Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. Lyman Abbott
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Lyman Abbott
Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066216801
Table of Contents
I. HOW I HAPPENED TO GO TO WHEATHEDGE
PREFACE.
I. HOW I HAPPENED TO GO TO WHEATHEDGE
II. MORE DIPLOMACY
III. WE JOIN THE CHURCH
IV. THE REAL PRESENCE
V. OUR CHURCH FINANCES
VI. AM I A DRONE
VII. THE FIELD IS THE WORLD
VIII. MR. GEAR
IX. I GET MY FIRST BIBLE SCHOLAR
X. THE DEACON'S SECOND SERVICE
XI. OUR PASTOR RESIGNS
XII. THE COMMITTEE ON SUPPLY HOLD AN INFORMAL MEETING
XIII. MAURICE MAPLESON DECLINES TO SUBMIT TO A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
XIV. THE SUPPLY COMMITTEE HOLD THEIR FIRST FORMAL MEETING
XV. OUR CHRISTMAS AT WHEATHEDGE
XVI. MR. GEAR AGAIN
XVII. WANTED—A PASTOR
XVIII. OUR PRAYER-MEETING
XIX. WE ARE JILTED
XX. WE PROPOSE
XXI. MINISTERIAL SALARIES
XXII. ECCLESIASTICAL FINANCIERING
XXIII. OUR DONATION PARTY—BY JANE LAICUS
XXIV. MAURICE MAPLESON
XXV. OUR CHURCH-GARDEN
XXVI. OUR TEMPERANCE PRAYER-MEETING
XXVII. FATHER HYATT'S STORY
XXVIII. OUR VILLAGE LIBRARY
XXIX. MAURICE MAPLESON TRIES AN EXPERIMENT
XXX. MR. HARDCAP'S FAMILY PRAYERS
XXXI. IN DARKNESS
XXXII. GOD SAID "LET THERE BE LIGHT"
XXXIII. A RETROSPECT
PREFACE.
This book was not made; it has grown.
When three years ago I left the pulpit to engage in literary work and took my seat among the laity in the pews, I found that many ecclesiastical and religious subjects presented a different aspect from that which they had presented