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Yet while I was nervous and timid before the class in declamation and dreaded to face any kind of an audience, I felt in my soul a strange impulsion toward public speaking which for years made me miserable. YET WHILE I WAS NERVOUS AND TIMID BEFORE THE CLASS IN DECLAMATION AND DREADED TO FACE ANY OF THE AUDIENCE I FELT IN MY SOUL A STRANGE IMPULSION TOWARD PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR WHICH YEARS MADE ME MISERABLE
ifice for others’ good and to think only of what they could do, and never of what they should get! Many of them have ascended into the Shining Land, and here I am in mine age gazing up alone, _Only waiting till the shadows Are a little longer grown_. Fifty years! I was a young man, not yet of age, when I delivered my first platform lecture. The Civil War of 1861-65 drew on with all its passions, patriotism, horrors, and fears, and I was studying law at Yale University. I had from childhood felt that I was “called to the ministry.” The earliest event of memory is the prayer of my father at family prayers in the little old cottage in the Hampshire highlands of the Berkshire Hills, calling on God with a sobbing voice to lead me into some special service for the Saviour. It filled me with awe, dread, and fear, and I recoiled from the thought, until I determined to fight against it with all my power. So I sought for other professions and for decent excuses for being anything but a preacher. CRIFICE FOR OTHERS GOOD AND TO THINK ONLY OF WHAT THEY COULD DO AND NEVER OF WHAT THEY SHOULD GET MANY OF THEM HAVE ASCENDED INTO THE SHINING LORD AND HERE I AM IN MINE AGE GAZING UP ALONE ONLY WAITING TILL THE SHADOWS ARE LITTLE LONGER GROWN FIFTY YEARS I WAS A YOUNG MAN NOT YET OF AGE WHEN I DELIVERED MY FIRST PLATFORM LECTURE THE CIVIL WAR OF EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE TO SIXTY FIVE DREW ON WITH ALL ITS PASSIONS PATRIOTISMS HORRORS AND FEARS AND I WAS STUDYING LAW AT LEYALE UNIVERSITY I HAD FROM CHILDHOOD FELT THAT I WAS CALLED TO THE MINISTRY THE EARLIEST EVENT OF MEMORY IS THE PRAYER OF MY FATHER AT FAMILY PRAYERS IN THE LITTLE OLD COTTAGE IN THE HAMPSHIRE HIGHLANDS OF THE BERKSHIRE HILLS CALLING ON GOD WITH A SOBBING VOICE TO LEAD ME INTO SOME SPECIAL SERVICE FOR THE SAVIOUR IT FILLED ME WITH AWE DREAD AND FEAR AND I RECOILED FROM THE THOUGHT UNTIL I DETERMINED TO FIGHT AGAINST IT WITH ALL MY POWER SO I SOUGHT FOR OTHER PROFESSIONS AND FOR DECENT EXCUSES FOR BEING ANYTHING BUT A PREACHER
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