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For he possesses a mysterious faculty of imbuing others with his own happiness. FOR HE POSSESSES A MYSTERIOUS FACULTY IN IMBUING OTHERS WITH HIS OWN HAPPINESS
 of singers coming down from the little old church on the hill, with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall sing.’” Music is one of Conwell’s strongest aids. He sings himself; sings as if he likes to sing, and often finds himself leading the singing--usually so, indeed, at the prayer-meetings, and often, in effect, at the church services. I remember at one church service that the choir-leader was standing in front of the massed choir ostensibly leading the singing, but that Conwell himself, standing at the rear of the pulpit platform, with his eyes on his hymn-book, silently swaying a little with the music and unconsciously beating time as he swayed, was just as unconsciously the real leader, for it was he whom the congregation were watching and with him that they were keeping time! He never suspected it; he was merely thinking along with the music; and there was such a look of contagious happiness on his face as made every one in the building similarly happy. SHALT MEET A COMPANY OF SINGERS COMING DOWN FROM THAT LITTLE OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL WITH A PSALTERY AND A TABRET AND A PIPE AND A HARP AND THEY SHALL SING MUSIC IS ONE OF CONWELL'S STRONGEST AIDS HE SINGS HIMSELF HE SINGS AS IF HE LIKES TO SING AND OFTEN FINDS HIMSELF LEADING THE SINGING USUALLY SO INDEED AT THE PRAYER MEETINGS AND OFTEN IN EFFECT AT THE CHURCH SERVICES I REMEMBER AT ONE CHURCH SERVICE THAT THE CHOIR LEADER WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE MASSED CHOIR OSTENSIBLY LEADING THE SINGING BUT CONWELL HIMSELF STANDING AT THE REAR OF THE PULPIT PLATFORM WITH HIS EYES ON THE HYMN BOOK SILENTLY SWAYING A LITTLE FROM THE MUSIC AND UNCONSCIOUSLY BEATING TIME AS HE SWAYED WAS JUST AS UNCONSCIOUSLY THE REAL LEADER FOR IT WAS HE WHOM THE CONGREGATION WAS WATCHING AND WITH THEM THEY WERE KEEPING TIME HE NEVER SUSPECTED IT HE WAS MERELY THINKING ALONG WITH THE MUSIC AND THERE WAS SUCH A LOOK OF CONTAGIOUS HAPPINESS ON HIS FACE AS EVERYONE AS HE MADE EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING SIMILARLY HAPPY
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