Life and letters of Phillips Brooks . that it will do you good; you know whata simple, quiet time it is. All the fellows will be glad to see you,and you know what a treat it will be to me. I have been thinking of you all the time, and hoping that youwere happy, and that everything was going well with you and H . The Sundays must have been hard enough, and yet I know the work has helped you. I am sure it is a blessing to aminister that the work to which he has to go when he is in sorrowis not a foreign thing which vexes and chafes him, but he is busiedwith the thoughts which he needs most, and
Life and letters of Phillips Brooks . that it will do you good; you know whata simple, quiet time it is. All the fellows will be glad to see you,and you know what a treat it will be to me. I have been thinking of you all the time, and hoping that youwere happy, and that everything was going well with you and H . The Sundays must have been hard enough, and yet I know the work has helped you. I am sure it is a blessing to aminister that the work to which he has to go when he is in sorrowis not a foreign thing which vexes and chafes him, but he is busiedwith the thoughts which he needs most, and which bring him intothe presence of God where he most wants to be. I am so glad that I was with you those two days, and that I hadpart in choosing the pleasant spot where the body of your littlechild and my godchild was to be laid. I shall always be thank-ful for it. How beautiful it must be out there this bright wintermorning! To the Rev. W. N. McVickar he writes in reference to theconsecration of the Church of the Holy Trinity: —. V. z X w o QV. roM u ai OO jet. 44] CORRESPONDENCE 275 233 Clarendon Stkkkt, Boston, December 4, 1880. My dear McVickak,— Your good letter came yesterday, andI am glad to be able to clap you on the back at tbis long distance,and rejoice witb you in tbe Cburcb of tbe Holy Trinity. Longmay you live to flourish there, dear fellow, and may each year behappier and brighter than the year before it. Thank you for wanting me to come. I 11 tell you what I 11 the consecration should be on the 11th of January, I 11 comeand spend the 9th with you and preach all I know how on thatday and stay over the Consecration day. But I wont preach theConsecration sermon. Dr. Vinton is expecting to do that, and Ihavent a moment between now and then to preach a consecrationsermon. Get him to come and give the occasion the propersolemnity and dignity which neither you nor I, old boy, arecapable of giving. If you 11 do that I will be with you on the 9th and the 11th.
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