D R . L. W . M U N H A L L E d ito r of “ T he E astern M ethodist.“
F o r over fifty y e ars it ha« been m y privilege to know intim ately th e m an w hose splendid, stro n g face a p p ea rs u p o n this page. H e left th e blacksm ith shop to respond to th e call of P re sid e n t L incoln and served th e full tim e of th e Civil W ar, engaging in 32 battles. A fte r his discharge, he p re p are d him self fo r th e profession of d entistry, b u t left th a t profession to devote his life to th e «ervice of th e L ord in w o rk fo r m en. H e w as th e S tate S ecretary of th e Y. M. C. A . of Indiana, an d afterw ard s gave him self to th e w o rk of an evangelist. F o r fifty y e ars his n am e has been on th e lips of C h ristian m en a n d w om en. A s a n evangelist to m en h e has had no equal, and th e g re a t M en’s M eetings held by him all o v e r this lan d have resu lted in the saving of thousand« of m en. W e believe m ore m inisters a re now an d have been in th e p u lp its of ou.r c o u n try th ro u g h his efforts, th a n th ro u g h th e efforts of a n y o th e r one m an. A t 80 y e ars of age he is still on th e p ro g ram s of Bible C onferences, going day a n d night, defending th e W ord of God and strik in g down its enem ies w ith th e Sw ord of th e Spirit. H e has given his le c tu re on “T h e Book of Books” h u n d red s of tim es to g re a t audiences, and th ro u g h his m agazine, “ T he E aste rn M ethodist” is doing a g re a t w o rk in h elping to. stem th e tid e of M odem iem am ong th e M ethodist b re th re n . It gives m e p leasu re to b e a r this testim ony to th e influence of his life u p o n m y own early life and experience in Y. M. C. A . w ork, an d to his ste rlin g qualities w hich have alw ays helped to inspire m e to co n tin u ed service.
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