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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. 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
 thousands of students. His home is in Philadelphia; but he is known in every corner of every state in the Union, and everywhere he has hosts of friends. All of his life he has helped and inspired others. 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. ADY HAD TENS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HIS HOME IS IN PHILADELPHIA BUT HE IS KNOWN IN EVERY CORNER OF EVERY STATE OF THE UNION AND EVERYWHERE HE HAS HOSTS OF FRIENDS ALL HIS LIFE HE HAS HELPED AND INSPIRED 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
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