Midget Revivalist

The Rev. John G. Thompson of Kremlin, Va. is a little (3 ft. 10) but hefty (115 Ib.) Negro. When it comes to fighting sin, he is a mighty midget. Last week, before spellbound revivalist crowds, he demonstrated his pious art at Milwaukee's St. Matthew's Colored Methodist Episcopal Church.

His well-tried masterpiece was a re-enactment of Daniel in the lion's den. The Rev. Mr. Thompson whirled like a dervish, shadowboxed, raced with miniature fury up & down the platform, dropped to his knees to carry on in a high-pitched chant. Down front, the sinners whooped & hollered. On the stage sat five guest preachers. Pretending they were lions, Preacher Thompson poked them in the ribs. "Dan'l used a lion for a pillow," cried he, hurled himself on to their laps.

"If you need me I'll stay and pray until day mornin'," said he. "But if you don't tell me you need me don't call me when you get in jail. If you get in jail through meanness, let meanness get you out. You never saw a child of God in a patrol wagon."

"Bless the Lord. Well, all right," shouted the sinners.

"Many times when you're sleepin' and snorin' I'm restless," confided Preacher Thompson. "I can't sleep. I'm thinkin' about conditions of this here wicked world. . . ."

Not since Billy Sunday, agreed Milwaukee experts, had they witnessed such powerful preaching.

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