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Over and over one realizes what a power such a man wields. And what an unselfishness! For, far on in years as he is, and suffering pain, he does not chop down his lecture to a definite length; he does not talk for just an hour or go on grudgingly for an hour and a half. OVER AND OVER ONE REALIZES WHAT A POWER SUCH A MAN WIELDS AND WHAT AN UNSELFISHNESS FOR FAR ON AS YEARS AS HE IS AND SUFFERING PAIN HE DOES NOT CHOP DOWN HIS LECTURE TO A DEFINITE LENGTH HE DOES NOT TALK FOR JUST AN HOUR OR GO ON GRUDGINGLY FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF
ver from there I was, a few miles away. The road was dark and I pictured a small audience, but when I got there I found the church building in which he was to deliver the lecture had a seating capacity of 830 and that precisely 830 people were already seated there and that a fringe of others were standing behind. Many had come from miles away. Yet the lecture had scarcely, if at all, been advertised. But people had said to one another: “Aren’t you going to hear Dr. Conwell?” And the word had thus been passed along. I remember how fascinating it was to watch that audience, for they responded so keenly and with such heartfelt pleasure throughout the entire lecture. And not only were they immensely pleased and amused and interested--and to achieve that at a crossroads church was in itself a triumph to be proud of--but I knew that every listener was given an impulse toward doing something for himself and for others, and that with at least some of them the impulse would materialize in acts. FEW MILES AWAY THE ROAD WAS DARK AND I PICTURED A SMALL AUDIENCE BUT WHEN I GOT THERE I FOUND THE CHURCH BUILDING IN WHICH HE WAS TO DELIVER THE LECTURE HAD A CEDING CAPACITY OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY IN THAT PRECISELY EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY WERE ALREADY SEATED THERE AND THAT THERE WAS A FRINGE OF OTHERS STANDING BEHIND MANY HAD COME FROM MILES AWAY YET THE LECTURE HAD SCARCELY IF AT ALL BEEN ADVERTISED AND PEOPLE SAID TO ONE ANOTHER AREN'T YOU GOING TO HEAR DOCTOR CONWELL AND THE WORD HAD THUS BEEN PASSED ALONG I REMEMBER HOW FASCINATING IT WAS TO WATCH THAT AUDIENCE FOR THEY RESPONDED SO KEENLY AND WITH SUCH HEARTFELT PLEASURE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LECTURE AND NOT ONLY WERE THEY IMMENSELY PLEASED AND AMUSED AND INTERESTED AND TO ACHIEVE THAT IS THAT A CROSSROADS CHURCH WAS IN ITSELF A TRIUMPH TO BE PROUD OF BUT THEY KNEW THAT EVERY LISTENER WAS GIVEN AN IMPULSE TOWARD DOING SOMETHING FOR HIMSELF AND FOR OTHERS AND THAT AT LEAST SOME OF THEM THE IMPULSE WOULD MATERIALIZE INTO ACTS
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