| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 14 |
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One of the Philadelphia daily papers – The Public Ledger – gave place in its editorial columns to a communication from the pastor of a Methodist Episcopal Church:
“A few years since, while occupying the same seat with Dr. Miller on our way to New York City, I came to get a glimpse of his inner life that deepened all my former impressions of the man. While conversing on local matters pertaining to our respective denominations, I asked him to tell me in a single word what was the requirement that he, a man then seventy years of age, felt was needed especially today to be emphasized by the Christian ministry – Roman Catholic as well as Protestant.
“After a moment of thought, as his eyes glanced over the rippling waters of the Delaware River which we were passing, he earnestly replied, ‘Sincerity,’
“That word marked the keynote of his own life in public and private. He was a sincere worshipper of his Lord and Master and consequently a sincere friend to all whom he met. His capacity for turning off work and for accomplishing things worth while surpassed that of any man of his years of my acquaintance.”
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