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show, far more clearly than general statements, the kind of work he does. The list is the itinerary of his vacation. Vacation! Lecturing every evening but Sunday, and on Sundays preaching in the town where he happens to be!
June 24 Ackley, Ia. July 11 *Brookings, S. D. `` 25 Waterloo, Ia. `` 12 Pipestone, Minn. `` 26 Decorah, Ia. `` 13 Hawarden, Ia. `` 27 *Waukon, Ia. `` 14 Canton, S. D `` 28 Red Wing, Minn. `` 15 Cherokee, Ia `` 29 River Falls, Wis. `` 16 Pocahontas, Ia `` 30 Northfield, Minn. `` 17 Glidden, Ia. July 1 Faribault, Minn. `` 18 *Boone, Ia. `` 2 Spring Valley, Minn. `` 19 Dexter, Ia. `` 3 Blue Earth, Minn. `` 20 Indianola, Ia `` 4 *Fairmount, Minn. `` 21 Corydon, Ia `` 5 Lake Crystal, Minn. `` 22 Essex, Ia. `` 6 Redwood Falls, `` 23 Sidney, Ia. Minn. `` 24 Falls City, Nebr. `` 7 Willmer, Minn. `` 25 *Hiawatha, Kan. `` 8 Dawson, Minn. `` 26 Frankfort, Kan. `` 9 Redfield, S. D. `` 27 Greenleaf, Kan. `` 10 Huron, S. D. `` 28 Osborne, Kan. July 29 Stockton, Kan. Aug. 14 Honesdale, Pa. `` 30 Phillipsburg, Kan. `` 15 *Honesdale, Pa. `` 31 Mankato, Kan. `` 16 Carbondale, Pa. _En route to next date on_ `` 17 Montrose, Pa. _circuit_. `` 18 Tunkhannock, Pa. Aug. 3 Westfield, Pa. `` 19 Nanticoke, Pa. `` 4 Galston, Pa. `` 20 Stroudsburg, Pa. `` 5 Port Alleghany, Pa. `` 21 Newton, N. J. `` 6 Wellsville, N. Y. `` 22 *Newton, N. J. `` 7 Bath, N. Y. `` 23 Hackettstown, N. J. `` 8 *Bath, N. Y. `` 24 New Hope, Pa. `` 9 Penn Yan, N. Y. `` 25 Doylestown, Pa. `` 10 Athens, N. Y. `` 26 Phnixville, Pa. `` 11 Owego, N. Y. `` 27 Kennett, Pa. `` 12 Patchogue, LI.,N.Y. `` 28 Oxford, Pa. `` 13 Port Jervis, N. Y. `` 29 *Oxford, Pa. * Preach on Sunday.
And all these hardships, all this traveling and lecturing, which would test the endurance of the youngest and strongest, this man of over seventy assumes without receiving a particle of personal gain, for every dollar that he makes by it is given away in helping those who need helping.
That Dr. Conwell is intensely modest is one of the curious features of his character. He sincerely believes that to write his life would be, in the main, just to tell what people have done for him. He knows and admits that he works unweariedly, but in profound sincerity he ascribes the success of his plans to those who have seconded and assisted him. It is in just this way that he looks upon every phase of his life. When he is reminded of the devotion of his old soldiers, he remembers it only with a sort of pleased wonder that they gave the devotion to him, and he quite forgets that they loved him because he was always ready to sacrifice ease or risk his own life for them.
He deprecates praise; if any one likes him, the liking need not be shown in words, but in helping along a good work. That his church has succeeded has been because of the devotion of the people; that the university has succeeded is because of the splendid work of the teachers and pupils; that the hospitals have done so much has been because of the noble services of physicians and nurses. To him, as he himself expresses it, realizing that success has come to his plans, it seems as if the realities are but dreams. He is astonished by his own success. He thinks mainly of his own shortcomings. ``God and man have ever been very patient with me.'' His depression is at times profound when he compares the actual results with what he would like them to be, for always his hopes have gone soaring far in
June 24 Ackley, Ia. July 11 *Brookings, S. D. `` 25 Waterloo, Ia. `` 12 Pipestone, Minn. `` 26 Decorah, Ia. `` 13 Hawarden, Ia. `` 27 *Waukon, Ia. `` 14 Canton, S. D `` 28 Red Wing, Minn. `` 15 Cherokee, Ia `` 29 River Falls, Wis. `` 16 Pocahontas, Ia `` 30 Northfield, Minn. `` 17 Glidden, Ia. July 1 Faribault, Minn. `` 18 *Boone, Ia. `` 2 Spring Valley, Minn. `` 19 Dexter, Ia. `` 3 Blue Earth, Minn. `` 20 Indianola, Ia `` 4 *Fairmount, Minn. `` 21 Corydon, Ia `` 5 Lake Crystal, Minn. `` 22 Essex, Ia. `` 6 Redwood Falls, `` 23 Sidney, Ia. Minn. `` 24 Falls City, Nebr. `` 7 Willmer, Minn. `` 25 *Hiawatha, Kan. `` 8 Dawson, Minn. `` 26 Frankfort, Kan. `` 9 Redfield, S. D. `` 27 Greenleaf, Kan. `` 10 Huron, S. D. `` 28 Osborne, Kan. July 29 Stockton, Kan. Aug. 14 Honesdale, Pa. `` 30 Phillipsburg, Kan. `` 15 *Honesdale, Pa. `` 31 Mankato, Kan. `` 16 Carbondale, Pa. _En route to next date on_ `` 17 Montrose, Pa. _circuit_. `` 18 Tunkhannock, Pa. Aug. 3 Westfield, Pa. `` 19 Nanticoke, Pa. `` 4 Galston, Pa. `` 20 Stroudsburg, Pa. `` 5 Port Alleghany, Pa. `` 21 Newton, N. J. `` 6 Wellsville, N. Y. `` 22 *Newton, N. J. `` 7 Bath, N. Y. `` 23 Hackettstown, N. J. `` 8 *Bath, N. Y. `` 24 New Hope, Pa. `` 9 Penn Yan, N. Y. `` 25 Doylestown, Pa. `` 10 Athens, N. Y. `` 26 Ph
And all these hardships, all this traveling and lecturing, which would test the endurance of the youngest and strongest, this man of over seventy assumes without receiving a particle of personal gain, for every dollar that he makes by it is given away in helping those who need helping.
That Dr. Conwell is intensely modest is one of the curious features of his character. He sincerely believes that to write his life would be, in the main, just to tell what people have done for him. He knows and admits that he works unweariedly, but in profound sincerity he ascribes the success of his plans to those who have seconded and assisted him. It is in just this way that he looks upon every phase of his life. When he is reminded of the devotion of his old soldiers, he remembers it only with a sort of pleased wonder that they gave the devotion to him, and he quite forgets that they loved him because he was always ready to sacrifice ease or risk his own life for them.
He deprecates praise; if any one likes him, the liking need not be shown in words, but in helping along a good work. That his church has succeeded has been because of the devotion of the people; that the university has succeeded is because of the splendid work of the teachers and pupils; that the hospitals have done so much has been because of the noble services of physicians and nurses. To him, as he himself expresses it, realizing that success has come to his plans, it seems as if the realities are but dreams. He is astonished by his own success. He thinks mainly of his own shortcomings. ``God and man have ever been very patient with me.'' His depression is at times profound when he compares the actual results with what he would like them to be, for always his hopes have gone soaring far in