Some of the successful frontier preachers were men of weak frame, whose intensity of conviction and fervor of religious belief supplied the lack of bodily powers; but as a rule the preacher who did most was a stalwart man, as strong in body as in faith.
This quote illustrates the contrast between physical strength and the fervor of conviction among frontier preachers.
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