We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.
The word of the mouth is a very powerful thing and you can say something about someone that is not necessarily true, but people will believe it and it will become a constant reminder and every time that your name is bought up, that will come up.
In fact it's quite gratifying for me to see some of the people who really objected to this method of working now being quite so profligate in their use of it.

