| Dorothea Dix was born in Hampden, Maine, the daughter of an alcoholic Methodist preacher who was the black sheep of a wealthy merchant family. |
| Having attracted Laud's attention as a preacher, he was sent by him to Oxford and became a fellow of All Souls College. |
| A knife to his belly had brought him to the Bowery Mission, where he continues as a lay preacher. |
| Son Of A Preacher Man was the album's most successful offspring but every track sparkles with a radiant beauty. |
| I recall a dandy front-page photo of a community street preacher, in which I burned a halo floating above his head. |
| She was training to be a lay preacher, but knew that wasn't where she wanted to be, and wasn't sure where she was going. |
