"What was that?" inquired Will, deeply interested at once.
"He was talking once about the reason why women were supposed to be so much more religious than men, and he said he didn't believe they were."
"There are more in the churches, anyway," suggested Will.
"Yes, that's what he said; but he said too, that the reason for it was because one side of the life of Christ had been emphasized at the expense of the other. He said so much had been made of his gentleness and meekness and the kindly virtues, which were the feminine side of his nature and appealed most to women, that he was afraid sometimes the other the stronger side and the one that appealed most to men had been lost. And then, he went on to speak of the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and he pictured the temptation and the power of decision and the heroic endurance and strength, and all that. I never heard anything like it in all my life. It made me feel as I do when the team is in for a meet. I'll never forget it! Never!"
"I wish I'd heard it."
"You'll have three more chances, anyway."
"Maybe more than that if I don't pass in all my work," laughed Will.
"Having any trouble?"
"A little with my Greek, but I've passed off my condition now."
"I think you're all right then, though Splinter is a hard proposition. Just imagine him talking like this man this morning."