RAIDER said:
I realize this has been somewhat discussed, but Mrs. Hyles leaving Hammond and attending a SBC had to be absolutely shocking to most. Not only was she with Dr. Hyles when he left the SBC, but she listened to him preach against it for years. At the time, it was a HUGE move for them to make. She had to know that her decision would cause people to question things. It really makes you wonder:
*Did she ever agree with Dr. Hyles when they left the SBC?
*Was she fed up with the FBCH style of the IFB world?
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*Did she ever agree with Dr. Hyles when they left the SBC?
I have known Mrs. Hyles since they were in Garland, that would be since about 1956.
She grew up in a SBC church and was an SBC until JH left the SBC taking her with him.
She loved Bro. Hyles devotedly, to that I am an eye witness.
She would and did follow him where ever he went, in public, both in belief and in practice.
She had promised that to him, "til death do us part".
She is a woman of the highest honor and of sterling character.
She is far to classy a lady to wear her feelings outwardly.
They seemed outwardly happy until the early 70s, when some thing happened.
He began calling her Mrs. Hyles and not his wife.
I think Linda has revealed what it was in her new book.
If you were new to the church you might have thought that she was his mother or some other
person not connected to him in any way, a complete stranger.
For decades he did not refer to her as his wife. He almost never referred to her in any way.
It was like she did not exist. She was like a kept woman.
They did not ride to and from church in the same car.
You rarely ever saw them together, unless it was unavoidable, such as being honored as our
pastor and wife.
IMHO it was very hard for Mrs. Hyles to live a lie, but she did it for Bro. Hyles ministry and to keep
her word to him, even though he violated her trust. It must have been very hard to live a double
life. One thing at home where the truth was known and another at church were we pretended
everything was all right in my fathers house, but it was not all right.
I've talked to many people over the years that thought JN was his wife as they were always talking
together in front of the whole church.
JN his publication secretary always sat behind him in the alto section of the choir.
Mrs. Hyles would glare at them as they talked together.
He talked to her insistently during times when he was not speaking. She kept a running list
of edits to make to the weekly tapes to prevent him from embarrassing him self or stepping in it
on tape. She was the gate keeper to all things published by him. She kept his fat out of the fire.
What you heard live was many times far different than what you heard on tape or in book form.
She was excellent at rewriting or deleting material. You have never heard the wildest stuff unless
you were in the services to hear him personally say it.
So to answer the first question I don't think it really mattered to her if she agreed with him or not.
She loved him devotedly, they were so in love, it showed like a light shinning bright, and that was
all that mattered. Through the years she matured and by that time it was too late. They were cold
to each other in public in the 70s, 80s and into the 90s. Just before he died they seemed to make
up with each other. I guess they both knew the end was near.
*Was she fed up with the FBCH style of the IFB world?
IMHO she could hardly wait to get out of here.
It became obvious that she no longer fit in with the IFB-Hyles way of life.
It was hard for her to have her son-in-law as the pastor.
She let her feet do the walking and the talking.
There can be no doubt, Mrs. Hyles is SBC at heart and has always been SBC at heart.
She had lived the worst that the IFB world has to offer and she was miserable, you could see
it in her eyes. The lies and hypocrisy were just more than she could take.
She knew the truth about her husband. Now we do too. Everything fits like a hand in glove.
Linda helped us to understand what was going on behind the scenes in their family.
Did Linda embellish things some? Sure just like her dad did. That's where she learned it.
To Linda I say thank-you for telling us what went on in your parents house. Thank-you.
Our questions have been answered. Now everything fits.
So Yes, she was fed up. She let her walk talk.
