A correction was not long in coming.

I thought as our friends think at home--that to prepare my childlike wonder-lovers to listen with favor to my grave message I only needed to charm the way to it with wonders, marvels, miracles.

With full confidence I told the wonders performed by Samson, the strongest man that had ever lived--for so I called him.
"At first I saw lively anticipation and strong interest in the faces of my people, but as I moved along from incident to incident of the great story, I was distressed to see that I was steadily losing the sympathy of my audience.

I could not understand it.

It was a surprise to me, and a disappointment.