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After the war was over he was a lawyer, he was a lecturer, he was an editor, he went around the world as a correspondent, he wrote books. He kept making money, and kept losing it; he lost it through fire, through investments, through aiding his friends. AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER HE WAS A LAWYER HE WAS A LECTURER HE WAS AN EDITOR HE WENT AROUND THE WORLD AS A CORRESPONDENT HE WROTE BOOKS HE KEPT MAKING MONEY AND KEPT LOSING IT HE LOST IT THROUGH FIRE THROUGH INVESTMENTS THROUGH AIDING HIS FRIENDS
 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! 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. Yet Conwell did not get readily into his life-work. He might have seemed almost a failure until he was well on toward forty, for although he kept making successes they were not permanent successes, and he did not settle himself into a definite line. He restlessly went westward to make his home, and then restlessly returned to the East. L 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 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 YET CONWELL DID NOT READILY GET INTO HIS LIFE WORK HE MIGHT HAVE SEEMED ALMOST A FAILURE UNTIL HE WAS WELL ON TOWARD FORTY FOR ALTHOUGH HE KEPT MAKING SUCCESSES THEY WERE NOT PERMANENT SUCCESSES AND HE DID NOT SETTLE HIMSELF INTO A DEFINITE LINE HE RESTLESSLY WENT WESTWARD TO MAKE HIS HOME AND THEN RESTLESSLY RETURNED TO THE EAST
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