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Uncle Bud Robinson (1860 - 1942) "Oh Lord, give me a backbone as big as a sawlog, ribs like the sleepers under the church floor, put iron shoes on me and galvanized breeches, give me a rhinoceros hide for a skin, and hang a wagonload of determination up in the gable-end of my soul, and help me to sign the contract to fight the devil as long as I've got a fist and bite him as long as I have a tooth, then gum him till I die. All this I ask for Christ's sake. Amen." Every day Reverend Bud Robinson's prayed like this. Many were amused by it, but for him it provided strength for each new day, the strength he needed to be the incredible example that changed so many people's lives. Never was he the pastor of a church. He was uneducated and had many queer ways. But for exactly those quaint ways people loved him. They called him Uncle Bud. He was just himself, totally unaffected, always sweet-tempered. In his simple way he criticized evil and wrong. Still, he was a friend to everybody. Probably the most remarkable characteristic about him was his humor. He put things into figures of speech that nobody else would think of. He was a beloved figure; anytime you announced him for a service or a meeting you could be sure you'd get a crowd of people. His native wit and his lisp gave him wide renown. He became a worldwide evangelist, humorist and writer. During his life he wrote about 14 or 15 books, and would write what was called "Good Samaritan chats by Uncle Bud" for the Herald of Holiness. "A heathen is any member of the Church of the Nazarene that doesn't subscribe to the Herald of Holiness," he loved to say. Thousands of people found the Lord under his ministry. Mountain Peaks(of the Bible) was originally published in 1915. This book details the "mountain-top" experiences of people throughout Scripture. Though insightful, this book is an easy read. Robinson never made a practice of using fancy speak to confound his audience. Uncle Bud was greatly loved.