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the practiced observer, but Brother Showers al- 

 most carried his character in his face. His 

 mind and soul seemed to illuminate his very 

 features. An educated Christian lady residing 

 ing in Oil City, Pa., remarked at the funeral. 

 thai the first time she met Brother Showers on 

 the street she found herself so impressed with 

 his face that she actually turned to get a second 

 look at him after passing. She said that his face 

 impressed her as almost a revelation, remarkably 

 expressing a character seemingly composed of 

 about equal parts of intellectuality and spiritu- 

 ality. 



Such indeed was the rare combination in his 

 character. He was intensely intellectual. Every- 

 thing was made to pass through his mind. At 

 times, this phase of his character seemed even to* 

 his friends to he almost a fault. He accepted 

 nothing before it had passed intellectual inspec- 

 tion. Things seemingly so insignificant, or so 

 well established by long continued acceptance 

 that they passed most people without exciting; 

 thought, were halted by the challenge of his 

 mind for the countersign. They must pass his 

 thoughtful inspection. With considerate regard 

 for older men, admittedly his superiors in intel- 

 ligence, he insisted upon doing his own thinking- 

 ami reasoning. 



This intense intellectuality was modified by, 



