I liked him because his sermon was interesting and he prayed as if he meant it and not just as if he did it because he was in the habit of it.
Mrs.Lynde says he isn't perfect, but she says she supposes we couldn't expect a perfect minister for seven hundred and fifty dollars a year, and anyhow his theology is sound because she questioned him thoroughly on all the points of doctrine.

And she knows his wife's people and they are most respectable and the women are all good housekeepers.

Mrs.Lynde says that sound doctrine in the man and good housekeeping in the woman make an ideal combination for a minister's family." The new minister and his wife were a young, pleasant-faced couple, still on their honeymoon, and full of all good and beautiful enthusiasms for their chosen lifework.

Avonlea opened its heart to them from the start.
Old and young liked the frank, cheerful young man with his high ideals, and the bright, gentle little lady who assumed the mistress-ship of the manse.

With Mrs.Allan Anne fell promptly and wholeheartedly in love.
She had discovered another kindred spirit.
"Mrs.Allan is perfectly lovely," she announced one Sunday afternoon.
"She's taken our class and she's a splendid teacher.