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"Oh, no, dear! I trust not That is terrible! Where ever did you get such an idea? There may be some unworthy men in the ministry Of course there must be, for the Bible said there would be false leaders and wolves in sheep's clothing; but surely, surely you know that the most of the men in the pulpit are there because they believe that God has called the the ospel to the souls of men The office is a holy office, and must be reverenced even if we do not fancy the e if you listen for it, even though he may seem dull to you If you knew him better, could look into his life and see the sacrifices he has made to be a minister, see the burdens of the people he has to bear!"

"O Cloudy, come now Most of the ministers I ever saw have autoood a ti salaries, and don't bother the people to giveit over on you I'll bet not half of them are sincere in that sacrifice stuff they put over It o; but ministers have a pretty soft snap nowadays, in cities anyhow"

"Allison! Didn't you ever see any true, sincere ministers, child? There are so many, many of them!"

"To tell you the truth, Cloudy, I never saw but one that didn't have shifty eyes He was a little missionary chap that worked in a slum settlement and would have taken his eye-teeth out for anybody Oh, I don't uy to-day looked shifty I should say he was just dull and uninteresting He o, but he's been asleep so long he's forgotten about it" "O Allison! This is dreadful!"

Julia Cloud closed her Bible, and looked down in horror at the frank young face of the boy who ht about these holy things that had always been so precious and sacred to her She felt like putting her hands over her ears and running away screaony over the desecration The children looked into her face, saw the white, scared look, and took warning

"There now, Cloudy, don't worry!" said Allison, leaning over and patting her hand aardly "I didn'tOf course I am if you say so I don't really know any eneral i the fellows I didn't realize you would care"