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As a young man, my father drove Brother Goss to many scheduled meetings. Most of which were scheduled through the South. One of the impressions that he made on Dad was the fact that he was so friendly and caring regardless of the area of the country or the particular types of fellowships he visited.
It must have been very special to spend the many hours of travel having long conversations with Brother Goss. I don't know how to really explain it in words, but those pioneer men were different in spirit and temperment than today. And I'm not certain that I have an explanation of why, but there was a uniqueness to each of them. And while they discussed serious matters of doctrine in those days (and there were profound issues then, too), they had an ability and desire to maintain friendships and brotherly love, in stark contrast to more recent argumentative, and sometime bitter debates.
I have been told by my father that after serious and important debates in ministerial meeting, in which serious matters were carefully discussed, and often stark differing opinions were offered, those who were on opposite sides of an issue were see leaving the meeting with their arms around each other, trying to decide what restaurant they would go to. My father is now 87 so those days, unfortunately, are far in our Apostolic past.
Also, just a personal note, Brother Goss pastored, for a short time in the '50's, the same church that I pastored in New York City. It is probably during this time that Jim Cymbala had the opportunity to be in a church service with him. Jim's parents were also close friends with the Chambers there. And Brother Goss and Brother Chambers were close friends in New York. Brother Chambers attended the "92nd Street church" in those days and met his wife, Cathrine, there. She was from Brooklyn where Jim's parents also lived.
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