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And he goes on, now reading: "'Thou shalt meet a company of singers coming down from the little old church on the hill, with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall sing. AND HE GOES ON READING THOU SHALT MEET A COMPANY OF SINGERS COMING DOWN FROM THAT LITTLE OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL WITH A PSALTERY AND A TABRET AND A PIPE AND A HARP AND THEY SHALL SING
cination in result. For example, he is reading the tenth chapter of I Samuel, and begins, “‘Thou shalt meet a company of prophets.’” “‘Singers,’ it should be translated,” he puts in, lifting his eyes from the page and looking out over his people. Then he goes on, taking this change as a matter of course, “‘Thou shalt meet a company of singers coming down from the high place--’” Whereupon he again interrupts himself, and in an irresistible explanatory aside, which instantly raises the desired picture in the mind of every one, he says: “That means, from the little old church on the hill, you know.” And how plain and clear and real and interesting--most of all, interesting--it is from this moment! Another man would have left it that prophets were coming down from a high place, which would not have seemed at all alive or natural, and here, suddenly, Conwell has flashed his picture of the singers coming down from the little old church on the hill! There is magic in doing that sort of thing. EAR TO HIS HEARERS AND OFTEN MAKES FASCINATION IN RESULT FOR EXAMPLE HE IS READING THE TENTH CHAPTER OF FIRST SAMUEL HE BEGINS THOUCH SHALL MEET THE COMPANY OF PROPHETS SINGERS IT SHOULD BE TRANSLATED HE PUTS IN LIFTING HIS EYES FROM THE PAGE AND LOOKING OUT OVER HIS PEOPLE THEN HE GOES ON TAKING THIS CHANGE AS A MATTER OF COURSE THOU SHALT MEET A COMPANY OF SINGERS COMING DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE WHEREUPON HE AGAIN INTERRUPTS HIMSELF AND IN IRRESISTIBLE EXPLANATORY ASIDE WHICH INSTANTLY RAISES THE DESIRED PICTURE IN THE MIND OF EVERY ONE HE SAYS THAT MEANS FROM THE LITTLE OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL YOU KNOW AND HOW PLAIN AND CLEAR AND REAL AND INTERESTING MOST OF ALL INTERESTING IT IS FROM THIS MOMENT ANOTHER MAN WOULD HAVE LEFT IT AT THE PROPHET'S COMING DOWN FROM THE HIGH PLACE WHICH WOULD NOT HAVE SEEMED AT ALL ALIVE OR NATURAL AND HERE SUDDENLY CONWELL HAS FLASHED HIS PICTURE OF THE SINGERS COMING DOWN FROM THE LITTLE OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL THERE IS A MAGIC IN DOING THAT SORT OF THING
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