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After the prayer meeting he went to two dinners in succession, both of them important dinners in connection with the close of the university year, and at both dinners he spoke. AFTER THE PRAYER MEETING HE WENT TO TWO DINNERS IN SUCCESSION BOTH OF THEM IMPORTANT DINNERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE CLOSE OF THE UNIVERSITY YEAR AND AT BOTH DINNERS HE SPOKE
, come up and shake hands. If you are strangers”--just the slightest of pauses--“come up and let us make an acquaintance that will last for eternity.” I remember how simply and easily this was said, in his clear, deep voice, and how impressive and important it seemed, and with what unexpectedness it came. “Come and make an acquaintance that will last for eternity!” And there was a serenity about his way of saying this which would make strangers think--just as he meant them to think--that he had nothing whatever to do but to talk with them. Even his own congregation have, most of them, little conception of how busy a man he is and how precious is his time. One evening last June to take an evening of which I happened to know--he got home from a journey of two hundred miles at six o’clock, and after dinner and a slight rest went to the church prayer-meeting, which he led in his usual vigorous way at such meetings, playing the organ and leading the singing, as well as praying and talk-ing. R SERVICE IF YOU ARE ACQUAINTED WITH ME COME UP AND SHAKE HANDS IF YOU ARE STRANGERS THIS LIGHT OF A PAUSES COME UP AND LET US MAKE AN ACQUAINTANCE THAT WILL LAST FOR ETERNITY I REMEMBER HOW SIMPLY AND EASILY THIS WAS SAID IN HIS CLEAR DEEP VOICE AND HOW IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT IT SEEMED AND WITH WHAT UNEXPECTEDNESS IT CAME COME AND MAKE AN ACQUAINTANCE THAT WILL LAST FOR ETERNITY AND THERE WAS A SERENITY ABOUT HIS WAY OF SAYING THIS WHICH WOULD MAKE STRANGERS THINK JUST AS HE MEANT THEM TO THINK HE HAD NOTHING WHATEVER TO DO BUT TO TALK WITH THEM EVEN HIS OWN CONGREGATION HAVE MOST OF THEM LITTLE CONCEPTION OF HOW BUSY A MAN HE IS AND HOW PRECIOUS IS HIS TIME ONE EVENING LAST JUNE TO TAKE AN EVENING OF WHICH I HAPPEN TO KNOW HE GOT HOME FROM A JOURNEY OF TWO HUNDRED MILES AT SIX O'CLOCK AND AFTER DINNER AND A SLIGHT REST WENT TO THE CHURCH PRAYER MEETING WHICH HE LED IN HIS USUAL VIGOROUS WAY AT SUCH MEETINGS PLAYING THE ORGAN ON LEADING THE SINGING AS WELL AS PRAYING AND TALKING AND
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