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Just the other evening I heard him lecture in his own church, just after his return from an absence, and every face beamed happily up at him to welcome him back, and every one listened as intently to his every word as if he had never been heard there before; and when the lecture was over a huge bouquet of flowers was handed up to him, and some one embarrassedly said a few words about its being because he was home again. JUST THE OTHER EVENING I HEARD HIM LECTURE IN HIS OWN CHURCH AND JUST AFTER HIS RETURN FROM AN ABSENCE EVERY FACE BEAM HAPPILY UP TO HIM TO WELCOME HIM BACK HOME AND EVERYONE LISTENED SO INTENTLY TO HIS EVERY WORD AS IF HE HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD BEFORE AND WHEN THE LECTURE WAS OVER A LARGE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS WAS HANDED UP TO HIM AND SOME ONE EMBARRASSEDLY SAID A FEW WORDS ABOUT ITS BEING BECAUSE HE WAS HOME AGAIN
 them to each of the baptized as he or she left the water--all such things did seem, long ago, so unconventional. Yet his own people recognized the beauty and poetry of them, and thousands of Bibles in Philadelphia have a baptismal rose from Dr. Conwell pressed within the pages. His constant individuality of mind, his constant freshness, alertness, brilliancy, warmth, sympathy, endear him to his congregation, and when he returns from an absence they bubble and effervesce over him as if he were some brilliant new preacher just come to them. He is always new to them. Were it not that he possesses some remarkable quality of charm he would long ago have become, so to speak, an old story, but instead of that he is to them an always new story, an always entertaining and delightful story, after all these years. It is not only that they still throng to hear him either preach or lecture, though that itself would be noticeable, but it is the delightful and delighted spirit with which they do it.  OF ONE OF THEM TO EACH OF THE BAPTIZED AS HERE SHE LEFT THE WATER ALL THINGS DID SEEM LONG AGO SO UNCONVENTIONAL YET HIS OWN PEOPLE RECOGNIZED THE BEAUTY AND POETRY OF THEM AND THOUSANDS OF BIBLES IN PHILADELPHIA HAVE A BAPTISMAL ROSE FROM DOCTOR CONWELL PRESSED WITHIN THE PAGES HIS CONSTANT INDIVIDUALITY OF MIND HIS CONSTANT FRESHNESS ALERTNESS BRILLIANCY WARMTH SYMPATHY ENDEAR HIM TO THE CONGREGATION AND WHEN HE RETURNS FROM AN ABSENCE THEY BUBBLE WITH EFFERVESCENCE OVER HIM AS IF HE WERE SOME BRILLIANT NEW PREACHER WHO HAD JUST COME TO THEM HE IS ALWAYS NEW TO THEM WERE IT NOT THAT HE POSSESSES SOME UNREMARKABLE QUALITY OF CHARM HE WOULD LONG AGO HAVE BECOME SO TO SPEAK AN OLD STORY BUT INSTEAD OF THAT HE IS TO THEM ALWAYS A NEW STORY AN ALWAYS ENTERTAINING A DELIGHTFUL STORY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THAT IT IS NOT ONLY THAT THEY STILL THRONG TO HEAR HIM EITHER PREACH OR LECTURE THOUGH THAT HIMSELF WOULD BE NOTICEABLE BUT IT IS THE DELIGHTFUL AND DELIGHTED SPIRIT WITH WHICH THEY DO IT
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