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And in that lonely little graveyard I found the plain stone that marks the resting place of John Ring. AND IN THAT LOVELY LITTLE GRAVEYARD I FOUND A PLAIN STONE THAT MARKS THE RESTING PLACE OF JOHN RING
eight hours for my own.” A curious note had come into his voice, as of one who had run the race and neared the goal, fought the good fight and neared the end. “Every morning when I rise I look at this sword, or if I am away from home I think of the sword, and vow anew that another day shall see sixteen hours of work from me.” And when one comes to know Russell Conwell one realizes that never did a man work more hard and constantly. “It was through John Ring and his giving his life through devotion to me that I became a Christian,” he went on. “This did not come about immediately, but it came before the war was over, and it came through faithful Johnnie Ring.” There is a little lonely cemetery in the Berkshires, a tiny burying-ground on a wind-swept hill, a few miles from Conwell’s old home. In this isolated burying-ground bushes and vines and grass grow in profusion, and a few trees cast a gentle shade; and tree-clad hills go billowing off for miles and miles in wild and lonely beauty. TE FOR JOHN RING'S WORK AND ATE FOR MY OWN A CURIOUS NOTE HAD COME INTO HIS VOICE AS ONE OF WHO HAD RUN INTO THE RACE NEAR THE GOAL FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND NEARED THE END EVERY MORNING WHEN I RISE I LOOK AT THIS SWORD OR IF I AM AWAY FROM HOME I THINK OF THE SWORD AND THOU ANEW THAT ANOTHER DAY SHE'LL SEE SIXTEEN HOURS OF WORK FROM ME AND WHEN ONE COMES TO KNOW RUSSELL CONWELL ONE KNOWS THAT NEVER DID A MAN WORK SO HARD AND CONSISTENTLY IT WAS THOUGH JOHN RING IN HIS GIVING OF HIS LIFE THREW DEVOTION TO ME THAT I BECAME A CHRISTIAN HE WENT ON THIS DID NOT COME ABOUT IMMEDIATELY BUT IT CAME BEFORE THE WAR WAS OVER AND IT CAME THROUGH THE FAITHFUL JOHNNY RING THERE WAS A LITTLE LONELY CEMETERY IN THE BERKSHIRES A TINY BURYING GROUND ON A WINDSWEPT HILL A FEW MILES FROM CONWELL'S OLD HOME IN THIS ISOLATED BURYING GROUND BUSHES AND VINES AND GRASS GROW IN PROFUSION AND A FEW TREES CAST A GENTLE SHADE AND THE TREE CLAD HILLS GO A BILLOWING OFF FOR MILES AND MILES IN WILD AND LOVELY BEAUTY
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