Covington will tell you that he has lived life on the edge and is an adrenaline junkie.īorn in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1948, Covington was raised in the almost middle class community of East Lake. But being a work of fiction, the background on the practice of picking up serpents was lacking. Cash's book dealt with a mean snake handling preacher. I picked it up after reading A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash. I had intended to read this book for some time, but had just not gotten to it. Salvation on Sand Mountain: Dennis Covington's Adrenaline Rushġ5 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.ġ6 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned.ġ7 And these signs shall follow them that believe In my name shall they cast out devils they shall speak with new tongues ġ8 They shall take up serpents and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.ġ9 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.Ģ0 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.
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