[What Necessity Knows by Lily Dougall]@TWC D-Link bookWhat Necessity Knows CHAPTER XIII 6/10
He is a very _good_ man; for so comparatively young a man, and one, as you might say, with so many worldly advantages, I think it is perhaps remarkable that he is so spiritually-minded.
I count it a blessing that we have the opportunity of attending his church during the summer months." Simple sense and perfect sincerity were written on every line of Mrs.Brown's motherly face. "He really is very good," said one of the daughters.
"Do you know, Miss Rexford, we have a friend who has a son at the college.
He really went to the college a _very_ naughty boy, no one could manage him; and he's so changed--such a nice fellow, and doing so well.
His mother says she could thank Principal Trenholme on her knees, if it was only the conventional thing to do." "He is a most devoted Christian," added Mrs.Brown, using the religious terms to which she was accustomed, "and I believe he makes it a matter of prayer that no young man should leave his college without deepened religious life.
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