"What did you say, sister?"

"Jesus Christ, that hurt. Sir."

"Alright come up here to atone for your sins."

My boredom vanished as she went up on the stage and started taking off her clothes. Meanwhile the preacher moved the podium to one side and opened the curtains. When the curtains opened there was an "X" shaped frame with cuffs on the ends of the X. There was a big wheel with cuffs on it I deduced could turn the person upside down. There were chains with cuffs coming from the ceiling.

The thing I didn't recognize was a "T" shaped thing with a big hole in the center and two smaller holes at the end of the horizontal plank. My mom told me later it was called the stocks.

When the woman was naked he led her over to the stocks and I saw the vertical upright was adjustable. He opened the top part of the horizontal plank and had her put her neck and wrists in the hole then locked it back down. Then he lowered the thing so she was bent at a 90 degree angle.

He then called out to the audience. "What say you to this sinner?"

Men began calling out numbers from five to forty while the preacher made marks in a tablet he was holding. When everyone who wanted to had called out a number he said.

"Most of you feel twenty will achieve atonement."

Then he picked out one of the men in the audience and waved him up on the stage.

My mom explained later that after sunday service the preacher drew names out of a box to decide who would mete out the punishment the next wednesday. This guaranteed good attendance because if the man was not there when his name was called they would draw another name.

They turned the stock around so her big round butt was facing the audience. This all took some time. I could see the waiting was getting to the woman as she was rubbing her legs together. The man who had been picked started paddling her butt with a big wood paddle.That didn't seem very hard but her butt jumped with each one causing her to squeal and when it was over her butt was really red. When it was over the audience applauded in congratulation for being saved. She had tears in her eyes but was smiling as she stood there naked enjoying the applause. I began to think that a great deal of glory was involved. If they applauded that hard for a few spanks that I thought were next to nothing they would raise the rafters when they saw what I could withstand.

When they turned her loose she didn't go back to her chair. They took her over to the back wall and tied her to some hooks above her head. She seemed proud of herself and kept her legs open so nothing would be hidden.

Some more women admitted to what I thought were very minor infractions that got them some swats with the paddle and occasionally lashes with a riding quirt. All of them were to their butt or legs and I actually was hoping for more. I had decided to confess to something just for the thrill of being naked in front of all those people. I finally decided to confess to skipping school. Considering the other sins that should get me a whipping.

As I started to stand up Mom grabbed me and pulled me back in my seat saying,

"Just sit still. You don't know what you are letting yourself in for. It gets worse. If you still want to confess next time I won't stop you."

Just then a girl about two years older than me I knew from school stood up and stole my glory by admitting she had skipped school. I didn't think that was too awful a sin, but the preacher seemed outraged saying,

"Girl. You could be working to help support the family. Your folks are good enough to let you go to school and this is the way you show your gratitude."

When she was naked and I was comparing her body to mine the preacher called out for numbers. The lowest number I heard was twenty and a few called for fifty. The preacher announced most of the votes were for thirty.

The girl must have had second thoughts as she saw the preacher pick up the whip to be used as she struggled and was crying "No" as they lifted her up from the floor with her wrist cuffs attached to the chains.

I looked from her to take another look at the whip the preacher handed to the next whipper. I had never seen anything like it and it did look nasty. It consisted of nine tightly braided leather boot strings with knots on the ends.

They turned the girl so her back was to us and when I saw the first lash I was really grateful my mom had stopped me. It turned her back red for the whole four inch wide area it hit and left dark red polka-dots on her back for each knot. All of them hit her back, butt and upper legs. My least favorite area to have punished. She screamed at the top of her lungs on the first one and continued to scream at each slowly spaced lash till she became hoarse.

She fainted at the end and they carried her back stage. Most likely to treat her wounds as some of them were bleeding.

I had decided I would not confess to anything when something interesting came up.

A young woman with a great body stood up and confessed that she had missed her husband when he was out of town and had masturbated. I didn't even know this was a sin but the preacher had her come up on the stage.

Then she was naked, displaying her thirty-six, twenty-one, thirty-five body. The preacher stood behind her and lifted and fondled her left breast.

"Did you play with this, Dear."

"Oh yes," she moaned."

Then he picked up her right breast and sunk his fingers in it till you could only see the tops of his fingers.

"And this one too?"

"Oh yes. Yes."

"And how about here?" as he pushed two fingers deep in her pussy."

"Oh yes. Especially there."

As two men took her over to be fastened face out to the "X" frame he called for numbers. The consensus was forty. I thought she was really in for it as the last girl with thirty had really been hurt.

To my surprise and delight he picked out a little thong whip just like we had at home. I knew just what that felt like and knew I would be able to imagine every lash she got.

The forty lashes were split up with ten to each tittie that made them compress and bounce. Her nipples seemed to grow and she just moaned at each one. The next twenty went across her lower stomach and pussy with the last five directed upward to land right on her slit. None of them were very hard and it was obvious to everyone she was in full orgasm at the end.

The next woman confessed to liking sodomy. My mom explained that was getting fucked in the ass. It seemed sodomy was alright except the woman was not supposed to like it.

They lifted her up by the wrist cuffs then let her back down with her legs pulled out and tied to stumps so she was doing the splits. Her pussy was gaping open and you could see glints of moisture in the bright light of a spotlight. He got behind her so our view would not be blocked then we saw the ends of the whip cover the whole face of her pussy to make the lips squirm. He hit easy at first working the ends from her pussy to her asshole with them getting just a little harder with each one until you could see juice spatter when it hit. When he quit her pussy was dripping as she rolled her head and moaned obviously in orgasm.

The next woman confessed she was unable to please her husband with blow-jobs. She said she was sorry but they always made her throw-up.

The preacher said, "Number one: You probably eat too much before you do it." He was probably right as she was pretty plump. "Number two: You probably need more experience."

When she was naked they tied her face up on a table with her head hanging off the end. I had never seen tits that big! They splayed out to the sides till they touched the table below her arm-pits.

The preacher said." I would love to whip those breasts but we are here to help you."

Then he called up all ten men picked to do the punishment. They dropped their pants and the preacher lined them up with the one with the smallest dick first and a man with a dick as big as Uncle Bill's at the end. One of them pulled her head down by her hair till she was looking straight back then the first one put his dick in her mouth while the others played with her tits and pussy. They really seemed to get a kick watching their fingers go out of sight in those massive boobs. Her pussy must have been big too as one of the men ended up getting his whole hand inside it.