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He said that he had heard the best concerts and the finest operas in the world, but had never heard anything he loved as he still loved 'The Old Time Religion.' I forget what reason there was for McKinley's especially liking it, but he, as did Garfield, liked it immensely." HE SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD THE BEST CONCERTS AND THE FINEST OPERAS IN THE WORLD BUT HAD NEVER HEARD ANYTHING HE LOVED AS HE STILL LOVED THE OLD TIME RELIGION I FORGET WHAT A REASON THERE WAS FOR MC KINLEY'S ESPECIALLY LIKING IT BUT HE AS GARFIELD LIKED IT IMMENSELY
cKinley, whom I had met in Washington, and whose home was in northern Ohio, as was that of Mr. Garfield, to go with me to Mr. Garfield’s home and introduce me. When we got there, a neighbor had to find him. ‘Jim! Jim!’ he called. You see, Garfield was just plain Jim to his old neighbors. It’s hard to recognize a hero over your back fence!” He paused a moment for the appreciative ripple to subside, and went on: “We three talked there together”--what a rare talking that must have been-McKinley, Garfield, and Conwell--“we talked together, and after a while we got to the subject of hymns, and those two great men both told me how deeply they loved the old hymn, ‘The Old-Time Religion.’ Garfield especially loved it, so he told us, because the good old man who brought him up as a boy and to whom he owed such gratitude, used to sing it at the pasture bars outside of the boy’s window every morning, and young Jim knew, whenever he heard that old tune, that it meant it was time for him to get up. E FOR THE PRESIDENCY I ASKED MAJOR MC KINLEY WHOM I HAD MET IN WASHINGTON AND WHOSE HOME WAS IN NORTHERN OHIO AS WAS THAT OF MISTER GARFIELD TO GO WITH ME TO MISTER GARFIELD'S HOME AND INTRODUCE ME WHEN WE GOT THERE A NEIGHBOR HAD TO FIND HIM JIM JIM HE CALLED YOU SEE GARFIELD WAS JUST PLAIN OLD JIM TO HIS NEIGHBORS IT'S HARD TO RECOGNIZE A HERO OVER YOUR BACK FRIENDS HE PAUSED A MOMENT FOR THE APPRECIATIVE RIPPLE TO SUBSIDE AND WENT ON WE THREE TALKED TOGETHER WHAT A RARE TALKING IT MUST HAVE BEEN MC KINLEY GARFIELD AND CONWELL WE TALKED TOGETHER AND AFTERWHILE WE GOT TO THE SUBJECT OF HYMNS AND THOSE TWO GREAT MEN BOTH TOLD ME OF HOW DEEPLY THEY LOVED THE OLD HYMN THE OLD TIME RELIGION GARFIELD ESPECIALLY LOVED IT SO HE TOLD US BECAUSE THE GOOD OLD MAN WHO BROUGHT HIM UP AS A BOY AND TO WHOM HE OWED SUCH GRATITUDE USED TO SING IT AT THE PASTURE BARS OUTSIDE OF THE BOY'S WINDOW EVERY MORNING AND YOUNG JIM KNEW WHENEVER HE HEARD THAT OLD TUNE THAT IT MEANT IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GET UP
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