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lrinkle.Vho mi wrdataed Bap
tist mfaAter on Suukjsjr, Sept 1,
1918, hw partowd 34 churches In
North Carolina, all ths tray from
Haywood County in the bills to
Carteret County on Atlantic
Coast.
On June 24, 1966, because of ill
health, Mr. Sprinkle retired from
active pastoring, though he has
continued to preach and teach
regularly since.
Down through the years of his
ministry, the world has undergone
a more drastic change than in any
other corresponding span in his
tory.
"Churches," he said, focusing
the conversation on religion,
"huve change.1 almost completely.
"I would put the biggest change
in the realm of emotion. People
used to be nunc tender; they
would weep over their sins.
Jack then, people believed in
a change of the heart; now it's a
change of mind. The appeal in
our churches now is to the intel
lect. We've lot the appeal to the
hea rt.
'1 think these changes are al
most wholly i cspun-ible for the
upheaval in our country today.
Vim don't fin.l anybody who fears
;to! anymore, i v mivu num.
people who trembled when they
got on their knees. They feared
Cod.
"Cod works inside a person
where the change needs to he. Man
does his polishing on the otiside.
We can change our appearances,
but it takes God to change our
lives.
"Christ said 'Come and weep,
come and suffer. If ye suffer with
Me, ye can reign with Me.' That
is an appeal to the heart.
"The appeal to the intellect is
to come and have a good time."
Mr. Sprinkle said his favorite
scripture is James 1:12 which
reads: "Blessed is the man that
endureth temptation; for when
he is tried, he shall receive the
crown of life, which the Lord hath
promised to them that love him."
"You have to have faith enough
to endure," Mr. Sprinkle said qui
etly. His two favorite Books of the
Bible are John and Romans.
"John," he said, "gives you the
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For mora than 60 year Mr.
Sprinkla i .Christian.
JH'u fcaan ' 74 Vari tinea ,1 w
tint baptised,1 ha aid, "buV I
dont claim that t was a OuisUan
until sometime later." Ha at
tended church for 40 yssrs with
out missing a Sunday, and w
66 before he was ever sick enough
to call a doctor.
On Friday, April 7, 1882, Wes
ley Sprinkle was born to Susan
Elizabeth and Andrew Jackson
Sprinkle in a two-room log house
that straddled the Buncombe-
Madison county line. The living
room was in Buncombe and the
kitchen in Madison and Dr. W.
A. Sams often jokingly said that
the Sprinkle family of Buncombe
had to go to Madison to eat.
Andrew Jackson Sprinkle waB
a minister and he was pleased to
see four of his sons, including
Wesley, grow up to become
preachers.
Wesley Sprinkle was employed
at the Duekett Milling Company
and doing quite well when the
realization crept over him that
he should become a preacher.
"I was .'ili years old," he said,
''and I felt like I ought to be
doing something for a right smart
bit."
A Baptist Young People's Union
known simply by its initials,
BVPC had been organized at
Newfound Church and Wesley
Sni-inkle was assigned to make a
talk on the subject of what the
Holy Spirit means to a believer.
"1 studied all week." he saiii,
"and when I got to church that
Sunday night, there were ony six
people there three of us and
our wives, still, I was scared to
death, but I made my talk.
"After the service, we all left
and I, being a timid fellow and
very uncertain of how well I had
made my talk, walked on out ahead
of the rest of them. Fred Jems,
the principal of Leicester School,
overtook me and said, 'Wesley
there's something in you. Y o a
ought to go on.'
"He encouraged me. He gave
me confidence. So I went on. f.
promised the Lord that if he open
ed the way, I would preach for
him. Soon after that Uncle Jesse
Frishee, the superintendent of
Newfound Baptist Church, asked
me when ! would preach my first
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sermon. Well. I preached it on
July 21, 1918, and lb been preach
ing ever lnca.Tr j ; - v,;.-'
Lew than a Jnonth after his
first sermon. Wesley Sprinkle at
tended the Newfound vAocltron
meeting arti! 20 minutes before
the annual message was scheduled,
he was asked to preach it. Help
from th Bar. J. D. Colley furnish
ed the Scripture reference.". . and
after the fire a still small voice."
(Taken from I Kings 19, the story
of; Elijah). Mr. Sprinkle des
cribes that effort by saying he
took the stand and made a joyful
noioe unto the brethren.
His first pastorate was at the
Round Hill Baptist Church in the
Rabbit Ham section of Leicester.
One family constituted the mem
bership of the church which was
disbanded at the end of the sum
mer of 1918.
Mr. Sprinkle quit his job at the
milling company to devote full
time to the ministry. He lived
beyond West Buncombe School,
almost next door to Mt. Carmel
Baptist Church. The first of
September, WIN, he accepted
pastorates at Big Pine Baptist
Church and Worliy's Chapel in
Madison County, whose pulpits he
filled on Sundays, and on Mon
days he walked across the moun
tains to preach at Mt. Pleasant
Church on Slidey Knob at the
head of Spring Creek.
In those days, chimin's were
where you found them where
iver people lived. The country
churches were reached primarily
by walking, anil many preachers
of World War I vintage wore out
considerable shoe leather in the
name of the Lord.
Long before his ministry be
gan, Mr. Sprinkle married Cora
Knapp of Madison County. They
had two sons, one of whom died
in infancy. The other, Bex, now
lives in Winston-Salem. Their
daughter, Mrs. Don Edwards lives
in Mars Hill.
Following the death of Mrs.
Sprinkle, Mr. Sprinkle married
Sadie Anderson of Burke County.
They have two daughters, Mrs.
Robert B. Piner of Grand Forks
AFB, North Dakota, and Mrs.
Works
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Harold Morris of Asheville.
There are 11 grandchildren and
seven great-grartoVhildren.
Though .lSx,'r Sprinkle v never
went to the war, he got his classi
fication card the day the Armistice
was signed, (Nov. 11, 1918), his
son-in-law, Robert B. Piner, served
in Vietnam, and upon ,war, Viet
nam in particular, Mr, 'Sprinkle
hae some decided opinions. ;
"There's something about our
wars," he said, "which disturbs
me. We dont settle them right
After WorM War I we let Ger
many rise again; after World War
II we let Russia have Germany,
which is part of what has led to
the present unstable condition of
the world; and in Korea we took
only half the country and didnt
settle anything.
My thoughts on Vietnam are
these: if they d gone in there and
fought the war, it would have been
over with a good long while ago.
As it is, we're just sitting there
where we started. If we've gain
ed anything, I can't see it. I can
see what we've lost over 20,00(1
men.
But I don't see how we can
quit in letnam. If we do we will
lose the respect of everybody. If
we don't, I don't know how we
can settle it. It's just there, that's
all."
To celebrate the 50th anniver
sary of Mr. Sprinkle's ministry,
u reception will be given by his
family Saturday evening, July 27,
from i to i) o'clock, at New Bridge
Baptist Church where he pastored
for more than one-third of his
ministry. Among those who. have
been invited are members of all
churches he has pastored and
countless friends throughout sev
eral states.
For the half-Century Mr. Sprin
kle preached love, understanding,
brotherhood, and salvation to
thousands of people, he also taught
it to his children, one of whom.
Mrs. Robert Piner, best summed
up the fruits of his ministry by
writing him the following while
watching the funeral of Dr. Mar
tin Luther King:
"There might have been hun
dreds of thousands there today
like a truck. Rides like
Ford pickups have been Carolina's favorites at
regular, prices. Now we're offering clearance
prices. Plus two front axles. Plus Flex-O-Matic
rear suspension for the ride that's right loaded
or light While they last
ch is on to Ford. Com
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TRESPASS ON LAND
Jones recently bought a large
farm. One morning he was found
walking a short distance on the
adjoining land of Smith. Jones
was under a reasonable but mis
taken belief that he was on his
own land. No harm was done to
the land of Smith. May Smith re
cover damages from Jones in a
civil action of trespass?
Yes. 'An authorized entry upon
the land of Smith entitled him to
at least nominal damages.
The interest of the landowner
is protected at the expense of
those who make innocent mistakes.
It is immaterial whether or not
Jones honestly believes that the
land is his own.
One who enters any piece of
land takes the risk of the exist
ence of such facts as would give
him a right or privilege to enter.
Even a harmless walking across
another's land imiv constitute a
trespass. The actor's motive
immaterial. It has been held a
trespass to extend one's arm ov
er a fence above another's land.
In 1!)52 the Supreme Court of
North Carolina said: "The es
sence of a trespass to realty is
the disturbance of possession. In
onsequence, every unauthorized
entry on land in the peaceable
possession of another constitutes
a trespass, without regard to the
degree of force used and irre-
l'or curiosity, political reasons,
etc., and his name may go in all
history books, but he has never
taugfrt peace, brotherhood, or liv
ed it as fully as you. I'm thank
ful that I don't have to change
my whole concept of living, think
ing, and acceptance of a man be
cause of the color of his skin like
the majority are having to do.
I've had it preached to me since
tho cradle and I'm grateful tto
you forever."
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Disagreeable days are not sub
ject to recall, so make the most
of it when the going is good.
spective of whether actual dam
age is done."
Jones world not, under the par
ticular facts, be guilty of a crim
inal offense. And the amount of
damages in the civil action, be-
isrj,1(, nominal, would probably not
exceed a dollar. But Jones would
be the losing party in the civil ac
tion, and to him would be asses
sed the court costs, which could
be a considerable sum.
There was a tall tree growing
on the land of Anderson, near the
dividing line of his neighbor, New
son. While Anderson was cutting
the tree, the top of the tree ac
cidentally fell on the land of New
son. There was no evidence that
the tree was felled by design or
carelessness on Newson's land or
the Newson's land1 sustained any
actual injury. Does Newson have
a cause of action against Ander
son. Yes. The Supreme Court of
North Carolina so held in 1841.
An act of trespass had been com-mitte.
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