The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-27
THE LIFE WORK
OF DIR. ANNA
-, HOWARD SHAW
fContinued)

The two years spent with her frieno'
Mrs Addy were always oeautilui meH-
cry to DIR. Shaw. In the spring ionowins
their first winter In Boston together,
this new found friend was taken Ill. Al
last her father, Captain Crowell. sent nef
TO Paris for DIR. Browns equard, VINO as
rovered that Mrs. Addy was suirerihs
from a turnor on the brain She had mad
Il great shock IN her life-the tragic death
Of her husband at sea during their "eo
ding tour around the woria-ano s
believed that her disease dated from tnat
time She died in March. 1878, just pc
fore Anna had finished her tneoiosicai
|course and while she was still temporary
pastor OF church at Hingham' MASS.
Three months after Mrs Addys death.
Anna graduated, clad In brand new
black silk gown. with five dollars In her
pocket--the only member of her class who
"a worked during the entire course ana
was graduated free from debt
Mrs. Addy had planned TO take Anna
abroad after her graduation, and Wnen
she found that she must die. she lett ner
young friend fifteen hundred dollars ior
the visit to Europe. stipulating that tne
money must be used for that purpose
she sailed for Europe three months after
her graduation with a party of tourists
under the direction of Eben Tourgee, OF
the Boston Conservatory OF MUSIC. Inc
rarty Travelled through Scotland, Eng
land Belgium. Holland. Germany, France
and Italy.
Before Anna sailed for Europe. Captain
CroweiI father OF Mrs. Addy. who had
left her the fifteen hundred dollars Tor
tho trip abroad. made a kind proposition
In connection with the little fund. In
stead OF giving her the money he gave ner
two railroad bonds. one for one Thousand
dollars. one for five hundred. and each
drawing seven per cent interest He
in the bank of which he was president
and borrow from the bank the money TO
ro abroad. Then on her return when
she went into her new parish. she could
use some of her salary each month to-
: ward paying the loan. These montniy
payments he explained. could be as small
a. she wished. but each month the inter-
est on the amount paid in would cease.
she took this advice and borrowed seven
hundred dollars. On her return from
Europe she repaid the loan in monthly IN
afaiiments. and eventually got her Donos.
which rnatured in 1915 She had SloS
every year from them I'm interest, from
rg.s-more than twice as much interest
as their face value-and every time sne
went abroad she used this interest to-
wards paying her expenses. Thus ner
friend had share in each OF tne many
visits that DIR. Shaw made TO Europe.
with her return from her first trip 70
rr,,~ore her real career as a minister be-
gan During the year that sne had
preached at bingham she succeeded IN
building up the membership TO Tour times
its former size, had paid OFT y s'
church debt. and had the puhuins
repaired. painted and carps.su .. -.
fcred some advantages to the occupant
- the pulpit But she had small ground
for complaint for though n man was APP
pointed to fill the bingham pulpit
was at once offered and accepted tne pas
torate OF a church at East Dennis. cape
cod. Here she went in October isfo'
70 spend seven Interesting years.
~ her autobiography published by Har
per and Brothers she tells of these seven
years I'm most delightful way.
Now for the first time had church
OF my own. and was to stand or faii py
the record made In " Ine inS ".
barely dry on my diploma from the bos-
ton Theological school. and. as II nap
pened. the little church to which 1 was
called was In the hands of two warning
factions whose battles furnished tne
most fervid interest of the cape Goa
community. Before 4 nad crossed .hs
threshold I was made to realize that l
was shepherd of divided flock. During
the Thursday night prayer meeting they
voiced their difficulties in public prayer.
u The following Thursday night they
di. the same thing, filling their prayers
with intimate ana surprising uetaiIS VI
ona another's history. and endured the
situation simply because I did not know
how TO meet 1t. I was still young. and
my theological course had set no guide
pSsts on roads new as these. To inter-
fere with souls in their communion with
God seemed impossible; to let them con-
tiaue to utter personal attacks in church.
under cover ca prayer. was equally I'M
possible. ~ the time they gathered for
the third prayer meeting had decided
what 10 do. I explained that the char
acter of the prayers at our recent meet
ings was making the laughing stock o.
tho community. that unbelievers Were
ridiculing religion and that the dis
cipline OF the church was being wrecked:
anc ended with these words. each of
which had carefully weighed:
Now. one of two things must hap
pen. Either YOU will stop this kind of