On Christmas day in the evening . ^^s^m^^^ On Ghri^tmaj Daij in lljf Nomina wise, were people who avoidedseeing each other, though conscious,all down their rigid backbones,that those with whom they hadfallen out on that unhappy July daywere present. There was no vestry in the oldmeeting-house; no retiring place ofany sort where the presiding ministermight stay until the moment camefor him to make his quiet and im-pressive entrance through a softlyopening pulpit door. So when theReverend William Sewall of , of the neighbouring city,came into the North Estabrook sanc-tuary, it was as his


On Christmas day in the evening . ^^s^m^^^ On Ghri^tmaj Daij in lljf Nomina wise, were people who avoidedseeing each other, though conscious,all down their rigid backbones,that those with whom they hadfallen out on that unhappy July daywere present. There was no vestry in the oldmeeting-house; no retiring place ofany sort where the presiding ministermight stay until the moment camefor him to make his quiet and im-pressive entrance through a softlyopening pulpit door. So when theReverend William Sewall of , of the neighbouring city,came into the North Estabrook sanc-tuary, it was as his congregation hadentered, through the front door andup the aisle. There was a turning of heads tosee him come, but there was a star-ing of eyes, indeed, when it was seenby whom he was accompanied. Theerect figure of the young man, in hisunexceptionable attire, walked slowly.


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