. The Christian annual for the year of our lord ... e-long!! study. Besides being!j an omnivorous read-|i er, he had the advan-;l tage of a wf)ndorful i| memory. The information gleaned was stored for ready The book was his constant companion. If in the fields forn labor, as the team rested, he also rested before the openi| book. The plow-beam to him was far better than an easyij chair. The boy was preparing himself for the work of the]| man. At the age of nineteen, the demands for his pulpitjl work were so general and the converts were multiplying sojl fast, that his ordination was call
. The Christian annual for the year of our lord ... e-long!! study. Besides being!j an omnivorous read-|i er, he had the advan-;l tage of a wf)ndorful i| memory. The information gleaned was stored for ready The book was his constant companion. If in the fields forn labor, as the team rested, he also rested before the openi| book. The plow-beam to him was far better than an easyij chair. The boy was preparing himself for the work of the]| man. At the age of nineteen, the demands for his pulpitjl work were so general and the converts were multiplying sojl fast, that his ordination was called for, and transpired atIj Jamestown, Ohio. ;j His first regular pastorate was entered upon at Franklin,Ij Ohio, in his native county. For twenty-three years he minis-jj tered to that church, building it into great strength, and|I growing from a zealous youth of twenty into a vigorous man-;! hood of forty-three. More than half his life had been spentIj in ministrations to a single people.!| From Franklin, perhaps in 1S67, Brother Maple removed to. J!> C/LC^ /VX^ cAvs,:^ /hAyO^U^, Marion, Indiana. The writer of this sketch happened to bvisiting Marion at the time. He, as preachers general!did, came directly to the home of Brother Geo. Webster. Ahe entered, he said, before sitting, Brother Webster, Gothas sent mo to Marion. Elder J. L. Towner was just closimhis successful pastorate, and the church was in most excellent condition. Sunday he preached, and in the eveningespecially, the sermon was profoundly interesting. An audienceof hundreds had listened with breathless attention. Ashe resumed his seat, he said to the writer, Take an expres-,sion of the audience as to my coming here as pastor. Ask alto vote.; He then withdrew, and we stated the matter as h(had whispered it to us. Tlie vast au<lience arose as one manThis WRB the humnn side of his call to Marion. He remained with the churclseveral years, wheihe removed to EatonOhio. His stayEaton was not long,though, when hecl
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