River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-10-07

Rev. Smith Boyd colored. At times
the way Of spiritual instruction was
/ quite difficult. Nevertheless, he mad
duty to perform. Mechanically he
! had taken his place at the piano,
standing straight and tall, and his
blue eyes softened as they automat-
ically fell Oh the piece Of music she
/ had opened. OF course it was their ia
/ yOrite, the one in which their voices
| had scared in the most perfect uni
/ son. Gail glanced up at him as she
4 brushed a purely imaginary fleck of
| dust from the keys. For an instant
/ the brown eyes and the blue ones met.
I He was a tremendously nice fellow,
! after all. But what was worrying him?
Before we sing l should like to take
up graver matters" he began, feel
ing at a tremendous disadvantage in
the presence of the music. To obviate
this, he drew up a chair, and sat fac
| ing her. Il have called this evening
in the capacit. of your temporary
rector"
Calls eyelids had a tendency to
/
She was adorable when she looked
| prim that way. Her lips were like a
rosebud. Rev. Smith Boyd himself
thought Of the smile, and cast it be-
| hind him.
you are most kind" she told him,
suppressing the imps and demons
which struggled to pop into her eyes
II have been greatly disturbed by
the length to which your unbelief has
| apparently gone" the young rector
went on, and having plunged into this
opening he began to breathe more
freely. This was familiar ground.
Gail rested a palm on the edge of
the bench behind her, and leaned back
facing him, supported on one beauti-
! fully modelled arm. Her face had set
| seriously now.
However" went on the rector, 81
J do not expect to be able to remove
| the spiritual errors, which l am COM
PEELED to judge that you have accu-
| mulated, by any other means than
| patient logic" he resumed MAY |
discuss these matters with your" His
voice was grave and serious, and full
of earnest sincerity, and the musical
quality alone Of it made patient. log
| ical discussion seem attractive.
IF you like" she assented, smiling
at him with willful deception The
wicked thought had occurred to her
that it might be her own duty to
broaden his spiritual understanding.
Thank you," he accepted gravely.
IF you will give me an hour or so
each week, l shall be very happy"
Il am nearly always at home on
Tuesday and Friday evenings" sug-
gested Gail. Scarcely anyone calls
before eight-thirty, and we have din
ner quite early on those evenings"
She began to be sincerely interested
in the project. She had never given
herself time to quite exactly define
her own attitude towards theology as
distinct from religion, and she felt
that she should do it, If for no other
reason than to avoid making impul.
sive overstatements. Rev. Smith Boyd
would help her to look squarely into
he had very active intelligence. and
was, moreover the most humanity
forceful cleric che had ever met. Be-
sides, they could always finish by
singing.
'I shall make arrangements to be
over as early as you will permit" de-
| clared the rector, warmly aglow with
the idea I'VE shall begin with the
very beginnings of things, and, step
by step, develop, l hope, a logical
justification of the vast spiritual revo-
luton which has conquered the
world"
Il should like nothing better"
unused Gail, and since Rev. Smith
Boyd rose and stood behind her and
filled his lungs, she turned to the
| piano and struck a preliminary chord,
which she trailed off into a tinkling
little run, by way of friendly greeting
! to the piano.
We shall begin with the creation"
pursued the rector, dwelling, with
pleasure. on the idea of a thorough
progress through the mazes of relig-
ious growth. There were certain
vague points which be wanted to clear
up for himself.
And wind up with Vedder court"
She had not meant to say that. 1t
just popped into her mind, and popped
off the end Of her tongue.
Even that will be taken up in its
due logical sequence" and Rev Smith
Boyd prided himself on having al
ready displayed the patience which
he had come expressly to exercise.
Gail was Immediately aware that
he was exercising patience. He had
reproved her. nevertheless, and quite
coldly, for having violated the tacit
agreement to take up the different
phases of their weighty topic only lin
their due logical sequence" The rec
tor, in this emergency, would have
found no answer which would stand
he test, but Gail had the immense ad.
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