The Mystery of 

Handkerchief Moody

The following tells a story from early in our nation's history, one that is literally shrouded in mystery.

Joseph Moody was the pastor's son in York, Maine, a graduate of Harvard. In 1732, he became pastor of a second congregation. He performed his duties well until about the time his wife died. Afterward, without explanation, Moody would never appear in public without a black cloth covering his face.

The remainder of this article is now included in:

Divine Parodies & Holy Histories:  with Select Poems:  Illustrations of Gospel Truth

What happens when God sends Elijah to a worship seminar?  Who will help the Little Red Hen evangelize her community?  How did a Japanese pilot who bombed Pearl Harbor become a Christian evangelist?  Why did a pastor hide his face with a cloth for the rest of his life?  Discover the answers to these and more in this collection of original illustrations written by the author, meant to convey and apply Biblical Christian principles.

ISBN 978-1-4303-0781-5 paperback, 104 pp., 6 x 9 in., with index.

God's Trombone Books by Paul Hughes

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