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you met him. He had a well developed physical 

 form yet his body was weak and always had a 

 delicate appearance, but he had a giant's brain 

 and was always ready to enter the battle for God 

 without shrinking, and would inspire any man 

 to do so. 



He would impress you with the thought that 

 he expected to pass through this world but once; 

 and any good thing that In 1 could do, or any kind- 

 ness that lif could show to a human being, or a 

 word that he could speak for Jesus, he seemed 

 to say, let me do it now; let me not neglect nor 

 defer it. for I shall not pass this way again. He 

 was more than an ordinary preacher. He was 

 surely raised up by God himself for the defense 

 of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He had a perfect 

 flow of language and never lacked for the choicest 

 words; his arguments were strong and convinc- 

 ing and his conclusions were logical and unan- 

 swerable, he depended upon God to carry his 

 words to his hearers. As a man he knew his 

 place and kept it. He never sought for position 

 and all that was given to him by the church of 

 his choice, came unsought for by himself. But 

 his gifts and talents were recognized by his breth- 

 ren who freely gave him the place he tilled in 

 their ranks. As we met him from time to time 

 we could see how the Lord was using him. We 

 •could not help but say. " () for a body to go with 



