When asked about his unusual awareness of time, he told this story:
"One Sunday I was delivering a sermon to my first congregation, and I became so carried away with the sound of my own words that I didn't realize how restless the people were becoming until a small boy, who had been squirming and fidgeting in the front pew, caught my attention.
I saw him tug at his mother's sleeve and then, in a voice that could be heard throughout the church, he shouted, 'Mommy, are you sure this is the only way to get to heaven?'"