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Often have I been asked if I did not, in fifty years of travel in all sorts of conveyances, meet with accidents. OFTEN I HAVE BEEN ASKED IF I DID NOT IN FIFTY YEARS OF TRAVEL IN ALL SORTS OF CONVEYANCE MEET WITH ACCIDENTS
t” and be a good lawyer. The work of lecturing was always a task and a duty. I do not feel now that I ever sought to be an entertainer. I am sure I would have been an utter failure but for the feeling that I must preach some gospel truth in my lectures and do at least that much toward that ever-persistent “call of God.” When I entered the ministry (1879) I had become so associated with the lecture platform in America and England that I could not feel justified in abandoning so great a field of usefulness. The experiences of all our successful lecturers are probably nearly alike. The way is not always smooth. But the hard roads, the poor hotels, the late trains, the cold halls, the hot church auditoriums, the overkindness of hospitable committees, and the broken hours of sleep are annoyances one soon forgets; and the hosts of intelligent faces, the messages of thanks, and the effects of the earnings on the lives of young college men can never cease to be a daily joy. God bless them all. CK TO THE LAST AND BE A GOOD LAWYER THE WORK OF LECTURING WAS ALWAYS A TASK AND A DUTY I DID NOT FEEL NOW THAT I EVER SOUGHT TO BE AN ENTERTAINER I AM SURE I WOULD HAVE BEEN AN UTTER FAILURE BUT FOR THE FEELING THAT I MUST PREACH SOME GOSPEL TRUTH IN MY LECTURES AND AT LEAST THAT MUCH TOWARDS THE EVER PERSISTENT CALL OF GOD WHEN I ENTERED THE MINISTRY EIGHTEEN SEVENTY NINE I HAD BECOME SO ASSOCIATED WITH THE LECTURE PLATFORM IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND THAT I COULD NOT FEEL JUSTIFIED IN ABANDONING SUCH A GREAT FIELD OF USEFULNESS THE EXPERIENCES OF ALL OUR SUCCESSFUL LECTURES ARE PROBABLY NEARLY ALIKE THE WAY IS NOT ALWAYS SMOOTH BUT THE HARD ROADS THE POOR HOTELS THE LATE TRAINS THE COLD HALLS THE HOT CHURCH AUDITORIUMS THE OVER KINDNESS OF HOSPITABLE COMMITTEES THE BROKEN HOURS OF SLEEP ARE ANNOYANCES ONE SOONS FORGETS AND THE HOST OF INTELLIGENT FACES THE MESSAGES OF THANKS AND THE EFFORTS OF THE EARNINGS AND THE LIVES OF YOUNG COLLEGE MEN CAN NEVER CEASE THE DAILY JOY GOD BLESS THEM ALL
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