Where he appears, that tendency is vigorously stimulated.

Like other artists, he founds a school; the spiritual life flames up, and spreads to those within his circle of influence.

Through him, ordinary men, whose aptitude for God might have remained latent, obtain a fresh start; an impetus to growth.

There is a sense in which he might say with the Johannine Christ, "He that receiveth me receiveth Him that sent me"; for yielding to his magnetism, men really yield to the drawing of the Spirit itself.

And when they do this, their lives are found to reproduce--though with less intensity--the life history of their leader.