Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-05-23

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nad volunteered for her, was talking
over John Gordon's affairs when he
came into the library. Miss Andrews
was called out, and the two men were
le1t together. Since Barton's death
GORDON had felt drawn toward Fall
mouth. There was something very
wholesome and helpful about the man
When one came to know the real man
beneath the scholarly, refined, deeply
sensitive nature.
Then your fathers death will really
make little difference with your fu-
ture?'
VERY little If any," Gordon answered
gravely. MARY is going abroad for
year with Aunt Hester. Poor. Mary.
She Is just about broken down with all
that has happened.'
Then you will keep on here?"
Eyes. There is nothing else for me to
no. Fathers business passes into the
receivers hands. Practically all he
mad, or all we supposed he had, is gone
Aunt Hester will take Mary into her
home when they return"
falmouth was silent moment. Then
he leaned over and put hand on John
Gordon's arm.
do you know 1 have had a great
temptation of late, especially since the
hre'-he was looking out Of the Win
dow-"to give up my parish and come
down here with you?'
| Gordon's face lighted up "That
would be great thing for us! But
but 'cowardly thing for you to
do! You are right" Falmouth said
quietly. why should run away from
the hard work where l am? And yet,
Gordon, no man knows, unless he has
oeen IN the ministry, the enormous de-
mands on the profession. I am not
speaking in boastfulness or complaint
when l say that no profession requires
such constant and varied exercise of all
the power of manhood. Do you Won
der, Gordon, that the ministry some
times grows discouraged as it faces a
labor that in the nature Of the case can
never be completed in any sense and
has the vision Of an ideal that no
church or parish ever yet realized?
And then Of late I am haunted by a
doubt as to the value of a great deal
that l am doing. 1t Is not the hard
work I am beginning to dread; it Is
the fear that it is wasted power and
that the organized church of today
ought to be changing much Of it's prac-
tice in order to do what Christ wants
DONE"
would you mind telling me some.
thing in detail what you mean? Give
me page out of your days work"
Gordon asked with genuine interest.
Falmouth was going through a crisis
in his church life, and Gordon was be-
ginning to have more than a very
strong personal feeling for him.
ut will be talking shop" Falmouth
smiled sadly and hesitated.
'That's pardonable between friends,
Gordon answered, with a look that
showed the minister little further
into his affectionate nature.
.."Well-you understand all right,
with an air Of relief. "Take yesterday
as an example. The morning started
off with a miscellaneous correspond
ence that took about fifty minutes
Then worked on my Sunday morning
, sermon for an hour. At the end Of tha
, time I had to leave the study to hum
up boy whose mother wrote me abou
t his being sick at boarding house OF
, Ross street. I had to go in the
morning because Of engagements thai
filed every minute Of my afternoon:
? for the next two weeks. I found thu
young fellow in desperate condition
brought about by his own sin. 1t wa:
case that could not be turned over tt
, others. l shall feel obliged to 60 an(
, see him often, in order to meet the ap
peal of that mother. Back to my
T study in time to write little on an ad
I dress for next meeting of our local as
r ISOLATION. Home to dinner. Funera
, at o'clock. The place happened to b
quite near the church, and l was no
, asked to go out to the cemetery. Thu
, people We're strangers to me and wer,
in great trouble. Went back to tn
, study to get word to our visiting com
2 mittee to see this family as soon al
: possible. By the time that was done
, started for the county hospital OF
, Burke street to visit one of my church
members, very seriously i'll there. A
8 o'clock l was back at the church
? where a committee Of my Endeavor so
! ciety had a special meeting to revis'
their constitution and to plan for tn
winters campaign, and wanted m!
presence and advice. Owing to tn
failure Of part Of the committee to b.
prompt it was $50 before I left tn
church.
, AFTER supper had wedding owe
on Park avenue. Mrs. Falmouth wa
unable to go with me on account o
: the illness Of one of our boys. Whel
I left the wedding party, it was
: o'clock. As was getting into the car
Rage to go home messenger BIO!
brought message asking me to 4eal
. At the hospital as my parlshioner wa
in a critical condition and might d1'
before morning. 1 went at once ant
stayed until midnight, when the pa
tents condition grew better, and lef
for home. When I reached home,
found my wife sitting UP with the boy