Mr.Winter, with others, was working against him.
Philip was vaguely conscious of much that did not work out into open, apparent fact.

Nevertheless, when he came up on the first Sunday of the next month and began to announce his subject, he found an audience that crowded the house to the doors, and among them were scattered numbers of men from the working-men's district with whom Philip had talked while down there.

It was, as before, an inspiring congregation, and Philip faced it feeling sure in his heart that he had a great subject to unfold, and a message to deliver to the Church of Christ such as he could not but believe Christ would most certainly present if he were living to-day in Milton.
He began by describing the exact condition of affairs in Milton.

To assist this description he had brought with him into the church his map of the town.
"Look now," he said, pointing out the different localities, "at B street, where we now are.

Here are seven of the largest churches of the place on this street.