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Howells went on to say that, so he was told, the colonel's success was principally due to his making the church attractive to young people. HOWELLS WENT ON TO SAY THAT SO HE WAS TOLD THE COLONEL'S SUCCESS WAS PRINCIPALLY DUE TO HIS MAKING THE CHURCH ATTRACTIVE TO YOUNG PEOPLE
thers. Quite by chance, and only yesterday, literally yesterday and by chance, and with no thought at the moment of Conwell although he had been much in my mind for some time past, I picked up a thin little book of description by William Dean Howells, and, turning the pages of a chapter on Lexington, old Lexington of the Revolution, written, so Howells had set down, in 1882, I noticed, after he had written of the town itself, and of the long-past fight there, and of the present-day aspect, that he mentioned the church life of the place and remarked on the striking advances made by the Baptists, who had lately, as he expressed it, been reconstituted out of very perishing fragments and made strong and flourishing, under the ministrations of a lay preacher, formerly a colonel in the Union army. And it was only a few days before I chanced upon this description that Dr. Conwell, the former colonel and former lay preacher, had told me of his experiences in that little old Revolutionary town. SPIRED OTHERS QUITE BY CHANCE AND ONLY YESTERDAY LITERALLY YESTERDAY AND BY CHANCE AND WITH NO THOUGHT OF THE MOMENT OF CONWELL ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN MUCH IN MY MIND FOR SOME TIME PAST I PICKED UP A THIN LITTLE BOOK OF DESCRIPTION BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS AND TURNING THE PAGES OF A CHAPTER ON LEXINGTON OLD LEXINGTON OF THE REVOLUTION WRITTEN SO HOWELLS HAD SET DOWN IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO I NOTICED AFTER HE HAD WRITTEN OF THE TOWN IN ITSELF AND OF THE LONG PAST FIGHT THERE AND OF THE PRESENT DAY ASPECT THAT HE MENTIONED THE CHURCH LIFE OF THE PLACE REMARKED ON THE STRIKING ADVANCES MADE BY THE BAPTISTS WHO HAD LATELY AS HE EXPRESSED IT BEEN RECONSTITUTED OUT OF VERY PERISHING FRAGMENTS AND MADE STRONG AND FLOURISHING UNDER THE MINISTRATIONS OF A LAY PREACHER FORMERLY A COLONEL IN THE UNION ARMY AND IT WAS ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE I CHANCED UPON THIS DESCRIPTION THAT DOCTOR CONWELL THE FORMER COLONEL AND FORMER LAY PREACHER HAD TOLD ME OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN THAT LITTLE OLD REVOLUTIONARY TOWN
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