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And of course we had a rare opportunity to tell him that he ought never to be discouraged. And it is so seldom that he is!" AND OF COURSE WE HAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL HIM THAT HE OUGHT NEVER BE DISCOURAGED FOR IT IS SELDOM THAT HE IS
depression--Christmas was such an unnatural time for unhappiness! But in a few minutes he came flying back, radiant, overjoyed, sparkling with happiness, waving a slip of paper in his hand which was a check for precisely ten thousand dollars! For he had just drawn it out of an envelope handed to him, as he reached home, by the mail-carrier. “And it had come so strangely and so naturally! For the check was from a woman who was profoundly interested in his work, and who had sent the check knowing that in a general way it was needed, but without the least idea that there was any immediate need. That was eight or nine years ago, but although the donor was told at the time that Dr. Conwell and all of us were most grateful for the gift, it was not until very recently that she was told how opportune it was. And the change it made in Dr. Conwell! He is a great man for maxims, and all of us who are associated with him know that one of his favorites is that ‘It will all come out right some time!  TO HIS DEPRESSION CHRISTMAS WAS SUCH AN UNNATURAL TIME FOR UNHAPPINESS BUT IN A FEW MINUTES HE CAME FLYING BACK RADIANT OVERJOYED SPARKLING WITH HAPPINESS WAVING A SLIP OF PAPER IN HIS HAND WHICH WAS A CHECK FOR PRECISELY TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR IT HAD JUST BEEN DRAWN OUT OF AN ENVELOPE HANDED TO HIM AS HE REACHED HOME BY THE MAIL CARRIER AND IT HAS COME SO STRANGELY AND SO NATURALLY FOR THE CHECK WAS FROM A WOMAN WHO WAS PROFOUNDLY INTERESTED IN HIS WORK AND WHO HAD SENT THE CHECK KNOWING THAT IN A GENERAL WAY IT WAS NEEDED BUT WITHOUT THE LEAST IDEA THAT THERE WAS ANY IMMEDIATE NEED THAT WAS EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO BUT ALTHOUGH THE DONOR WAS TOLD OF THE TIME THAT DOCTOR CONWELL AND ALL OF US WERE MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT IT WAS NOT UNTIL VERY RECENTLY THAT SHE WAS TOLD OF HOW OPPORTUNE IT WAS AND THE CHANGE IT MADE IN DOCTOR CONWELL FOR HE IS A GREAT MAN FOR MAXIMS AND ALL OF US WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIM KNOW THAT ONE OF HIS FAVORITES IS THAT IT WILL ALL COME OUT RIGHT SOMETIME
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