PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY HOWARD E. ALTEMUS

TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [I AM CHOSEN INSTEAD OF THE PRAYER MEETING VIRGIN]
II. [I BUILD FOR MYSELF A MONUMENT MORE ENDURING THAN BRASS]
III. [THE REVIVAL AT REDWINE]
IV. [WILLIAM AS A LEADER OF FORLORN HOPE]
V. [GOD'S ANNUALS]
VI. [WILLIAM ENTERS HIS WORLDLY MIND]
VII. [THE LITTLE ITINERANT—AND OTHERS]
VIII. [I HOLD THE STAGE]
IX. [WILLIAM AND THE FEMININE SOUL]
X. [WILLIAM BECOMES A PRODIGAL]
XI. [FINANCES AND FASHIONS]
XII. [THE CHEERFUL LITTLE DOG THAT LED THE BLIND MAN]
XIII. [WILLIAM WRESTLING WITH TRAVELING ANGELS]
XIV. [CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT THE NATURE OF A PRIEST]
XV. [SKELETONS IN WILLIAM'S DOCTRINAL CLOSET]
XVI. [IN THE LITTLE GRAVEYARD BEHIND REDWINE CHURCH]
XVII. [BACK AGAIN TO THE WORLD]
XVIII. [CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES ABOUT THE CHURCH]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[ The Old, Burly Country Doctor Bending Above Me . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ Brother Tom Pratt, a Prominent Member, Had Backslided ]

[ With Such Sad Hunger in Their Faces ]

[ "I'll Pay You, Parson. I'll Pay as Soon as I'm Able" ]