News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-04-01

would be q great thing for u.s. But
But a 'cowardly thing for you to
do" You are right" Falmouth said
quietly. why should l run away from
the hard work where | am? And yet,
Gordon, no man knows, unless he has
been in the ministry. the enormous de-
mands on the profession. | am not
speaking in bOastfulnesS or complaint
when | 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 | am haunted by Il
doubt as to the value of a great deal
that l am doing. 1t is not the hard
/ work | am beginning to dread it is
the fear that it is wasted power ana
| that the organized church o. today
ought to be changing much Of its prdc
| tice in order to do what Christ wants
| DONE
"Would you mind telling ne some
thing in detail what you mean? Give
me a page out of your days work"
Gordon asked with genuine interest
Falmouth was going through Il crisis
in his church life, and Gordon was be
ginning to have more than very
strong personal feeling for him.
TT 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 miscellaneous correspond
ence that took about fifty minutes.
Then | worked on my Sunday morning
sermon for an hour. At the end of that
time l had to leave the study to hunt
up boy whose mother wrote me about
his being sick at a boarding house on
Ross street. | had to go in the
morning because of engagements that
filled every minute of my afternoons
for the next two weeks. | found the
young fellow in desperate condition,
brought about by his own sin. 1t was
a case that could not be turned over to
others. Shall feel obliged to go and
see him often in order to meet the APP
peal of that mother. Back to my
study in time to write a little on an adj
dress for next meeting of our local as
ISOLATION. Home to dinner. Funeral
at o'clock. The place happened to be
quite near the church. and | was not
asked to go out to the cemetery. The
people were strangers to me and were
in great trouble. Went back to the
study to get word to our visiting COM
mittee TO see this family as soon as
possible. BY the time that was done
started for the county hospital on
Burke street to visit one of my church
members, very seriously i'll there AT
5 o'clock | was back at the church,
where a committee of my Endeavor So
ciety had a special meeting to revise
their constitution and to plan for the
winters campaign, and wanted my
presence and advice. Owing to the
failure of part of the committee to be
prompt it was 6:30 before l left the
church.
after supper l had wedding over
on Park avenue. Mrs. Falmouth was
unable to go with me on account of
the Illness of one of our boys. When
| left the wedding party, it was
o'clock. As was getting into the car
rage 10 go home a messenger boy
brought a message asking me to call
at the hospital, as my parishioner was
In critical condition and might die
before morning. l went at once and
stayed until midnight, when the pa
tents condition grew better and left
for home. When l reached home,
found my wife sitting up with the boy,
who had become quite sick l sent her
to bed and stayed up with the child
until he was better. Early this morn
ing 1 was sent for by the family at
whose place the funeral was held, ask
ing me to call this morning, as one of
the members of the family was in Sc
rious condition l called, and when |