The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-07
MESSENGERS OF MARY

Mrs. Marcy was a most pious
woman, an excellent wife, we'll in
tentioned mother, and kind neigh
Dor. Every one who knew her
respected her, and at the Free Evan
gelical church, around the corner,
SISTER" Marcy was pillar, foremost
in all the church's activities, leader Of
the ladies' missionary band, power
full pleader at revival meetings, which
were of frequent occurrence at the
Free Evangelical, and a master hand
at suppers and socials, entertainments
most popular among the Evangelical
membership. Yet Mrs. Marcy was
not happy, for, honored as she was
abroad, in her own home she felt she
was neither understood not appre-
ciated.
Mr. Marcy, the best and kindest of
men, was an invalid. Mrs. Marcy had
married him to convert him, so she
said, but thirty years persuasion had
failed of effect. He had gone to
church with her with very fair regu.
larity for most of the years of their
married life, and had permitted her
to train her children in her creed, but
he remained outside He was every
thing husband should be, save in
this particular. There is no use,
Milly," he would say gently in re-
spouse to her fervid exhortations, for
the good woman was in deadly
earnest. Its all right if you like it,
but the Free Evangelical doesn't ap-
peal to me-"
When the children were children
this negative attitude made little diff
ference, but as they grew older the
fathers influence was more and more
manifest, save in the first born. The
Rev. Walston Marcy was his mothers
idol, he could do no wrong; even the
Free Evangelical could not keep up
with him in his strictness of his
views, and he was obliged to found a
congregation of his own. With the
Rev. Walston all was black and
white, there were no gray shades any
where; anyone not agreeing with his
doctrines was a sinner, and sinners
went to hell. This being the case, it
was incumbent upon him to labor
with his father and point out to him,
with all the eloquence and logic he
could command, the menace of the
good mans position, and the horrors
of the fate awaiting him, but, like his
mother, he left the head of the house
quite unmoved.
Mrs. Marcy had hoped to make a
preacher of her second son as we'll,
but had succeeded in way not cal
culated to add to her peace of mind.
The Rev. Albert Marcy had found the
Free Evangelical much too combining
for a man of his genius, and he, too,
had established a following all his
own. He lectured every Sunday after
noon to crowds of enthusiastic hear
ers in the assembly room of the City
Hail. The Rev. Albert's main hold
was the "allness of nature" and he
favored his father with yards of senti--
ment concerning this same "allness
of nature" and the universal heart"
The Rev. Albert had an excellent con-
C0lJ VI All1IS0lL anu HIS pOW0TS1 yet
after a visit with his father he often
left the house harboring a dark sus-
picion that underneath his patient
courtesy that gentleman was laughing
at him. His fathers one comment on
his second sons accomplishments
was to the effect that albert certain.
ly had the gift of gab.'
Despite the Rev. Albert's DETECTION
from the Free Evangelical, his fond
mother could not but be gratified by
his success. His picture was in the
local paper at least once month.
1t was Billy who had entirely freed
himself from his mothers protecting
wing, much to her perturbation.
I'm like dad" he declared, mo Free
Evangelicals in mine. Nothing doing,
can't stand that parson down there
for a minute
"Oh, my DEAR" his mother would
demonstrate, Brother Marten is a
noble man in every sense"
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