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"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." 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
at arose on that very spot.” And when he illustrates by the story of the invention of the sewing-machine, he adds: “I suppose that if any of you were asked who was the inventor of the sewing-machine, you would say that it was Elias Howe. But that would be a mistake. I was with 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 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. FEW YEARS AGO THAT IS IN THE TOWN THAT AROSE ON THAT VERY SPOT AND WHEN HE ILLUSTRATES BY THE STORY OF THE INVENTION OF THE SEWING MACHINE HE ADDS I SUPPOSE THAT IF ANY OF YOU WERE ASKED WHO WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE SEWING MACHINE YOU WOULD SAY THAT IT IS ELIAS HOWE BUT THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE I WAS WITH 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
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