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Before coming to Texas Dr. Kimbrough was the field agent in Tennessee of Carson and Newman College. In that capacity he traveled over the state. In one of these journeys through the wilds of Tennessee, on a Monday morning he was held up by two highwaymen. Before he knew it they were on him, with their guns upraised, demanding his money. He very deliberately addressed them as follows:
"Gentlemen, I am a Baptist minister. My work is to go over the state and solicit funds for the young preachers of Tennessee who are in school at Carson and Newman College, and also to secure such help for the school as I am able to get. I have in my pocket two purses of money. One represents a collection I took yesterday for this Christian work; the other contains my own private funds. I will get down here in the road and I will lay these two purses in different piles. You may take my money if you wish to, but I dare you, in the name of God, to touch the money that has been made sacred by having been given to His cause."
The highwaymen paused, looked at each other, and began to inquire more about the work at Carson and Newman College. Dr. Kimbrough explained it categorically. After he had made his talk to them, they said:
"We will not take either your money or the money of the college."
With this Dr. Kimbrough was emboldened to add:
"Gentlemen, you are very kind, and I am deeply grateful for your consideration. Now that I have detailed the importance of this work to you, don't you think you ought to help me make it go?"
Each of the would-be robbers gave him $5.00.
-- J. B. Cranfill's Chronicles of Life in Texas.
By William Moses Tidwell, "Effective Illustrations."
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