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It is a simple melody  barely more than a single line of almost monotone music: _It was good enough for mother and it's good enough for me! It was good on the fiery furnace and it's good enough for me! IT IS A SIMPLE MELODY MORE THAN A SINGLE LINE OF ALMOST MONOTONE MUSIC IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR MOTHER AND IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH ON THE FIERY FURNACE AND IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
ing, and young Jim knew, whenever he heard that old tune, that it meant it was time for him to get up. He said that he had heard the best concerts and the finest operas in the world, but had never heard anything he loved as he still loved ‘The Old-Time Religion.’ I forget what reason there was for McKinley’s especially liking it, but he, as did Garfield, liked it immensely.” What followed was a striking example of Conwell’s intentness on losing no chance to fix an impression on his hearers’ minds, and at the same time it was a really astonishing proof of his power to move and sway. For a new expression came over his face, and he said, as if the idea had only at that moment occurred to him--as it most probably had--“I think it’s in our hymnal!” And in a moment he announced the number, and the great organ struck up, and every person in the great church every man, woman, and child--joined in the swinging rhythm of verse after verse, as if they could never tire, of “The Old-Time Religion.” S OUTSIDE OF THE BOY'S WINDOW EVERY MORNING AND YOUNG JIM KNEW WHENEVER HE HEARD THAT OLD TUNE THAT IT MEANT IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GET UP HE SAID THAT HE HAD HEARD THE BEST CONCERTS AND THE FINEST OPERAS IN THE WORLD BUT HAD NEVER HEARD ANYTHING HE LOVED AS HE STILL LOVED THE OLD TIME RELIGION I FORGET WHAT A REASON THERE WAS FOR MC KINLEY'S ESPECIALLY LIKING IT BUT HE AS GARFIELD LIKED IT IMMENSELY WHAT FOLLOWED WAS A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF CONWELL'S INTENTNESS ON LOSING NO CHANCE TO FIX AN IMPRESSION IN THE HEARER'S MIND AND AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS REALLY AN ASTOUNDING PROOF OF HIS POWER TO MOVE AND SWAY FOR A NEW EXPRESSION CAME OVER HIS FACE AND HE SAID AS IF THE IDEA HAD ONLY AT THAT MOMENT OCCURRED TO HIM AS IT MOST PROBABLY HAD I THINK IT'S IN OUR HYMNAL AND IN A MOMENT HE ANNOUNCED THE NUMBER AND THE GREAT ORGAN STRUCK AND EVERY PERSON IN THE GREAT CHURCH EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD JOINED IN THE SWINGING RHYTHM OF VERSE AFTER VERSE AS THEY COULD NEVER TIRE OF THE OLD TIME RELIGION
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