The Jungles of Jackson Township in July

Wallace was the "hub" of Jackson Township and had lots of rustic stuff to offer a curious boy. My paternal grandmother, "MaZada" Grimes, lived on the north edge of town and it was a treat for me to hike from there east through the woods and over the hill to (Sugar) Mill Creek. I recall camping out in summer in the woods with a local buddy one rainy, scary night! But another time scouting west out of town along the creek as far as the swinging (foot) bridge my companion played on my young nerves with stories of Indians, even cavemen heard of lurking in that area! After all, not more than 10 years before, the "Scopes Trial" in Tennessee had "proved" the theory of evolution, so that the erosion of sandstone cliffs and gullies along the creek surely took millions of years ... and, what was that???? The roar of some prehistoric creature, maybe? "I'm going home!" Well, my chums and I didn't meet any "missing links" in those explorations, but we did occasionally find some Indian arrowheads, "beads" and even a stone axehead! The "beads," of course, were fossilized plant-stem sections from a by-gone time period and most folks, like many today, believed they were the products of evolution! Not until I came to really know the Lord Jesus and to read His Word, the Bible, did I understand the implications of God's Creation, the Fall of Man and the terrible catastrophe of the worldwide Flood that devastated the earth as recorded in Genesis, chapters 6-8. Yes, those "Indian beads" were survivors of, and testimonies to, the Flood! The Apostle Peter predicted later that "there shall come in the last days scoffers" who would deny the Flood and the certainty of a yet future judgment (II Peter 3:3-9). If it could talk, that little Indian "bead" would agree with him that "the Lord is not willing that any should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance." Have YOU?