There is no more Christianity about him than there is about a black , naked heathen in Africa and never will be . But he 's clever and well read and he judges sermons as he would lectures . Anyhow , it 's well he backs up Mr. Meredith and the children as he does , for they 'll need friends more than ever after this . I am tired of making excuses for them , believe ME . '' `` Do you know , dear Miss Cornelia , '' said Anne seriously , `` I think we have all been making too many excuses . It is very foolish and we ought to stop it . I am going to tell you what I 'd LIKE to do . I sha n't do it , of course '' -- Anne had noted a glint of alarm in Susan 's eye -- `` it would be too unconventional , and we must be conventional or die , after we reach what is supposed to be a dignified age . But I 'd LIKE to do it . I 'd like to call a meeting of the Ladies Aid and W.M.S. and the Girls Sewing Society , and include in the audience all and any Methodists who have been criticizing the Merediths -- although I do think if we Presbyterians stopped criticizing and excusing we would find that other denominations would trouble themselves very little about our manse folks . I would say to them , ` Dear Christian friends ' -- with marked emphasis on ` Christian ' -- I have something to say to you and I want to say it good and hard , that you may take it home and repeat it to your families . You Methodists need not pity us , and we Presbyterians need not pity ourselves . We are not going to do it any more . And we are going to say , boldly and truthfully , to all critics and sympathizers , ` We are PROUD of our minister and his family . Mr. Meredith is the best preacher Glen St. Mary church ever had . Moreover , he is a sincere , earnest teacher of truth and Christian charity . He is a faithful friend , a judicious pastor in all essentials , and a refined , scholarly , well-bred man . His family are worthy of him . Gerald Meredith is the cleverest pupil in the Glen school , and Mr. Hazard says that he is destined to a brilliant career . He is a manly , honourable , truthful little fellow .
Faith Meredith is a beauty , and as inspiring and original XXXXX she is beautiful .
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