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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. 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
y. His Easter services, for example, years ago, became widely talked of and eagerly anticipated because each sermon would be wrought around some fine symbol; and he would hold in his hand, in the pulpit, the blue robin’s egg, or the white dove, or the stem of lilies, or whatever he had chosen as the particular symbol for the particular sermon, and that symbol would give him the central thought for his discourse, accented as it would be by the actual symbol itself in view of the congregation. The cross lighted by electricity, to shine down over the baptismal pool, the little stream of water cascading gently down the steps of the pool during the baptismal rite, the roses floating in the pool and his gift of one of 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.  MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND JEALOUSY HIS EASTER SERVICES FOR EXAMPLE YEARS AGO BECAME WIDELY TALKED OF AND EAGERLY ANTICIPATED BECAUSE EACH SERMON WOULD BE WROUGHT AROUND SOME FINE SYMBOL AND HE WOULD HOLD IN HIS HAND IN THE PULPIT A BLUE ROBIN'S EGG OR A WHITE DOVE OR A STEM OF LILIES OR WHATEVER HE HAD CHOSEN AS THE PARTICULAR SYMBOL FOR THE PARTICULAR SERMON AND THAT SYMBOL WOULD GIVE HIM THE CENTRAL THOUGHT OF HIS DISCOURSE ACCENTED AS IT WOULD BE BY THE ACTUAL SYMBOL ITSELF IN VIEW OF THE CONGREGATION THE CROSS LIGHTED BY ELECTRICITY TO SHINE DOWN OVER THE BAPTISMAL POOL THE LITTLE STREAM OF WATER CASCADING GENTLY DOWN THE STEPS OF THE POOL DURING THE BAPTISMAL RITE THE FLOWERS FLOATING IN THE POOL AND HIS GIFT 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
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