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Sometimes I had to hire a special train, but I reached the town on time, with only a rare exception, and then I was but a few minutes late. Accidents have preceded and followed me on trains and boats, and were sometimes in sight, but I was preserved without injury through all the years. SOMETIMES I HAD TO HIRE A SPECIAL TRAIN BUT I REACHED THE TOWN ON TIME WITH ONLY A RARE EXCEPTION AND THEN I WAS BUT A FEW MINUTES LATE ACCIDENTS HAVE PRECEDED AND FOLLOWED ME ON TRAINS AND BOATS AND WERE SOMETIMES IN SIGHT BUT I WAS PRESERVED WITHOUT INJURY THROUGH ALL THE YEARS
od.” When I entered the ministry (1879) I had become so associated with the lecture platform in America and England that I could not feel justified in abandoning so great a field of usefulness. The experiences of all our successful lecturers are probably nearly alike. The way is not always smooth. But the hard roads, the poor hotels, the late trains, the cold halls, the hot church auditoriums, the overkindness of hospitable committees, and the broken hours of sleep are annoyances one soon forgets; and the hosts of intelligent faces, the messages of thanks, and the effects of the earnings on the lives of young college men can never cease to be a daily joy. God bless them all. Often have I been asked if I did not, in fifty years of travel in all sorts of conveyances, meet with accidents. It is a marvel to me that no such event ever brought me harm. In a continuous period of over twenty-seven years I delivered about two lectures in every three days, yet I did not miss a single engagement. ISTENT CALL OF GOD WHEN I ENTERED THE MINISTRY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY NINE I HAD BECOME SO ASSOCIATED WITH THE LECTURE PLATFORM IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND THAT I COULD NOT FEEL JUSTIFIED IN ABANDONING SUCH A GREAT FIELD OF USEFULNESS THE EXPERIENCES OF ALL OUR SUCCESSFUL LECTURES ARE PROBABLY NEARLY ALIKE THE WAY IS NOT ALWAYS SMOOTH BUT THE HARD ROADS THE POOR HOTELS THE LATE TRAINS THE COLD HALLS THE HOT CHURCH AUDITORIUMS THE OVER KINDNESS OF HOSPITABLE COMMITTEES THE BROKEN HOURS OF SLEEP ARE ANNOYANCES ONE SOONS FORGETS AND THE HOST OF INTELLIGENT FACES THE MESSAGES OF THANKS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE EARNINGS AND THE LIVES OF YOUNG COLLEGE MEN CAN NEVER CEASE THE DAILY JOY GOD BLESS THEM ALL OFTEN I HAVE BEEN ASKED IF I DID NOT IN FIFTY YEARS OF TRAVEL IN ALL SORTS OF CONVEYANCE MEET WITH ACCIDENTS IT IS A MARVEL TO ME THAT NO SUCH EVENT EVER BROUGHT ME HARM IN A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OVER TWENTY SEVEN YEARS I DELIVERED ABOUT TWO LECTURES IN EVERY THREE DAYS YET I DID NOT MISS A SINGLE ENGAGEMENT
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