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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! 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
that I never doubted that each one of those present, and many friends besides, would be at the building in the morning. I was there early with a hammer and ax and crowbar that I had secured, ready to go to work--but no one else 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. SIBILITY WAS OPENING THAT I NEVER DOUBTED THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE PRESENTS AND MANY FRIENDS BESIDES WOULD BE AT THE BUILDING IN THE MORNING I WAS THERE EARLY WITH THE HAMMER AND AXE AND CROWBAR I HAD SECURED READY 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
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