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62 great pleasure of receiving a most cordial letter in reply. When, therefore, he gave me his hand next after Joseph Sturge, at the house of that good man, he seemed to impersonate, to their fullest conception, all the ideas I had formed of his character, as well as to deepen the reverence with which it had inspired me. His personal kindness, and the deep interest he manifested in the peace and anti-slavery movements, and other philanthropic enterprises of the day, have made for me a memory which I shall ever cherish as a rich treasure. This sentiment of esteem and reverence grew deeper at every subsequent interview, and I seldom visited Birmingham without seeing him and listening to him in Carr's Lane Chapel. But however large his congregation, and however often he may be able to address other audiences, the most eloquent minister can reach but a comparatively few persons with his voice. He must put his thoughts to press in order to reach and move the million. This John Angell James did, to a degree and effect which no other minister, of any denomination, has attained for the last century. It is doubtful if Baxter or even Bunyan has been so widely read. Mr. James gave to the world, as the best legacy of his life, seventeen volumes, some of which have had a vast circulation. His "Anxious Inquirer after Salvation Directed and Encouraged" must rank only second