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To leave a large and overflowing law practice and take up the ministry at a salary of six hundred dollars a year seemed to the relatives of Conwell's wife the extreme of foolishness, and they did not hesitate so to express themselves. Naturally enough, they did not have Conwell's vision. TO LEAVE A LARGE AND OVERFLOWING LAW PRACTICE AND TAKE UP THE MINISTRY AT A SALARY OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR SEEMED TO THE RELATIVES OF CONWELL'S WIFE THE EXTREME OF FOOLISHNESS AND THEY DID NOT HESITATE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES NATURALLY ENOUGH THEY DID NOT HAVE CONWELL'S VISION
uilding, it was peculiarly important to get and keep the congregation together, and as they had ceased to have a minister of their own, I used to run out from Boston and preach for them, in a room we hired. “And it was there in Lexington, in 1879, that I determined to become a minister. I had a good law practice, but I determined to give it up. For many years I had felt more or less of a call to the ministry, and here at length was the definite time to begin. “Week by week I preached there”--how strange, now, to think of William Dean Howells and the colonel-preacher!--“and after a while the church was completed, and in that very church, there in Lexington, I was ordained a minister.” A marvelous thing, all this, even without considering the marvelous heights that Conwell has since attained--a marvelous thing, an achievement of positive romance! That little church stood for American bravery and initiative and self-sacrifice and romanticism in a way that well befitted good old Lexington. EW CHURCH WAS BUILDING IT WAS PECULIARLY IMPORTANT TO GET AND TO KEEP THE CONGREGATION TOGETHER AS THEY HAD CEASED TO HAVE A MINISTER OF THEIR OWN I USED TO RUN OUT FROM BOSTON AND PREACH FOR THEM IN A ROOM WE HIRED AND IT WAS THERE IN LEXINGTON IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY NINE THAT I DETERMINED TO BECOME A MINISTER I HAD HAD A GOOD LAW PRACTICE BUT I DETERMINED TO GIVE IT UP FOR MANY YEARS I HAD FELT MORE OR LESS THE CALL TO MINISTRY AND HERE AT LENGTH WAS THE DEFINITE TIME TO BEGIN WEEK BY WEEK I PREACHED THERE HOW STRANGE NOW TO THINK OF WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS AND THE COLONEL PREACHER AND AFTER A WHILE THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETED AND IN THAT VERY CHURCH THERE IN LEXINGTON I WAS ORDAINED A MINISTER A MARVELLOUS THING ALL THIS EVEN WITHOUT CONSIDERING THE MARVELOUS HEIGHTS THAT CONWELL HAS SINCE ATTAINED A MARVELLOUS THING AN ACHIEVEMENT OF POSITIVE ROMANCE THAT LITTLE CHURCH STOOD FOR AMERICAN BRAVERY AND INITIATIVE AND SELF SACRIFICE AND ROMANTICISM IN A WAY THAT WELL BEFITTED GOOD OLD LEXINGTON
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