Of this feeding I propose to give as graphic a description as I can in its proper place, for I have attended at it myself, but I must pass on now to the time when the young Professor--for Keith-Falconer was shortly afterwards appointed examiner in the very Tripos where he had so distinguished himself--threw his whole heart and soul into the project for building the present Great Assembly Hall. For a time had come when Mr. Charrington's success had become so enormous, the whole machine so gigantic, that it was necessary to erect a huge building commensurate with the needs of the mission. Keith-Falconer was an invaluable helper. It is true that the great mass of work devolving on Mr. Charrington required that there should be also a secretary living in the midst of affairs and devoting his whole attention to the work. Still, Mr. Keith-Falconer's post was far from being a nominal one. In writing a business letter he was exceedingly business-like; his facts were put in the clearest and most methodical way. A letter from him asking for a subscription was no effusive appeal; it was a quiet, sensible statement of facts, written by a scholar and a master of English, all the more telling because the writer had shown himself to take all possible pains to do justice to his case. An enormous sum of money was necessary, and at this juncture Mr. Keith-Falconer made a direct appeal for help in the form of a pamphlet. This appeal, as his biographer points out, was so characteristic of the writer, so thoroughly earnest, entertaining, as it did, no doubt that the money would be forthcoming, and--as was his way in such things--so quaintly methodical, that I give it here in full. It is certainly one of the many historic documents in the archives of Mr. Charrington's life work. "We now appeal for funds in order to erect a new and larger hall. "The present one is altogether unsuitable. (_a_) It is far too small. On Sunday nights hundreds are turned away for want of room. When, during two successive winters, the adjacent Lusby's Music Hall (one of the largest in London) was opened on Sunday nights simultaneously with our own hall, the united congregation usually amounted to 5000 persons. These facts tend to show that if we had a building sufficiently large, we could gather as many persons as the human voice can reach. (_b_) It is a temporary structure, which by the Metropolitan Buildings Act must come down sooner or later. (_c_) The corrugated iron is becoming dilapidated, and lets in the rain, so that rows of umbrellas are often put up during the service. (_d_) The cold is intense. (_e_) The acoustic properties are inferior. "Please add to this that our site is the very best in all East London. It ought surely to be utilised to the fullest extent. The present building only half covers it.