White salmon Nov 22 82 Dear Father, I think of you very often. I have been thinking of you a good deal in connections with my work here. I [?] think for some time now [suppose] think for some time you had no longer audiences thou I can get together here. Thou live your life if your interests is your work. Thou live you [?] the feelings that it [?][?] make much difference [unbetter] you lid your lack of your [?]? How did you prevent the [?] stupidity and in [?][?] of much of your audiences from [?] your [?] to make your remorse [?] us keen and bright and [?] as [?]. if a man know that much of his good [?] will not be noticed he feels a gradual relinquishing of lying to make good points. My audiences do [appreciate] form and [?]. But few of them make a good point. I keep up my interest by thinking that I am in some way to some extent [?] the [?] and [?] by getting a bold [?] ensure and rough I am [?] myself to get [?] if [?] kinds. If I can learn to interest such people as these I can surely interest those of higher cultures. I think it will work as I thought, with me and I suppose it is so will all, a quiet [?] of the strength of [?] I say depends upon the audiences. There is a [?] about our audiences that electrifies a speaker if I feel the lack of this I feel weak. A small [?] audience does not furnish much magnetism. So I learn to defend upon my own mind mere in this way I am able to be more self - [?] and [?] I do speak before a large audiences I feel this [?] much more. If a man gets into the habit of defending upon a large audiences, when he gives before a small one he will feel entirely spiritually. But if he learns to speak audiably before a small audience; before a large one he will double his forever. I have been to the Dalles and will go to Hood River next Sunday a Friday [?]. The Weather has been off and on for a month. It is on today. It is a close fit today. Clouds heave from mountain top to mountain top and the air is grey with rain. It tried hailing a little yesterday and snowing a little today. But was not [?] enough in this Gorge to allow much of that [?][?][?][?]. Well, [?] write, H.S Lyman

White salmon Nov 22 82

Dear Father,

I think of you very often. I have been thinking of you a good deal in connections with my work here. I [?] think for some time now [suppose] think for some time you had no longer audiences thou I can get together here. Thou live your life if your interests is your work. Thou live you [?] the feelings that it [?][?] make much difference [unbetter] you lid your lack of your [?]? How did you prevent the [?] stupidity and in [?][?] of much of your audiences from [?] your [?] to make your remorse [?] us keen and bright and [?] as [?]. if a man know that much of his good [?] will not be noticed he feels a gradual relinquishing of lying to make good points. My audiences do [appreciate] form and [?]. But few of them make a good point. I keep up my interest by thinking that I am in some way to some extent [?] the [?] and [?] by getting a bold [?] ensure and rough I am [?] myself to get [?] if [?] kinds. If I can learn to interest such people as these I can surely interest those of higher cultures. I think it will work as I thought, with me and I suppose it is so will all, a quiet [?] of the strength of [?] I say depends upon the audiences. There is a [?] about our audiences that electrifies a speaker if I feel the lack of this I feel weak. A small [?] audience does not furnish much magnetism. So I learn to defend upon my own mind mere in this way I am able to be more self - [?] and [?] I do speak before a large audiences I feel this [?] much more. If a man gets into the habit of defending upon a large audiences, when he gives before a small one he will feel entirely spiritually. But if he learns to speak audiably before a small audience; before a large one he will double his forever.

I have been to the Dalles and will go to Hood River next Sunday a Friday [?].

The Weather has been off and on for a month. It is on today. It is a close fit today. Clouds heave from mountain top to mountain top and the air is grey with rain. It tried hailing a little yesterday and snowing a little today. But was not [?] enough in this Gorge to allow much of that [?][?][?][?].

Well, [?] write,

H.S Lyman

Part of Letter from Horace Sumner Lyman on preaching