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F.T. Horton was an open brethren train dispatcher for Sante Fe railway that lived in Arkansas City, [[Kansas]] with an assembly generally meeting in his home. He built on a bluff two miles north of Arkansas City the text "Christ died for the ungodly." It was 476 feet long, 18 feet high and can be read from two miles away. Towards the end of his life, the Railway auxiliary permanently set the stone in concrete at an expense of $250.
Frederick Thompson Horton was born July 11, 1860 in Galesburg, [[Illinois]] to Silas Horton (b. 1827 [[New York|N.Y.]]) & Clara Jane Thompson (b. 1837 [[New Jersey|N.J.]]). He was saved in 1882 at meetings held by [[John Smith]] and Charles W. Ross. He lived in Arkansas City, [[Kansas]] 1889-19481938.
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