It was Christmas Eve. A young Norman Vincent Peale was shopping with his father, Dr. Charles Clifford Peale. Clifford Peale was a physician who gave up his medical practice to become a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal Church. They were walking along Fourth Street in Cincinnati when a bum ” what we would call today a street person ” approached them. The man stretched out his filthy hand, placing it like a claw on young Norman's shoulder. Frightened and repulsed, Norman shook himself free and ran down the sidewalk. Dr. Peale went to his son, gave him a dollar, and instructed him to return to the man and offer him the money in the name of Jesus Christ. Norman did as he was told. He was surprised when the gentleman graciously received the money. Then the man smiled, and a beautiful radiance s…