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And long ago it began paying him more thousands every year than at first it gave him hundreds. AND LONG AGO IT BEGAN PAYING HIM MORE THOUSANDS EVERY YEAR THAN IT FIRST GAVE HIM HUNDREDS
 accordingly. I asked him if he had found it hard to give up the lucrative law for a poor ministry, and his reply gave a delightful impression of his capacity for humorous insight into human nature, for he said, with a genial twinkle: “Oh yes, it was a wrench; but there is a sort of romance of self-sacrifice, you know. I rather suppose the old-time martyrs rather enjoyed themselves in being martyrs!” Conwell did not stay very long in Lexington. A struggling little church in Philadelphia heard of what he was doing, and so an old deacon went up to see and hear him, and an invitation was given; and as the Lexington church seemed to be prosperously on its feet, and the needs of the Philadelphia body keenly appealed to Conwell’s imagination, a change was made, and at a salary of eight hundred dollars a year he went, in 1882, to the little struggling Philadelphia congregation, and of that congregation he is still pastor--only, it ceased to be a struggling congregation a great many years ago! HIS SALARY WAS DOUBLED ACCORDINGLY I ASKED HIM IF HE FOUND IT HARD TO GIVE UP THE LUCRATIVE LAW FOR A POOR MINISTRY AND HIS REPLY GAVE A DELIGHTFUL IMPRESSION OF HIS CAPACITY FOR HUMOROUS INSIGHT INTO HUMAN NATURE FOR HE SAID WITH A GENIAL TWINKLE OH YES IT WAS A WRENCH BUT THERE WAS SORT OF A ROMANCE OF SELF SACRIFICE YOU KNOW I RATHER SUPPOSE THE OLD TIME MARTYRS RATHER ENJOYED THEMSELVES IN BEING MARTYRS CONWELL DID NOT STAY VERY LONG IN LEXINGTON A STRUGGLING LITTLE CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA HEARD WHAT HE WAS DOING AND SO AN OLD DEACON WENT UP TO SEE AND HEAR HIM AND AN INVITATION WAS GIVEN AND AS THE LEXINGTON CHURCH SEEMED SO PROSPEROUSLY ON ITS FEET AND THE NEEDS OF THE PHILADELPHIA BODY KEENLY APPEALED TO CONWELL'S IMAGINATION A CHANGE WAS MADE AND AT A SALARY OF EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS A YEAR HE WENT IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO TO A LITTLE STRUGGLING PHILADELPHIA CONGREGATION AND OF THE CONGREGATION HE IS STILL PASTOR ONLY IT CEASED TO BE A STRUGGLING CONGREGATION A GREAT MANY YEARS AGO
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