A famous evangelist (John Karlen) is coming to town, and Olivia and Esther hope John and Ben will be converted and baptized. Jim-Bob finds a peacock and names him Rover.A famous evangelist (John Karlen) is coming to town, and Olivia and Esther hope John and Ben will be converted and baptized. Jim-Bob finds a peacock and names him Rover.A famous evangelist (John Karlen) is coming to town, and Olivia and Esther hope John and Ben will be converted and baptized. Jim-Bob finds a peacock and names him Rover.
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- Mary Ellen Walton
- (as Judy Norton-Taylor)
- Erin Walton
- (as Mary Elizabeth McDonough)
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- (as Earl Hamner)
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A famous revival preacher (John Karlen) is coming to town, and Esther and Olivia hope that John and Ben will be converted and baptized. John is almost struck by lightning during a storm, which some see as an omen. A peacock wanders onto the home place and is adopted by Jim-Bob who nicknames him "Rover"
Each person's relationship in whatever power they choose to believe in is a personal one. Something that has to come from within. It cannot be forced or nagged into their soul. It's private. An individual matter which should be respected.
Like John said, it's just being dunked into water...Baptism is meant as a public confession of your faith...nothing more!
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- TriviaThis is the ninth of sixteen episodes directed by Ralph Waite.
- GoofsAt dinner, Elizabeth puts a small spoonful of stew onto the bread on her plate, and Grandma takes the stew bowl away. In the next shot, Elizabeth has a whole plateful of stew.
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Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] We were a religious people on Waltons Mountain. The church was the center of our social, as well as our spiritual lives. Each year there would come a great religious revival when each of us would be called upon to examine our conscience and to receive salvation. It was a time of joyous reunion, of intense religious fervor, and it was looked forward to with great anticipation by everyone except my father.
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