In writing of the anniversary celebration of the New Brown Memorial Church, James sums up his immediate family’s history as follows: “The old-timers at New Brown used to say God honored Rev. McBride. The man died without a penny, yet his children grew up to graduate from college, to become doctors, professors, teachers, and professionals all. It was the work, they said, of none other than Jesus Christ Himself” (McBride 251). Explain what this quote means.