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Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter), to family, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1883-1896

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Open book Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter), to family, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1883-1896

Title Hall, Grace Ethel Metcalf (daughter), to family, Isaac Stevens Metcalf family papers, 1883-1896

Creator Metcalf, Isaac Stevens, 1822-1898

Date 1883-1896

Place United States

Subjects Bowdoin College, Brothers and sisters, DuQuoin Coal Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company

Format Business records, Correspondence, Diaries, Genealogies, Invoices, Manuscripts, Personal narratives, Records

User-Contributed Transcription 3First place it was just wonderful how he packed the church. Maybe some of you have seen him do it. Makes people sit along, Makes ushers bring in chairs. Makes people go to the farthest side and shows them good standing room against the wall. Makes the boys sit on the floor on the edge of platform and makes people crowd up and fill many spot of the choir platform. And of their own accord they sat on the steps to the gallery, till all over, nothing could be seen but faces. Then he preached one of his own wonderful sermons on just "How to be saved" And then he had a big aftermeeting down stairs where scores one after another just rose to say they wanted to be a Christian. He is an absolutely wonderful man. And so

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Archival Collection Title Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers, Midwest Manuscript Collection

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Call Number Midwest MS Metcalf Box 3 Folder 67

BibID 821787

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 2294px × 3561px 46.78 MB

Filename 998217878805867_mms_metcalf_box_03_fl_67_009_006.tif

Unique Identifier NL11FF31

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