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The Dead Hand in the 'free Churches', Ed. [or Rather Written] by the Author of 'the Englishman's Brief'.
The Dead Hand in the 'free Churches' Ed by the Author of 'the Englishman's Brief' - or Rather Written Author:Thomas Moore General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE INNER LIFE OF THE FREE CHURCHES. CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH MR. RIVERSDALE TELLS THE STORY OF HIS RESIGNATION OF HIS PASTORATE, AND RELATES SOME INCIDENTS CONNECTED THERE- WITH. Some months had passed away since the Rev. Richard Riversdale resigned the pastorate of the Independent Chapel at Kingsford, when one summer evening he gave his old friend the Vicar a pleasant surprise by putting in an appearance at the Vicarage. " Why, Riversdale," said the Vicar, " who would have dreamt of seeing you here to-night ? You are really about the last man I should have expected in Kings- ford ; though, by the way, I need not assure you that not only are you heartily welcome to the Vicarage, but I have of late earnestly desired to see you again, and, amongst other things, to have a chat with you about old times and to have a talk with you concerning your possible future. You see, when you left Kingsford you did so in such a very hurried manner that you scarcely gave one a chance of saying to you good-bye, and nothaving heard from you, or even of you, since then, except occasionally through one of the members of your late flock, I really began to wonder whether I should ever see you again. But now that state of doubt is happily at an end, and I am right glad to see you sitting in the old easy-chair from which I have so often heard you speak words of wisdom. And now I long to hear much which I had imagined that you would have communicated to me before this as to your resignation and other personal matters. I am really ready to inundate you with questions such as -- In what way did you resign? How did your congregati...« less