The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

man, eh ? " I answered. '' It is f tist because you %ayealready given it so often that I rccom~nend you to repeatit.'' " Explain yourself," he dcn~rrnclcd. "God hasblessed that lcctarc: again and again. and the very factthat so 111i~tly come to l~car ii~clic;rtcs that the public arenot tired of it. Iksides, you know it is a question allthinking people ask thcmsclves. John, give it again," Iurged. I tvas glad when he decided to do so, and knewthat in making this decision he was overcoming his naturalinclination.The hnH tvas crowded half-an-hour before the ah*-ertisedtime ! Hundreds failed to get even standing room insidethe hall, ante-room, or passages. The chairman, n-hohad a fine stentorian voice, stood at the entrance andannounced to the crowd gathered round the hall door thatthe same lecture would be delivered a fortnight hence inthe Langside Public Hall. A loud voice from the rear ofthe crowd replied : " The Langside Ha11 uiU never holdthe people ; engage St. Andrew's Hall." The suggestionthen made was recognisect to be wise, for though theLangside Hall is much larger than the Burgh Hall, it alsowas densely packed, and hundreds were again turned a\x7ayunable to gain entrance.Accordingly. John was asked to give his lecture in thelargest auditorium in the city. St. Andrew's Grand Hall,and after a little hesitancy he consented. The Hall, whichhas a seating capacity of 4,500, was hired for the 29th ofMarch, 1908. By this means we trusted that a morepublic witness for the Trnth would be given in Glasgomthan had previously been attempted.Even this large hall, however, proved too smaU for tliecron-ds who desired to gain admittance, and not a littleconsternation \\?as causecl among the officials in attendanceby the determined manner in which the people pressedin to tlle corridors and passage-ma J-s. The overflow meeting,which was immediately arranged for, and addressed