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And into his mind, so strangely
compounded of worldliness and spirituality, came a further dream
- of Delight and Graham Spencer - of ease at last for the girl after
the struggle to keep up appearances of a clergyman's family in a
wealthy parish.
Money had gradually assumed an undue importance in his mind. Every
Sunday, every service, he dealt in money. He reminded his people
of the church debt. He begged for various charities. He tried hard
to believe that the money that came in was given to the Lord, but
he knew perfectly well that it went to the janitor and the plumber
and the organist. He watched the offertory after the sermon, and
only too often as he stood waiting, before raising it before the
altar, he wondered if the people felt that they had received their
money's worth.
He had started life with a dream of service, but although his own
sturdy faith persisted, he had learned the cost of religion in
dollars and cents. So, going up town, he wondered if Clayton would
increase his church subscription, now that things were well with him.


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