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History of Cass County, Iowa
Continental Historical Co.,
Springfield, Ill: 1884


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                              CHAPTER VI
          REMINISCENSES, INCIDENTS AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTONS

                          ALEXANDER THE GREAT

        There was a log cabin on JAMES BYRD'S farm in which preaching was
     sometimes held.  L. L. ALEXANDER attended these religious services
     generally. One Sunday in the year 1855 the Judge was there on a promi-
     nent seat in the amen corner. The preacher being somewhat dull, or
     else being so good that the Judge would risk him to go it alone, he
     got to napping. About the time he was dreaming the sweet dream of the
     righteous, the preacher got to drawing on the facts of ancient history
     for modern religious illustration, and at one point, spoke out quite
     loudly: "Alexander! Alexander, the Great, wept because he had no more
     worlds to conquer." At the sound of his name the Judge awoke to con-
     sciousness in great astonishment, and for a moment was amazed at being
     named out before the congregation for having nodded in time of preach-
     ing. He finally comprehended the situation and gave good attention to
     the balance of the discourse, no doubt harboring the silent wish that
     the preacher had been content to have let Alexander the Great wept in
     peace.

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