Mr. Gear.:
—Well I don't think much of apostolic authority myself. But I supposed the rest of you thought you were bound by any precedents Paul had set.
Mr. Hardcap.:
—It's mighty high seems to me for a young man to be making of himself out as good as the apostle Paul.
Mr. Wheaton.:
—I like that young Mapleson, and I like his letter. I wish we could get him. Is there any chance of persuading him to come, Mr. Laicus? not as a candidate you know, but just to preach, in good faith like any other man.
Mr. Gear shrugs his shoulders.
Laicus,: [(decidedly).]
—No! and I should not want to be the one to try.
Mr. Wheaton.: