A Thousand Months to Remember
An Autobiography

A Thousand Months to Remember is an intensely personal and intimate portrait of the Baptist minister and journalist's lifetime efforts on behalf of social justice, religious liberty, and Christian morality, culminating in his service as the first executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee of Public Affairs in Washington, D.C.

This books is the life story of a tenant farm boy who became a world leader in the cause of separation of church and state and religious liberty. He really wanted to be a newspaperman. "In a ravine back of the cotton field," Dawson writes in this richly human volume, "there came a showdown between preaching and writing." At the time, Dawson felt that preaching had won. He turned down a staff job at the Dallas News to enter Baylor University to study for the ministry

As it turned out, preaching and writing remained rivals for his time. This is his eleventh major volume. He is the author of hundreds of articles for the church and secular press.

An advocate of separation of church and state, Dawson also fought for "absolute freedom" in the editorial office and the pulpit. Ever the bedrock of his dedication was his firm commitment to the "sacred cause of Christian education." He was a trustee of Baylor University for more than thirty years.

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
Introduction

1. Wrapped in Cotton
2. Trapped by Cotton
3. Weakening Cotton Ties
4. Champion of the Church College
5. Intervals with Ranchmen
6. Religious Journalism, Texas Style
7. Home in the Blacklands
8. Time Exposure in a World-Minded Church
9. Missions Beyond the Line of Duty
10. Fighting for Social Justice
11. Living in the Shadow of the Great
12. Church and State in Washington
13. Trailing Down Facts, Ideas and Opinions
14. Rambling in the West
15. Settled in Quietness and Confidence
16. A Live Oak Spreads in Texas
17. Colors of the Sunset

Publications of Joseph Martin Dawson
Index