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In
January, 1906, Rev. C. B. Langdon took charge of the work in San Francisco, which up
to that time was in a very weak condition. Brother Langdon, who was a
converted locomotive engineer, was a man of the most heroic and
self-sacrificing mold. He never asked about a salary, or the probabilities of
receiving support, but seemed to delight in doing the hardest kind of pioneer
work. He was one of the brightest, happiest men it has ever been my privilege
to meet. He lived and thrived where most men would starve, maintained
constant victory, and laid firm foundations for others to build on. His preaching
was earnest, spiritual, and expository, and full of sparkling and strikingly
original illustrations and applications of the truth. Under his leadership,
the little church in San
Francisco took on strength and
numbers. Shortly prior to the great earthquake and fire in San Francisco, the
Lord gave Brother Langdon a vision of the city as it was being destroyed by a
mighty conflagration, and when a little later he saw it in flames, he plainly
recognized many things that he had seen in his dream.
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