Many wondered that a man so gifted should remain in Coombe, but the explanation is simple.

He suited Coombe; the larger churches of the larger cities he did not suit.

Lax opinions, heretical doctrines, outlooks appallingly wide were creeping in everywhere.

It is safe to say that in most of the churches of his own faith he would have seemed bravely but hopelessly behind the times.

But in Coombe he had found his place.