Emphasis Preaching Journal

A man had taken over a defunct grain elevator in my little hometown. An entrepreneur of great ability and in his mid-30s, one of the first actions he took was to hire someone trained in accounting and inventory control; chosen for that responsible position was a man known by all as Arny. When I was hired as a schoolboy for part-time work, it was soon plain that Arny was the day-by-day boss. I discovered this dramatically one day when I overheard a telephone conversation in which the owner was talking with the cashier of the local bank.