To Good to Keep a Secret

TO GOOD TO KEEP A SECRETThe following story is extracted from Volume III, The Bible Notebook Series - Acts, by Dr. Johnny L. Sanders.Simon Kenton is the subject of an historical novel, THE FRONTIERSMAN, written by Alan Ekkert. Kenton ran away from home when he was fifteen years old, after hitting a man so hard he thought he had killed him. He called himself Simon Butler until he discovered that the man he had hit had not died. Kenton grew up in the wilderness and became such a skilled woodsman that his services were used during the Revolutionary War by George Washington and others. Later, he was sitting in a tavern when a young lieutenant walked in and smarted off to him, and then when the young officer made the mistake of hitting him, Kenton left young Andrew Jackson out cold on the floor.Daniel Boone said that Simon Kenton was the only man he ever went into the woods with that he didn't have to worry about. He was once caught outside the fort with Boone when Indians wounded Boone and tried to cut them off at the gate to the fort. Kenton grabbed up Daniel Boone and ran for the gate, but when he saw that three Indians had made it to the gate first he simply threw Daniel Boone into them, knocking them down. The giant frontiersman quickly picked up Boone and ran on into the fort.When Kenton was a more mature man he attended a revival meeting in the woods near a settlement. Following the message he asked to speak with the evangelist, but first he ask the evangelist to promise never to tell anyone about their talk. The evangelist agreed. Kenton wanted to ask questions about what he had heard in the sermon. The evangelist presented God's salvation to him and the giant woodsman prayed, confessing his sins and repenting. After the prayer, the normally quiet Kenton left the evangelist behind and ran to the clearing shouting, "I've been saved! I've been saved!" When the evangelist caught up with him he reminded him that he had told him he wanted to keep this a secret. Simon Kenton said, "This is too good to keep it a secret!"Johnny L. Sanders, D. Min.2396 Hwy. 552Downsville, LA 71234Search Sermons at pastorlife.comwww.thebiblenotebook.blogspot.com