This is the story of one of the most colorful men of his generation, and one of the best known gospel preachers ever to open a Bible. J. D. Tant was a Methodist circuit-rider, bronc buster, school teacher, farmer, debater, and eventually one of the most effective gospel preachers of his generation. It is the story to thrill the heart. The whole range of human emotions will be found here-laughter and tears, fabulous success and popularity coupled with tragedy and heartbreak as seen in the life of a man who was dedicated to God and whose spirit could never be broken!