Church review . was discussion or con-sideration of ways and means andmethods, but no report of such con-ferences was ever made public, and. asa matter of fact, they were means of harmonizing andunifying a variety of views and opin-ions and bringing them into sweetsubjection to his own ideas and wish-es. We ministers soon felt his masterlyorganizing power, and we felt, at thesame time, his noble simplicity ofcharacter and purpose, and his savingcommon sense and wisdom. The con-sequence was that, from first to last,he had his own way in almost every-thing, as by common consent and con
Church review . was discussion or con-sideration of ways and means andmethods, but no report of such con-ferences was ever made public, and. asa matter of fact, they were means of harmonizing andunifying a variety of views and opin-ions and bringing them into sweetsubjection to his own ideas and wish-es. We ministers soon felt his masterlyorganizing power, and we felt, at thesame time, his noble simplicity ofcharacter and purpose, and his savingcommon sense and wisdom. The con-sequence was that, from first to last,he had his own way in almost every-thing, as by common consent and con-fidence, and his way was the best went on smoothly and success-fully in that way of his. I recollect, too, with what consum-mate skill and tact, and with whatkindly humor, he disarmed criti-cisms, and resolved difficulties, andmade petty things yield to importantthings, and melted into one ferventwhole the heterogeneous individuali-ties that surrounded him. Somehowwe all found ourselves sitting some-. where near his feet, in an atmospherethat was pure and bracing. He semed to know little about mu-sic, and to have little musical discrimi-nation, and yet the famous great cho-rus was his scheme, and its work wasas nicely adjusted to his discoursesand appeals, as if he were the conduc-tor of the chorus. I recollect how adroitly he steeredthe whole enterprise, from day to day,through the perils that beset it onevery side, perils from cranks, perilsfrom casuistry, perils from emotional,excitements, and other perils. I recollect how his powerful ser-mons—the power of which one couldnot easily analyze—all turned upon thegreat and fundamental Gospel themes,concerning which there was little orno disagreement, and how persistentlyhe clung to those great recollect how impossible it was forany one to patronize him, or to securefrom him any respect of persons. Alltoadyism wilted in his presence. Hecommanded an universal respect byhis own universal respect of gr
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