The Press., 1915-04-21
The Pastor of Trinity
 Memorial Church A Story of an Easter Sermon.
By EDITH V. ROSS.

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 The Rev. Edgar Tyndale, aged twen. | ty-six, upon being graduated from the theological seminary had no difficulty in getting church, though the salary
 even for so young man was small.
 He had been marked during his sem. | mary course for eminence in his ca.
 reer, for he had the faculty of speak.
 ing offhand, his voice was excellent,
 and his heart was in what he said.
 But MT. Tyndale's first effort was a
 failure. His congregation expected their pastor to tell them of wickedness generally, not particularly. He made
 the mistake of holding up to them l those sins that beset them. The result was that party was soon formed i'll the church to get rid of him. Hearing | of it, he offered his resignation, and it was accepted.
 l The young clergyman, bit discour. aged in this first effort in his ministry to introduce a better Christianity intd congregation that considered itself
 beyond improvement, was thinking of | turning his attention to different ele. | ment when he received the following | note:
 /, Rev. Edgar Tyndale:
 Dear Sir-Your name having been sug- | gested to me for the pastorate of Trinity church at Pennington, which I have re- I gently built in memory of my deceased i mother and which pastorate Is in my gift, l I wish to say that you are invited to prepare a sermon to be delivered in the 1 church on the morning of Easter Sunday next. I will be there, and if I am satis. /, fled to leave the church ill your hands you will receive the appointment. The salary will be $2OOO year Should you desire further information I will be pleas | ed to have you call at my house, No. 9i Eliot street Pennington. Very truly yours, ELIZABETH TWINKLE. MT. Tyndale, after spending some time wondering what friend had sug gested his name for the position, be gan to consider the proposition. He
 would call on the writer and learn
 whether he would be permitted to at tempt to make the congregation better If so, he would deliver the Easter ser.
 mon according to the invitation. Ii not, he would look elsewhere for field. He found Elizabeth Wrinkle a little old spinster, with couple of short white curls fanking a cheery face OIL
 each side. When asked who had sug: gested his name to her she said that she was familiar with his work in the church he had just left, that she was
 aware that he had been forced out OH account of his having preached against , individual instead of general sin and that she wanted just such man foi , her memorial church. She had built 1t in the slums, and a pastor was re quired who would preach to sinners. This accorded with MT. Tyndale's wishes exactly, and he told Miss Win.
 kle that he would be happy to preach a sermon in her church on Easter Sun | day. He would, in the meantime, in form himself somewhat as to the needs of the congregation and make his re marks conform to those needs so faI as he could. Before leaving he added "I have no desire to preach to those who are already as good as the world expects them to be. I have no espe- cial interest in them nor have they in me-"
 "What is wanted in this case" re piled the old lady, "is sinner to preach to sinners"
 Whether MT. Tyndale considered that he filled the first part of this require ment he was quite pleased with its frankness. He went to Pennington, manufacturing town, and found Trin' ity Memorial church in the center of the district taken up by laborers. He inquired as to the conditions of the people to whom he would be required to preach and the principal tempta- tions by which they were beset. He visited a number of families and noted their physical as well as spiritual re quirements.
 Among those families that he visited he found some ecessities-sickness and poverty-which, not having any income, he did not feel able to relieve and concluded to call again on Miss
 Wrinkle and report them. His card
 was responded to by young lady about twenty years old, who informed
 him that her aunt was indisposed and
 had asked her to inquire if there was anything she could do for him. Mr.
 Tyndale gave an account of the misery
 he had witnessed, and the young lady
 withdrew, telling him that she would
 refer the matter to her aunt.
 When she returned she was in street costume and told MT. Tyndale that she
 would visit the sufferers and should be obliged to him If he would pilot her.
 She had called up chauffeur, and they. found a ear at the door. On ar- irving at their destination the young lady entered upon an examination of what was required, made note of everything, spoke words of comfort, left some money for an emergency with each family, re-entered the car and, with the clergyman, was driven away.
 Stopping at stores, she ordered the requirements noted, telephoned doc tor to visit the families in whose homes there was sickness-in short, at tended to. everything in such method, teal fashion that Mr.. Tyndale. was both surprised and delighted. They reached her home at noon, and she invited MT. Tyndale to have luncheon with her, an invitation he accepted with alacrity.
 "Your aunt" he said while thsy were seated at the table, must be. a woman of great practical generosity.""
 "Aunty has d vefss tender heart," was the reply. Let me help you to some more of this dish. Our drive in the fresh air has doubtless made you hungry
 After luncheon the young lady light ed fire on the hearth in a cozy sit- ting room and invited MT. Tyndale to rest before departing. It seemed eyi- dent to him from her conversation that she was desirous of learning what manner of man he was likely hv order