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The painful i service that has been described acted as a rude disenchantment, and the beautiful church, to which Mrs Arnot had returned every Sabbathpleasure, became as repulsive as it had been sacred and attractive To her sincere and earnest spirit anything in the nature of a sham was peculiarly offensive; and what, she often asked herself, could be more un-Christlike than this service which had been held in his name?

The revelation so astonished and disheartened her that she was prone to believe that there was so's experience, and she deter any action She spoke frankly of her feelings and purposes to Haldane, and in so doing benefited the young man very much; for he was thus led to draw a sharp line between Christ and the Christlike and that phase of Christianity which is largely leavened with this world No excuse was given hiether

"You will do me a favor if you will quietly enter the church next Sunday , and unobtrusively take one of the seats near the door," she said to hi this e to enter a little in advance of lad I kno Christ received sinners, and I would like to see hoho profess to be representing him, receive those who come to his house"

Haldane did as she requested In a quiet and perfectly unobtrusive ranite steps into the vestibule, and his coarse, gray suit, although scrupulously clean, was conspicuous in its contrast with the elegant attire of the other worshippers He himself was conspicuous also; for many kneho he was, and whispered the information to others A "jail-bird" was, indeed, a rara avis in that congregation, and there was a slight, but perfectly decorous, sensation However greatly these elegant people ht lack the spirit of Him as "the friend of publicans and sinners" they would not for the world do anything that was overtly rude or ill-bred Only the official sexton frowned visibly as the youth took a seat near the door Others looked askance or glided past like polished icicles Haldane's teeth almost chattered with the cold He felt himself oppressed, and almost pushed out of the house, by the hts of some who apparently felt the place defiled by his presence Mrs Arnot, with her keen intuition, felt this atmosphere also, and detected on the part of one or two of the officers of the Church an unchristian spirit Although the ser, she did not hear it