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"Yes," Hodder forced himself to go on, and it came to him that he had repeated virtually the same words to Mr. Parr, "it is at our very doors, a continual reproach. There is real poverty in those rooming houses, and I have never seen vice so defiant and shameless." "It's a shifty place, that," McCrae replied.
"Exactly," agreed the banker. "The parish, I believe, is in good running order I do not think you will see the necessity for many ahem changes. But we sadly needed an executive head. And, if I may say so, Mr. Hodder, you strike me as a man of that type, who might have made a success in a business career." The rector smiled again. "I am sure you could pay me no higher compliment," he answered.
Plimpton felt any uneasiness, he did not betray it. And he managed to elicit from the agent, in an entirely casual and jovial manner, the fact that Mr. Hodder, a month or so before, had settled the rent of a woman for a Dalton Street flat, and had been curious to discover the name of the owner. Mr. Gaines, whose business it was to recognize everybody, was sure of Mr.
Religion, he began to perceive, was an undertaking, are attempt to find unity and harmony of the soul by adopting, after mature thought, a definite principle in life. If harmony resulted, if the principle worked, it was true. Hodder kept an open mind, but he became a pragmatist so far.
John's, a few people of moderate means whose houses or apartments the rector visited; people to whom modern life was increasingly perplexing. In these ranks were certain maiden ladies and widows who found in church work an outlet to an otherwise circumscribed existence. Hodder met them continually in his daily rounds.
Hodder?" she asked, a little breathlessly. "Not at all," he said, drawing up a chair. "Won't you sit down?" She obeyed. There was an awkward pause during which the colour slowly rose to her face. "I wanted to ask you one or two things," she began, not very steadily. "As perhaps you may know, I was brought up in this church, baptized and confirmed in it.
God wished us to know how to live, in order that we might find happiness, and therefore Christ taught us that the way to find happiness was to teach others how to live, once we found out. Such was the meaning of Christ's Incarnation, to teach us how to live in order that we might find God and happiness. And Hodder translated for her the word Incarnation.
"I don't believe mother really was as much shocked as she appeared to be," said Eleanor. "At any rate, the thing that had struck us you and me was that Mr. Hodder looked as though he could say something helpful, if he only would.
I hoped we'd get a rector with modern ideas, who would be able to tell me what to teach my children. Little Phil and Harriet come back from Sunday school with all sorts of questions, and I feel like a hypocrite. At any rate, if Mr. Hodder hasn't done anything else, he's made me want to know." "What do you mean by a man of modern ideas, Eleanor?" inquired Mr. Bridges, with evident relish.
Hodder did not desire to remain in the parish when it was so apparent that the doctrines which he now preached were not acceptable to most of those who supported the church. Hodder the success which he was sure he deserved, and gave him every assurance of his friendship. Asa Waring was about to rise, when he perceived that Hodder himself was on his feet.
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