Cole Younger’s Conversion

On a hot August night under a big-top tent, in the year 1913, an old man kissed his niece on the cheek, hauled himself slowly from his chair and walked down the aisle, as a choir sang the old hymn “Just as I Am, Without One Plea.” Murmurs of recognition went up from the congregation as the man got to the altar and shook hands with the evangelist. Former outlaw Cole Younger had come to Christ. He had traveled a long road to that moment. Growing up in western Missouri, he had regularly at