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"The men and the women looked at one another, still silent, sadly impressed, but not knowing what to do. And I said to them: 'Why not start over again, and go on with the church, after all! THE MEN AND WOMEN LOOKED AT ONE ANOTHER STILL SILENT SADLY IMPRESSED BUT NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND I SAID TO THEM WHY NOT START OVER AGAIN AND GO ON WITH THE CHURCH AFTER ALL
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. 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. Then an old man rose and, in a quavering voice, said the matter was quite clear; that there evidently was nothing to do but to sell, and that he would agree with the others in the necessity; but as the church had been his church home from boyhood, so he quavered and quivered on, he begged that they would excuse him from actually taking part in disposing of it; and in a deep silence he went haltingly from the room. 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 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 THEN A LITTLE OLD MAN ROSE IN A QUIVERING VOICE SAID THE MATTER WAS QUITE CLEAR THAT THERE EVIDENTLY WAS NOTHING TO DO BUT SELL AND HE WOULD AGREE WITH THE OTHERS IN THE NECESSITY BUT AS THE CHURCH HAD BEEN HIS CHURCH HOME FROM BOYHOOD SO HE QUIVERED AND QUIVERED ON HE BEGGED THAT THEY WOULD EXCUSE HIM FROM ACTUALLY TAKING PART IN DISPOSING OF IT AND IN A DEEP SILENCE HE WENT HALTINGLY OUT OF THE ROOM
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