`` What was the matter with my sermon ? '' I asked Dan that night . Since he was neither judge nor competitor I could discuss the matter with him . `` It was too much like a reg ` lar sermon to be interesting , '' said Dan frankly . `` I should think the more like a regular sermon it was , the better , '' I said . `` Not if you want to make an impression , '' said Dan seriously . `` You must have something sort of different for that . Peter , now , HE 'LL have something different . '' `` Oh , Peter ! I do n't believe he can preach a sermon , '' I said . `` Maybe not , but you 'll see he 'll make an impression , '' said Dan . Dan was neither the prophet nor the son of a prophet , but he had the second sight for once ; Peter DID make an impression . CHAPTER XXVI . PETER MAKES AN IMPRESSION Peter 's turn came next . He did not write his sermon out . That , he averred , was too hard work . Nor did he mean to take a text . `` Why , who ever heard of a sermon without a text ? '' asked Felix blankly . `` I am going to take a SUBJECT instead of a text , '' said Peter loftily .
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