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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by SMITH, ENGLISH & CO., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER I. THE TRIAL SERMON. 9
• CHAPTER II. THE ELECTION OF A PASTOR. 17
• CHAPTER III. THE YOUNG PARSON "GITS SETTLED" AND IS INTRODUCED TO THE PEOPLE. 23
• CHAPTER IV. HARD WORK. 33
• CHAPTER V. THE TWO HOLIDAYS. 40
• CHAPTER VI. THE SOCIETY IN AND AROUND GAINFIELD. 50
• CHAPTER VII. VISITING THE COUNTRY MEMBERS. 57
• CHAPTER VIII. THRILLING INCIDENTS. 65
• CHAPTER IX. BALLS, AND HOW THE PARSON COUNTENANCED THEM. 73
• CHAPTER X. THE YOUNG PARSON BECOMES A SON OF JUBAL. 80
• CHAPTER XI. "GREAT EXPECTATIONS"—THE LOVE PART OF THE STORY BEGINS—THE HEROINE ENTERS. 86
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• CHAPTER XII. THE REHEARSAL: A DILEMMA. 99
• CHAPTER XIII. THE TRIBULATIONS OF ELDER STRAPIRON. 105
• CHAPTER XIV. MUSICAL AND STRATEGICAL. 113
• CHAPTER XV. MEAGRE'S DISCIPLE. 122
• CHAPTER XVI. MR. MONGREL AND HIS FAMILY. 129
• CHAPTER XVII. MR. MONGREL AND THE TWO PHYSICIANS. 134
• CHAPTER XVIII. WITCHCRAFT. 144
• CHAPTER XIX. PHARISAISM. 156
• CHAPTER XX. MONGREL ON TRIAL. 161
• CHAPTER XXI. "US MINISTERS"—THE MODERN MARTYR. 172
• CHAPTER XXII. TOM HICKMAN—MEZZOFANTI AND THE TWO NEOPHYTES. 185
• CHAPTER XXIII. A DRIVE WITH TOM HICKMAN—FAITH. 193
• CHAPTER XXIV. EFFORTS TO PLEASE THE PEOPLE—SPECIMEN BRICKS—NO. 1. A PRESSED BRICK. 203
• CHAPTER XXV. EFFORTS TO PLEASE THE PEOPLE—SPECIMEN BRICKS—NO. 2. A BRICK OF A YARN, IN BATS—FIRST PART OF THE BRICK. 206
• CHAPTER XXVI. EFFORTS TO PLEASE THE PEOPLE—SPECIMEN BRICKS—NO. 2. A LITTLE PIECE NECESSARY TO MAKE THE PARTS FIT TOGETHER. 215
• CHAPTER XXVII. EFFORTS TO PLEASE THE PEOPLE—SPECIMEN BRICKS—NO. 2. THE OTHER END OF THE BRICK. 221
• CHAPTER XXVIII. UNFRIENDLY RELATIONS—TONY TOMPKINS—A BRICK IN HIS HAT. 233
• CHAPTER XXIX. OPEN HOSTILITIES. 237
• CHAPTER XXX. EFFORTS TO PLEASE THE LITTLE FOLKS. 241
• CHAPTER XXXI. CONSEQUENCES. 247
• CHAPTER XXXII. THE RECONCILIATION. 253
• CHAPTER XXXIII. DAVID EARLY AND HIS REQUEST. 265
• CHAPTER XXXIV. SELF-CONDEMNATION. 275
• CHAPTER XXXV. THE ROAD TO PHŒBE'S HOUSE. 279
• CHAPTER XXXVI. LITTLE PHŒBE, THE CRIPPLE—THE FIRST INTERVIEW. 283
• CHAPTER XXXVII. LITTLE PHŒBE, THE CRIPPLE—HOW WAS SHE TO BE TAUGHT?—A CALL AT DR. ARLINGTON'S. 297
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• CHAPTER XXXVIII. FURTHER CRITICISMS—PLEASANTRY. 303
• CHAPTER XXXIX. PHŒBE AT CHURCH—TRIPLE ALLIANCE. 310
• CHAPTER XL. ANOTHER CONVERSATION. 316
• CHAPTER XLI. PHŒBE LEARNING. 321
• CHAPTER XLII. PHŒBE AS A CHRISTIAN. 327
• CHAPTER XLIII. THE PICTURES—PHŒBE'S SUGGESTIONS. 332
• CHAPTER XLIV. DIVINE GRACE ILLUSTRATED. 337
• CHAPTER XLV. PHŒBE'S NEW SORROW. 344
• CHAPTER XLVI. THE GOLD BECOMES DIM. 347
• CHAPTER XLVII. THE FEMALE SEWING SOCIETY. 351
• CHAPTER XLVIII. NEEDLES AND THORNS. 354
• CHAPTER XLIX. THE CHOIR. 365
• CHAPTER L. THE RESIGNATION. 368
• CHAPTER LI. HOWLINGS AND BLEATINGS AFTER A SHEPHERD. 372