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I rather suppose the old time martyrs rather enjoyed themselves in being martyrs!" I RATHER SUPPOSE THE OLD TIME MARTYRS RATHER ENJOYED THEMSELVES IN BEING MARTYRS
 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. Yet he himself was fair enough to realize and to admit that there was a good deal of fairness in their objections; and so he said to the congregation that, although he was quite ready to come for the six hundred dollars a year, he expected them to double his salary as soon as he doubled the church membership. This seemed to them a good deal like a joke, but they answered in perfect earnestness that they would be quite willing to do the doubling as soon as he did the doubling, and in less than a year the salary was doubled accordingly. I asked him if he had found it hard to give up the lucrative law for a poor ministry, and his reply gave a delightful impression of his capacity for humorous insight into human nature, for he said, with a genial twinkle: “Oh yes, it was a wrench; but there is a sort of romance of self-sacrifice, you know. NDRED 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 YET HE HIMSELF WAS FAIR ENOUGH TO REALIZE AND TO ADMIT THERE WAS A GOOD DEAL OF FAIRNESS IN THEIR OBJECTIONS AND SO HE SAID TO THE CONGREGATION THAT HE WAS QUITE READY TO COME FOR SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR HE EXPECTED THEM TO DOUBLE HIS SALARY AS SOON AS HE DOUBLED THE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP THAT SEEMED TO THEM A GOOD DEAL LIKE A JOKE BUT THEY ANSWERED IN PERFECT EARNESTNESS THAT THEY WOULD BE QUITE WILLING TO DO THE DOUBLING AS SOON AS HE DID THE DOUBLING AND IN LESS THAN A YEAR HIS SALARY WAS DOUBLED ACCORDINGLY I ASKED HIM IF HE FOUND IT HARD TO GIVE UP THE LUCRATIVE LAW FOR A POOR MINISTRY AND HIS REPLY GAVE A DELIGHTFUL IMPRESSION OF HIS CAPACITY FOR HUMOROUS INSIGHT INTO HUMAN NATURE FOR HE SAID WITH A GENIAL TWINKLE OH YES IT WAS A WRENCH BUT THERE WAS SORT OF A ROMANCE OF SELF SACRIFICE YOU KNOW
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