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Robert E. Knowles. St. Cuthbert's
St. Cuthbert's
Table of Contents
The TURN of The TIDE
II
A MAN With a SECRET
III
OUR MUTUAL TRIAL
IV
OUR MUTUAL VERDICT
V
My KIRK SESSION
VI
The FIRST PARISH ROUND
VII
"The CHILD of The REGIMENT"
VIII
"A NEW FOOT on The FLOOR"
IX
"ANGELS UNAWARES"
X
My PIOUS PROFLIGATE
XI
PLUCKING A FIERY BRAND
XII
"By That SAME TOKEN"
XIII
WITH The WORKMEN
XIV
WITH The EMPLOYERS
XV
A BOLD PROPOSAL
XVI
GEORDIE'S OOT-TURN
XVII
"NOO, The IN-TURN"
XVIII
HOW ELSIE WON The GATE
XIX
A MAIDEN'S LOVE
XX
A FATHER'S CRUCIFIXION
XXI
The OLD PRECENTOR'S NEW SONG
XXII
"The MILLS of The GODS"
XXIII
A MAIDEN PRIESTESS
XXIV
The SWEET SUNNY SOUTH
XXV
ST. CUTHBERT'S SECOND CALL
XXVI
LOVE'S SINGING SACRIFICE
XXVII
The HIDDEN CRUCIFIX
XXVIII
The HEATHERY HILLS
XXIX
"AND ALL BUT HE DEPARTED"
XXX
LOVE'S VICTORY OVER SIN
XXXI
LOVE'S TRIUMPH OVER ALL
Footnotes:
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Robert E. Knowles
Published by Good Press, 2019
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A grandfather's clock, proud and stately in its sense of venerable faithfulness, was gravely ticking off the moments with hospitality in its tone. A pleasant-faced lassie showed me to my room, reminding me that the evening meal awaited my descent.
My host justified my every impression. While we disposed of the plain but appetizing fare, whose crown was the speckled trout which his skill had lured from home, he submitted me to the kindliest of cross-examinations concerning my past, my scholarship, my evangelical positions, my household, and much else that nestled among them all. Throughout, I felt the charm and the power of his gentleness, and under its secret influence I yielded up what many another would have sought in vain. Some natures there are which search you as the sun lays bare the flowers, making for itself a pathway to their inmost heart, every petal opening before its siege of love.
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