And
as she went, she seemed all at once to have grown whiter and thin and
old.
CHAPTER XIII.
DR. HARRY'S CASE
"'Whatever or whoever is responsible for the existence of such people and
such conditions is a problem for the age to solve. The fact is, they are
here.'"
The meeting of the Ladies' Aid adjourned and its members, with sighs and
exclamations of satisfaction over work well done, separated to go to
their homes--where there were suppers to prepare for hungry husbands,
and children of the flesh.
Thus always in the scheme of things as they are, the duties of life
conflict with the duties of religion. The faithful members of Memorial
Church were always being interrupted in their work for the Lord by the
demands of the world. And as they saw it, there was nothing for them to
do but to bear their crosses bravely. What a blessed thought it is that
God understands many things that are beyond our ken!
The whistles blew for quitting time. The six o'clock train from the West
pulled into the yards, stopped--puffing a few moments at the water
tank--and thundered on its way again. On the street, business men and
those who labored with their hands hurried from the scenes of their
daily toil, while the country folk untied their teams and saddle-horses
from the hitch-racks to return to their waiting families and stock on
the distant farms.
A few miles out on the main road leading northward the home-going farmers
passed a tired horse hitched to a dusty, mud-stained top-buggy, plodding
steadily toward the village.
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