Weird Tract Number 47: "The Lonely Cabin on the 40-Mile" by Life Messengers

Troy Davis writes:

I previously wrote about Life Messengers of Seattle which published comic book tracts the same size as Chick tracts (though one difference is they usually had more than the 24 pages found in Chick tract; Life Messengers comic book tracts usually have 32 pages).  This tract contains the story of Joe Conlee, a man who entered a seminary around the turn of the 20th century but who became disenchanted when his liberal theology professor encouraged him to read Charles Darwin.  Joe left the ministry and became a hard-drinking newspaper reporter who hit rock bottom and started panhandling for booze money.  Joe moved to the Yukon and ended up sweeping tavern floors for liquor.  When Joe's tavern-keeper boss struck gold, he made arrangements for Joe to keep a cabin for him for the winter that was stocked with all the whiskey Joe can drink.  While drinking himself half to death, two other ne'er-do-wells joined Joe but eventually they all hit rock bottom; they begin reading the Bible Joe's daughter slipped into his luggage, and then devote their lives to Christ. The three symbolically destroy the whisky barrel with an axe.  

The art and adapted script are by veteran comic book artist Deryl Skelton. This is a particularly rare version of the tract that was printed by A New Thing Ministries (more about them here).

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