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However, I advised a meeting of the church members, and I attended the meeting. I put the case to them  it was only a handful of men and women  and there was silence for a little. HOWEVER I ADVISED A MEETING OF CHURCH MEMBERS AND I ATTENDED THE MEETING I PUT THE CASE TO THEM WAS ONLY A HANDFUL OF MEN AND WOMEN AND THERE WAS SILENCE FOR A LITTLE
he crucial decision as to the course of his life! And it seems to me that it was, although quite unconsciously, because of the very fact that it was Lexington that Conwell was influenced to decide and to act as he did. Had it been in some other kind of place, some merely ordinary place, some quite usual place, he might not have taken the important step. But it was Lexington, it was brave old Lexington, inspiring Lexington; and he was inspired by it, for the man who himself inspires nobly is always the one who is himself open to noble inspiration. Lexington inspired him. “When I was a lawyer in Boston and almost thirty-seven years old,” he told me, thinking slowly back into the years, “I was consulted by a woman who asked my advice in regard to disposing of a little church in Lexington whose congregation had become unable to support it. I went out and looked at the place, and I told her how the property could be sold. But it seemed a pity to me that the little church should be given up. ALLY AT LEXINGTON THAT HE MADE THE CRITICAL DECISION AS TO THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WAS ALTHOUGH QUITE UNCONSCIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE VERY FACT THAT IT WAS LEXINGTON THAT CONWELL WAS INFLUENCED TO DECIDE AND TO ACT AS HE DID HAD IT BEEN SOME OTHER KIND OF PLACE SOME MERELY ORDINARY PLACE SOME QUITE USUAL PLACE HE MIGHT NOT HAVE TAKEN THAT IMPORTANT STEP BUT IT WAS LEXINGTON IT WAS BRAVE OLD LEXINGTON INSPIRING LEXINGTON AND HE WAS INSPIRED BY IT FOR THE MAN HIMSELF INSPIRES NOBLY IS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO UPON HIMSELF IS OPEN TO NOBLE INSPIRATION LEXINGTON INSPIRED HIM WHEN I WAS A LAWYER IN BOSTON AND ALMOST THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OLD HE TOLD ME THINKING SLOWLY BACK INTO THE YEARS I WAS CONSULTED BY A WOMAN WHO ASKED MY ADVICE IN REGARDS TO DISPOSING OF A LITTLE CHURCH IN LEXINGTON WHOSE CONGREGATION HAD BECOME UNABLE TO SUPPORT IT I WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE PLACE AND TOLD HER HOW THE PROPERTY COULD BE SOLD BUT IT SEEMED A PITY TO ME THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD BE GIVEN UP
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