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Recently I heard a New Yorker, the head of a great corporation, say: "I believe that Russell Conwell is doing more good in the world than any man who has lived since Jesus Christ." And he said this in serious and unexaggerated earnest. RECENTLY I HEARD IN NEW YORKER THE HEAD OF A GREAT CORPORATION SAY I BELIEVE THAT RUSSELL CONWELL IS DOING MORE GOOD IN THIS WORLD THAN ANY MAN WHO HAS LIVED SINCE JESUS CHRIST AND HE SAID THIS IN A SERIOUS AND UNEXAGGERATED EARNEST
n,” 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. And in that lonely little graveyard I found the plain stone that marks the resting-place of John Ring. II. THE BEGINNING AT OLD LEXINGTON IT is not because he is a minister that Russell Conwell is such a force in the world. He went into the ministry because he was sincerely and profoundly a Christian, and because he felt that as a minister he could do more good in the world than in any other capacity. But being a minister is but an incident, so to speak. The important thing is not that he is a minister, but that he is himself!  PART SIX OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ACRES OF DIAMONDS BY RUSSELL H CONWELL PART SIX TWO THE BEGINNING AT OLD LEXINGTON IT WAS NOT BECAUSE HE WAS A MINISTER THAT RUSSELL CONWELL IS SUCH A FORCE IN THE WORLD HE WENT INTO THE MINISTRY BECAUSE HE WAS SINCERELY AND PROFOUNDLY A CHRISTIAN AND BECAUSE HE FELT THAT AS A MINISTER HE COULD DO MORE GOOD IN THE WORLD THAN IN ANY OTHER CAPACITY BUT BEING A MINISTER IS BUT AN INCIDENT SO TO SPEAK THE IMPORTANT THING IS NOT THAT HE IS A MINISTER BUT THAT HE IS HIMSELF
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