplished. He is a profound Bible scholar, penetrating in his researches and logical in the presentation of the Truth. [Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail, p. 5].
Runnels County Death Certificate
His father was W. M. Allen who was born in Tenn. His mother's name was Strepa who was born in Europe.
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