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And to one of his close friends Dr. Conwell said, in one of his self revealing conversations: "I feel, whenever I preach, that there is always one person in the congregation to whom, in all probability, I shall never preach again, and therefore I feel that I must exert my utmost power in that last chance." AND TO ONE OF HIS CLOSE FRIENDS DOCTOR CONWELL SAID IN ONE OF HIS SELF REVEALING CONVERSATIONS I FEEL WHENEVER I PREACH THAT THERE IS ALWAYS ONE PERSON IN THE CONGREGATION TO WHOM IN ALL PROBABILITY I SHALL NEVER PREACH AGAIN AND THEREFORE I FEEL THAT I MUST EXERT MY UTMOST POWER IN THAT LAST CHANCE
he often used to tell me how he had tried for fourteen years to invent the sewing-machine and that then his wife, feeling that something really had to be done, invented it in a couple of hours.” Listening to him, you begin to feel in touch with everybody and everything, and in a friendly and intimate way. Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty. And when he sets down, in his book on oratory, “A man has no right to use words carelessly,” he stands for that respect for word-craftsmanship that every successful speaker or writer must feel. “Be intensely in earnest,” he writes; and in writing this he sets down a prime principle not only of his oratory, but of his life. A young minister told me that Dr. Conwell once said to him, with deep feeling, “Always remember, as you preach, that you are striving to save at least one soul with every sermon.” ITH ELIAS HOWE IN THE CIVIL WAR AND HE OFTEN USED TO TELL ME HOW HE HAD TRIED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS TO INVENT THE SEWING MACHINE AND THEN HIS WIFE FEELING THAT SOMETHING REALLY HAD TO BE DONE INVENTED IT IN A COUPLE HOURS LISTENING TO HIM YOU BEGIN TO FEEL IN TOUCH WITH EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING AND IN A FRIENDLY AND INTIMATE WAY ALWAYS WHETHER IN THE PULPIT OR ON THE PLATFORM AS IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION THERE IS AN ABSOLUTE SIMPLICITY ABOUT THE MAN AND HIS WORDS A SIMPLICITY AN EARNESTNESS A COMPLETE HONESTY AND WHEN HE SITS DOWN IN HIS BOOK ON ORATORY NO MAN HAS THE RIGHT TO USE WORDS CARELESSLY HE STANDS FOR THAT RESPECT FOR WORD CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT EVERY SUCCESSFUL SPEAKER OR WRITER MUST FEEL BE INTENSELY IN EARNEST HE WRITES AND IN WRITING THIS HE SETS DOWN A PRIME PRINCIPLE NOT ONLY OF HIS ORATORY BUT OF HIS LIFE A YOUNG MINISTER TOLD ME THAT DOCTOR CONWELL ONCE SAID TO HIM WITH DEEP FEELING ALWAYS REMEMBER AS YOU PREACH THAT YOU ARE STRIVING TO SAVE AT LEAST ONE SOUL WITH EVERY SERMON
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