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"Week by week I preached there"  how strange, now, to think of William Dean Howells and the colonel preacher!  "and after a while the church was completed, and in that very church, there in Lexington, I was ordained a minister." WEEK BY WEEK I PREACHED THERE HOW STRANGE NOW TO THINK OF WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS AND THE COLONEL PREACHER AND AFTER A WHILE THE CHURCH WAS COMPLETED AND IN THAT VERY CHURCH THERE IN LEXINGTON I WAS ORDAINED A MINISTER
ithout answering, and after quite a while he left; but he called back, as he went off, ‘Well, if he does give you that hundred dollars, come to me and I’ll give you another hundred.’” Conwell smiles in genial reminiscence and without any apparent sense that he is telling of a great personal triumph, and goes on: “Those two men both paid the money, and of course the church people themselves, who at first had not quite understood that I could be in earnest, joined in and helped, with work and money, and as, while the new church was building, it was peculiarly important to get and keep the congregation together, and as they had ceased to have a minister of their own, I used to run out from Boston and preach for them, in a room we hired. “And it was there in Lexington, in 1879, that I determined to become a minister. I had a good law practice, but I determined to give it up. For many years I had felt more or less of a call to the ministry, and here at length was the definite time to begin.  ON WITH THE WORK WITHOUT ANSWERING AND AFTER A WHILE HE LAUGHED BUT HE CALLED BACK AS HE WENT OFF WELL IF HE DOES GIVE YOU THAT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS COME TO ME AND I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER HUNDRED CONWELL SMILES IN GENIAL REMINISCENCE AND WITHOUT ANY APPARENT SENSE THAT HE IS TELLING OF A GREAT PERSONAL TRIUMPH AND GOES ON THOSE TWO MEN BOTH PAID THE MONEY AND OF COURSE THE CHURCH PEOPLE THEMSELVES WHO AT FIRST NOT QUITE UNDERSTOOD THAT I COULD BE IN EARNEST AND JOINED IN AND HELPED WITH WORK AND MONEY AND WHILE THE NEW CHURCH WAS BUILDING IT WAS PECULIARLY IMPORTANT TO GET AND TO KEEP THE CONGREGATION TOGETHER AS THEY HAD CEASED TO HAVE A MINISTER OF THEIR OWN I USED TO RUN OUT FROM BOSTON AND PREACH FOR THEM IN A ROOM WE HIRED AND IT WAS THERE IN LEXINGTON IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY NINE THAT I DETERMINED TO BECOME A MINISTER I HAD HAD A GOOD LAW PRACTICE BUT I DETERMINED TO GIVE IT UP FOR MANY YEARS I HAD FELT MORE OR LESS THE CALL TO MINISTRY AND HERE AT LENGTH WAS THE DEFINITE TIME TO BEGIN
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