The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-22
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Dig. lOuTEton sat in his coy study in
tho parsonage of the "Littlc Church
AROUND the Corner" 1t was Saturday
might, and the doctor wore IL peaceful
1ooi; as one who had done Il good weeks
work. Callers had come and callers
had gone, and the good doctor himself
had been out on many an GRAND OF
mcrcy. Surely, on Saturday night il
was pleasant to sit in the rays of the
log fire and enjoy the plcasantcst of the
week memories
But across the ray of the firclirht
there fell Il shadow, and into the midst
of the solid comforts of home there
came one rs an intrudcr-thc ubiouit
Gus newsgathcrcr-hc who aslicth
questions.
SIS it truo that am the Saint Valcn-
tine Of New York;" repeated the doc.
tor, with an amused smile, in answer to
u question. Most certainly not. do
not pose as being saint of any kind,
put DO love young people. and if my
sympathy for them in their rights and
wrongs entities me to be competitor
OF the good old priest who was be-
headed in the days of Claudius on ac-
count OF his popularity with lovers.
why then, suppose that 1 may be
called the modern Saint Valentine.
How did | get my free views? Well,
to begin with, | have no free views.
And II people think SO they mistaken.
am rigid churchman and | teach and
piHach only the orthodox teachings and
prcachings Of the church. | presume
that | have gained the reputation of
being somewhat free in my views
from the fact that / do things which
many orthodox clergymcn, such as l
an, do not do.
For instance, ofliciate mt every fu-
neral to which l may be called fear
lyle Harris were to die to-day, with the
uncertainty of guilt upon him, I would
bury him us piously us though I were
officiating at the obseques Of Phillips
Brooks would of course, feel differ
emily, and l could not say the same
prayers over his body. Perhaps, too,
the feeling Of Christian resignation and
pious cSaltation which l always feel
when praying over the body of n great
and good man would be lacking. But
there would be other feelings present.
II should say to myself: Here is the
body OF talented young man-bright,
learned. and too clever to die SO soon.
He has been in Il network of circum-
stanccs-mightily unfortunate And
God only knows whether he did right
or wrong As for me, am going to
give him Christian burial and pray
every prayer that can to comfort his
friends over his unfortunate fate
II have buried Il great many people
whose lives were openly and uvowcdly
bad. Women who have gone wrong
and who have died in the depths of
their degradation have received Chris
tian bnrials, and so have confessed muir
dcrcrs and suicides. For these people /
have service of my own which an
swers the purpose nicely and does not
i'll any way infringe upon the church
service, which. OF course, | cannot use
There is "a common error in the
minds of people, but one which is not
shared by my brother clcrgymcn. TO the
effect that use tho regular church
service for the dead in such cases as
this.
The prayer book says that the reg
ular church service cannot be used over
any who die nnbaptizcd, or who are en-
communicated. or who have laid violent
hands upon themselves. Therefore, hay
Eng pledged to follow these rules, can