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I was there early with a hammer and ax and crowbar that I had secured, ready to go to work  but no one else showed up!" I WAS THERE EARLY WITH THE HAMMER AND AXE AND CROWBAR I HAD SECURED READY TO GO TO WORK BUT NO ONE ELSE SHOWED UP
een 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. “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!’” Typical Conwellism, that! First, the impulse to help those who need helping, then the inspiration and leadership. “‘But the building is entirely too tumble-down to use,’ said one of the men, sadly; and I knew he was right, for I had examined it; but I said: “‘Let us meet there to-morrow morning and get to work on that building ourselves and put it in shape for a service next Sunday.’ “It made them seem so pleased and encouraged, and so confident that a new possibility was opening that I never doubted that each one of those present, and many friends besides, would be at the building in the morning. 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 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 TYPICAL CONWELLION THAT FIRST THE IMPULSE TO HELP THOSE WHO NEEDS HELPING THEN THE INSPIRATION AND LEADERSHIP BUT THE BUILDING IS ENTIRELY TOO TUMBLE DOWN TO USE SAID ONE OF THE MEN SADLY AND I KNEW IT WAS RIGHT FOR I HAD EXAMINED IT BUT I SAID LET US MEET TO MORROW MORNING AND GET TO WORK ON BUILDING OURSELVES AND PUT IT IN SHAPE FOR THE SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY IT MADE THEM SEEM PLEASED AND ENCOURAGED AND SO CONFIDENT THAT A NEW POSSIBILITY WAS OPENING THAT I NEVER DOUBTED THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE PRESENTS AND MANY FRIENDS BESIDES WOULD BE AT THE BUILDING IN THE MORNING
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