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Middler's desire to the contrary. But there were now several earnest young people in the church membership who were anxious to be set to work to some purpose. The association was a small one at first. Janice was a member. Soon the influence of the organization began to be felt in more ways than one.
"An' Lem a perfessin' member of Mr. Middler's church an' me attendin' the same for goin' on thutty-seven years " "But surely, Mrs. Parraday, you are not to blame because your husband sells liquor," put in Janice, sorry for the poor woman and trying to comfort her. "Why ain't I?" sharply demanded the tavern-keeper's wife. "I've been Lem's partner for endurin' all that time, too thutty-seven years.
Middler's first sermon on temperance was in no uncertain tone. Indeed, that good man's discourses nowadays were very different from those he had been wont to give the congregation of the Union Church when Janice had first come to Polktown. In the old-fashioned phrase, Mr. Middler had "found liberty." There was nothing sensational about his sermons.
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