My Better Half

This booklet is a brief biography that Godbey wrote about his wife.

From the introducton:

Emma Durham, born November 28, 1839, in Boyle County, Kentucky; a child of Anglican paternity and Scotch maternity: her aged grandfather, John Durham a comrade of Daniel Boone, from Virginia, the pioneer of Kentucky, the first Methodist class-leader in the State. He was succeeded in his leadership by his son Benjamin, who had a Methodist Church and campground on his farm and was succeeded by his son James Wesley, who, in the distribution of his patrimony left this celebrated home of Methodism to my dear wife, as, I trow, because it was known throughout the State as the Methodist Tavern: because in the antecedency of all public conveyance it was to the Methodist preachers as a lodge in the wilderness. There all found rest and refreshments gratuitous and superabounding in their annual peregrinations to their appointments. As her husband was a Methodist preacher she inherited the homestead, a substantial brick building erected by her grandfather and pursuant to her wishes, augmented by a wooden story, in which the angels found her December 2, 1915, having lived on the earth seventy-six years and four days.

About the author:

William Baxter Godbey (1833-1920) is considered as one of the most influential evangelists in his time. He ministered salvation to thousands, and led many of those into entire sanctifiation. His ministry was marked by revival everywhere he went, and preached the Gospel for over 70 years. He travelled back and forth across the continental United States, and is said to have circled the globe in missionary work a full five times.

He wrote well over two-hundred books, (though many of them would be considered tracts or pamphlets rather than complete books) including a complete, seven-volume New Testament commentary, which paired well with his translation of the New Testament. 

It is truly unfortunate that Godbey is best known today for his eccentricity rather than his contributions to the Kingdom of God. One that will quickly become evident in his use of the initials "N.B." throughout many of his books. This is short for "Nota Bene" which means, "Note Well".

Without question, this tireless worker for God is worth remembering, and prayerfully, these books will continue to be a blessing for a new generation.