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some great personalities have exercised, and the 

 occasion of which I speak was the more striking 

 owing to the absence of concurrent pomp. It was 

 on Garibaldi's arrival in London, where he was hailed 

 as a hero. I was standing in Trafalgar Square when 

 he reached it, driving up Parliament Street. His 

 vehicle was a shabby open carriage, stuffed with 

 Italians, regardless of style in dress; Garibaldi alone 

 was standing. I had not been in a greatly excited 

 or exalted mood, but the simplicity, goodness, and 

 nobility impressed on every lineament of Garibaldi's 

 face and person quite overcame me. I realised then 

 what I never did before or after, something of the 

 impression that Jesus seems to have exercised on 

 multitudes on more than one occasion. I am grateful 

 to that experience for revealing to me the hero- 

 worshipping potentialities of my nature. 



When the late Mr. Spurgeon first made his repu- 

 tation, I went, as many others did, to hear him. I 

 was in the gallery of his "Tabernacle," which was 

 said to hold 11,000 persons, and in which certainly 

 9000 were then present, as roughly counted by my- 

 self. The men had their hats on, and conversation 

 was unchecked. Suddenly there was a slight stir 

 that travelled through the crowd, and the almost 

 childlike features of the young preacher came into 

 view as he rose from below and mounted the platform. 

 He simply raised his hand ; there was a simultaneous 

 removal of hats and a great hush, and then the words 

 beo-an. It was a marvellous instance of the com- 

 manding power of a simple gesture. 



One more instance, and I have done. It occurred 

 towards the close of my undergraduate days at 



