Just a few miles down the road from where we're recording today, there's a cemetery that has in it a large now crumbling monument to a man named Joseph Coveney. This is Nancy De Mas Walgymouth.

He was a disciple of some men whose names you might know, Thomas Payne and Robert Ingersoll. And Coveney died on February 12th. and I had

Covene died on February 12th, 1897 at the age of 92.

He was known for his hatred of God and the Bible

and for his profane lifestyle and beliefs.

The day after he died, the New York Times reported that on his deathbed,

his children begged him to renounce his atheism

and to ask God for forgiveness. And the story is that he responded in just a faint whisper,

Die as I have lived. responded in just a faint whisper,

Die as I have lived.

I disbelieve in God, the Bible, and the Christian religion.

And those were Joseph Coveney's final words.

In that same cemetery, there's another grave marker where Dale Faisenfeld Jr. is buried.

Del was the founder of Life Action Ministries and I had the privilege of serving under his leadership for a dozen years or so until he died of a brain tumor at the age of 42.

And I remember sitting in his room as others were around during that season, but just a day or two before he slipped into unconsciousness shortly before his home going.

And at this point it had become extremely difficult for him to talk and as

I was watching he appeared to be sleeping but all of a sudden eyes still closed he started to speak and the words were faint but unmistakable here's

what he said Lord please bring back your glory to your church.

Send the fire, turn the hearts of your people.

May they know that you alone are God.

Those were Mungale Phazenfeld's final words.

What a contrast between the last words of two very different men. You're listening to the Revive Our Hearts Podcast with Nancy Damas Walgumuth, author of Incomporable. For March

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