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His own way of putting it is that he uses stories frequently because people are more impressed by illustrations than by argument. Always, whether in the pulpit or out of it, he is simple and homelike, human and unaffected. HIS OWN WAY OF PUTTING IT AND HE USES STORIES FREQUENTLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPRESSED BY ILLUSTRATIONS THAN BY ARGUMENT ANOTHER WHERE WHETHER IN THE PULPIT OR OUT OF IT IS AS SIMPLE AND HOMELIKE HUMAN AND UNAFFECTED
et he is not unhappy, for the tremendous demands of his tremendous work leave him little time for sadness or retrospect. At times the realization comes that he is getting old, that friends and comrades have been passing away, leaving him an old man with younger friends and helpers. But such realization only makes him work with an earnestness still more intense, knowing that the night cometh when no man shall work. Deeply religious though he is, he does not force religion into conversation on ordinary subjects or upon people who may not be interested in it. With him, it is action and good works, with faith and belief, that count, except when talk is the natural, the fitting, the necessary thing; when addressing either one individual or thousands, he talks with superb effectiveness. His sermons are, it may almost literally be said, parable after parable; although he himself would be the last man to say this, for it would sound as if he claimed to model after the greatest of all examples. HE IS A LONELY MAN YET AND HE IS NOT UNHAPPY FOR THE TREMENDOUS DEMANDS OF HIS TREMENDOUS WORK LEAVE HIM LITTLE TIME FOR SADNESS OR RETROSPECT AT TIMES THE REALIZATION COMES THAT HE IS GETTING OLD THAT FRIENDS AND COMRADES HAVE BEEN PASSING AWAY LEAVING HIM AN OLD MAN WITH YOUNGER FRIENDS AND HELPERS BUT SUCH REALIZATION ONLY MAKES HIM WORK WITH AN EARNESTNESS STILL MORE INTENSE KNOWING THAT THE NIGHT COMETH WHEN NO MAN SHALL WORK DEEPLY RELIGIOUS THOUGH HE IS HE DOES NOT FORCE RELIGION INTO CONVERSATION ON ORDINARY SUBJECTS OR UPON PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN IT WITH HIM IT IS ACTION AND GOOD WORKS WITH FAITH AND BELIEF THAT COUNT EXCEPT WHEN TALK IS THE NATURAL BEFITTING THE NECESSARY THING WHEN ADDRESSING EITHER ONE INDIVIDUAL OR THOUSANDS HE SPEAKS WITH SUPERB EFFECTIVENESS HIS SERMONS ARE IT MAY ALMOST LITERALLY BE SAID PARABLE AFTER PARABLE ALTHOUGH HE HIMSELF WOULD BE THE LAST MAN TO SAY THIS FOR IT WOULD SOUND AS IF HE CLAIMED TO MODEL AFTER THE GREATEST OF ALL EXAMPLES
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