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"I lifted her to my shoulder," says Dr. Conwell, in telling of this; for after hearing the story elsewhere I asked him to tell it to me himself, for it seemed almost too strange to be true. I LIFTED HER TO MY SHOULDER SAYS DOCTOR CONWELL IN TELLING OF THIS AND AFTER HEARING THE STORY ELSEWHERE I ASKED HIM TO TELL IT TO ME HIMSELF FOR IT SEEMED ALMOST TOO STRANGE TO BE TRUE
e present church buildings were begun, it was another of those marvelous tales of fact that are stranger than any imagination could make them. And yet the tale was so simple and sweet and sad and unpretending. When Dr. Conwell first assumed charge of the little congregation that led him to Philadelphia it was really a little church both in its numbers and in the size of the building that it occupied, but it quickly became so popular under his leadership that the church services and Sunday-school services were alike so crowded that there was no room for all who came, and always there were people turned from the doors. One afternoon a little girl, who had eagerly wished to go, turned back from the Sunday-school door, crying bitterly because they had told her that there was no more room. But a tall, black-haired man met her and noticed her tears and, stopping, asked why it was that she was crying, and she sobbingly replied that it was because they could not let her into the Sunday-school.  LEARNED HOW IT CAME THAT THE PRESENT CHURCH BUILDINGS WERE BEGUN IT WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MARVELOUS TALES OF FACT THAT ARE STRANGER THAN ANY IMAGINATION COULD MAKE THEM AND YET THE TALE WAS SO SIMPLE AND SWEET AND SAD AND UNPRETENDING WHEN DOCTOR CONWELL FIRST ASSUMED CHARGE OF THAT LITTLE CONGREGATION THAT LED HIM TO PHILADELPHIA IT WAS REALLY A LITTLE CHURCH BOTH IN ITS NUMBERS AND IN THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING IT OCCUPIED BUT IT QUICKLY BECAME SO POPULAR UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP THAT THE CHURCH SERVICES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL SERVICES WERE ALIKE SO CROWDED THAT THERE WAS NO ROOM FOR ALL WHO CAME AND ALWAYS THERE WERE PEOPLE TURNED FROM THE DOORS ONE AFTERNOON A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD EAGERLY WISHED TO GO TURNED BACK FROM THE SUNDAY SCHOOL DOOR CRYING BITTERLY BECAUSE THEY HAD TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS NO MORE ROOM BUT A TALL BLACK HAIRED MAN MET HER AND NOTICED HER TEARS AND STOPPING ASKED WHY SHE WAS CRYING AND SOBBINGLY SHE REPLIED THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT LET HER INTO SUNDAY SCHOOL
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