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"CARRIE HORTON."
Another letter we will copy was from the leading banker of Roseland:
"First National Bank.
"G. Holmes, President. R. Wells, Cashier.
"ROSELAND, Cal.
"DEAR BROTHER PENLOE:
"It gives me great pleasure to address you as such,
though I am a perfect stranger to you; but after
hearing your address I feel at liberty to call you
brother. I felt your great heart of love throbbing
through all you said in your lecture. Now I must tell
you that a man entered the building to hear you speak
just out of curiosity. He would have laughed if any
one had told him that he might hear something that he
had not heard before or might be impressed by the
lecture, for he felt settled, sure and certain in his
own mind concerning all subjects of interest to him.
But when he heard your clear and forcible remarks, it
knocked him off his feet, taking the last prop away he
leaned on, and there was nothing left for him to do but
to get on the same foundation that you are on. Bless
God, I have done so, and now I am beginning to live as
a new man, the Divine man.
"I used to walk the streets thinking I was a great man,
the leading financier in Roseland, and the grand
thought I had of myself was that I was a banker, being
looked up to by those around me because of my financial
standing. But those thoughts are now to me hay and
stubble, and I have burned them.
"From this time forth my money and myself will be
consecrated to the service of manifesting the Divine,
and in helping others to do the same. As a proof of my
sincerity I enclose a check for five thousand dollars
for you to use as you think best in spreading the grand
truth which you presented so clearly in your address.
May you, my dear brother, always realize in the highest
degree the presence of your Divine nature.
"Your brother,
"GEORGE HOLMES."
The following letter is one that is prized very much by Penloe. It came
from the wife of a poor ranchman and bore the marks of its proximity to
the wash-tub, the churn, a child's dirty finger marks, and the hot tears
of a woman overcome wit
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