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Excerpt from The Old-Time Parson
His book makes no pretension to be a complete T and regular history of the clerical office. Many volumes would be needed to record the lives, manners, and customs of the clergy. The writer has tried to paint a portrait of the parson at various stages of his career, to catch a glimpse of the Saxon and mediaval cleric, to see the bishop in his palace, to show what kind of cleric ruled in Elizabethan and later times, to picture him in his pulpit and among his ?ock, in his sufferings and in his successes, and to discover what other men have written about him. It is a companion portrait to that of T be Paris/z Clerk, who won much favour last year in the eyes of many readers; and if the latter had his picture painted, it is only fair that the occupant of the higher tier of the three-decker should share his honour. We venture to hope that the admirers of the clerk will consent to raise their eyes to the parson, who always needs the sympathy and friendship of his fellows, and who by his good deeds, his patience under disappointment, his services to Church and State and to the few sheep in the wilder ness over whom he exercises his pastoral care, is perhaps not unworthy of their affection and regard. The writer desires to express his most grateful thanks to many correspondents who have kindly sent him anec.
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