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"He looked at me. 'But the people won't do that,' he said. "'Yes, they will,' I said, cheerfully, keeping at my work. Whereupon he watched me a few minutes longer and said: "'Well, you can put me down for one hundred dollars for the new building. Come up to my livery stable and get it this evening.' "'All right; I'll surely be there,' I replied. HE LOOKED AT ME BUT THE PEOPLE WON'T DO THAT HE SAID YES THEY WILL I SAID CHEERFULLY KEEPING UP MY WORK WHEREUPON HE WATCHED ME A FEW MINUTES LONGER AND SAID WELL YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN FOR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE NEW BUILDING COME UP TO MY LIVERY STABLE AND GET IT THIS EVENING ALL RIGHT I'LL SURELY BE THERE I REPLIED
se showed up!” He has a rueful appreciation of the humor of it, as he pictured the scene; and one knows also that, in that little town of Lexington, where Americans had so bravely faced the impossible, Russell Conwell also braced himself to face the impossible. A pettier man would instantly have given up the entire matter when those who were most interested failed to respond, but one of the strongest features in Conwell’s character is his ability to draw even doubters and weaklings into line, his ability to stir even those who have given up. “I looked over that building,” he goes on, whimsically, “and I saw that repair really seemed out of the question. Nothing but a new church would do! So I took the ax that I had brought with me and began chopping the place down. In a little while a man, not one of the church members, came along, and he watched me for a time and said, ‘What are you going to do there?’ “And I instantly replied, ‘Tear down this old building and build a new church here! DY TO GO TO WORK BUT NO ONE ELSE SHOWED UP HE HAS A RUEFUL APPRECIATION OF THE HUMOUR OF IT AS HE PICTURED THIS SCENE AND ONE KNOWS ALSO THAT IN THAT LITTLE TOWN OF LEXINGTON WHERE AMERICANS HAD SO BRAVELY FACED THE IMPOSSIBLE RUSSELL CONWELL ALSO BRACED HIMSELF TO FACE THE IMPOSSIBLE A PETTIER MAN WOULD HAVE INSTANTLY GIVEN UP THE ENTIRE MANNER WHEN THOSE WHO WERE MOST INTERESTED FAILED TO RESPOND BUT ONE OF THE STRONGEST FEATURES IN THE CONWELL CHARACTER IS HIS ABILITY TO DRAW EVEN DOUBTERS AND WEAKLINGS INTO LINE HIS ABILITY TO STIR EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP I LOOKED OVER THAT BUILDING HE GOES ON WHIMSICALLY AND I SAW THAT REPAIR REALLY SEEMED OUT OF THE QUESTION NOTHING BUT A NEW CHURCH WOULD DO SO I TOOK THE AXE THAT I HAD BROUGHT WITH ME AND BEGAN CHOPPING THE PLACE DOWN IN A LITTLE WHILE A MAN NOT ONE OF THE CHURCH MEMBERS CAME ALONG AND HE WATCHED ME FOR A TIME AND SAID WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO THERE I INSTANTLY REPLIED TEAR DOWN THIS OLD BUILDING AND BUILD A NEW CHURCH HERE
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