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to the head u sh er.’ Another tim e he referred to it and said he was going to speak to Mr. A lexander about it. Of course 1 sympathized w ith him. He was w illing to do w hat was assigned to him, b u t it seemed impossible for him to get to th e meetings on time. “ One of th e evenings, when I was to sing in th e choir, I had gotten almost to th e choir sta irs when Mr. Alexander came runn ing down th e stairs, evidently for th e purpose of meeting th e usher, and as n eith er of th e men saw me, I stepped back to w ait un til I could go up th e stairs, and th is is w hat I heard. Mr. A lexander was humm ing his favourite song in th a t campaign, ‘ ’Tis th e old tim e religion,’ and when the man met him a t th e foot of th e stairs he grasped his hands and said, ‘T h at’s a g reat song. Do you like it? ’ And th e man replied th a t he did. Then Mr. Alexander said, ‘Sing it over w ith me.’ They sang the chorus and perhaps a verse. Then Mr. A lexander said, ‘Do you believe th a t the old tim e religion is good enough for you?’ ' And the man said th a t he did. ‘Then lets sing it again,’ said Mr. Alex ander. ‘L et us sing ‘Makes me love everybody’.’ Then th e man seemed to see th e d rift of the conversation and he began, ‘Yes, bu t th e usher did no t use me rig h t.’ But Mr. A lexander kept humm ing, ‘Makes me love everybody.’ ‘You said you believed it and th a t it was good enough for you,’ said Mr. Alex ander, ‘Now sing w ith me, ‘Makes me love everybody’.’ The usher began again w ith his complaint, bu t Mr. Alex ander k ep t rig h t on w ith th e song, and finally th e man joined him and th en Mr. A lexander’s arm went around the man and he said, ‘God bless you. Now, sing w ith me ‘Makes me love ALL th e u shers’.’ T h at was sung and th e two men arm in arm w ent up th e stairs and I followed. No one else was n ear so I th ink th is story was never told. It is so ch aracteristic of Mr. Alexander th a t I wanted you to know it.”
th e healing of th e soul, (See 1 Pet. 2 :2 4 ). Such a character, it was be lieved must he imm ortal, and from th is went abroad th e saying th a t he had risen from th e dead, (See Jno. 20; 1 Cor. 1 5 :6 ). On th e day of P ente cost, when many were assembled after a prolonged session of religious ex citement, (See Acts 2) those pres en t became possessed of a desire to im itate th e ir departed leader, and were fired up in th e ir spirits to go out and proclaim him as a Savior. Thus was fulfilled th e promise of his second coming to which he had a t various tim es referred , (See Matt. 2 4 :27 ). L et us therefore have a Christlike mind,^ (See Phil. 2 :5 ). F o r whoso ever seeks to im itate his example will su rely never perish,” (See John 3 :1 6 ). Mr. P reacher— does it line up w ith your teachings? Then pu t your name h e r e , and say, “I believe th e Devil’s Bible, therefore 1 have no rig h t to stand in a Christian pulpit, since in my ord ination vow I set myself for th e defense of th e Gospel.” K. L. B. “MAKES ME LOVE EVERYBODY” HE following incident so ‘char acteristic of the late “Charlie” Alexander, was related in a recent le tte r to “The K ing’s Business,” by Miss L o tta White. “ In th e Philadelphia meetings of Tor- rey and A lexander, the floor space was divided into sections for th e ushers as well as th e personal workers. Two nights in th e week I sang in th e choir, two nights worked a t th e a lta r and two nights worked on the floor. The section assigned to me had a n usher who complained about an o th er man being asked to take- his place several nights. He said, ‘I h u rry home from my work, get supper and come here to find th a t another man Las my place. I am going to repo rt it m m
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