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 as she is beautiful . There is nothing commonplace about her . All the other girls in the Glen put together have n't the vim , and wit , and joyousness and ` spunk ' she has . She has not an enemy in the world . Every one who knows her loves her . Of how many , children or grown-ups , can that be said ? Una Meredith is sweetness personified . She will make a most lovable woman . Carl Meredith , with his love for ants and frogs and spiders , will some day be a naturalist whom all Canada -- nay , all the world , will delight to honour . Do you know of any other family in the Glen , or out of it , of whom all these things can be said ? Away with shamefaced excuses and apologies . We REJOICE in our minister and his splendid boys and girls ! '' Anne stopped , partly because she was out of breath after her vehement speech and partly because she could not trust herself to speak further in view of Miss Cornelia 's face . That good lady was staring helplessly at Anne , apparently engulfed in billows of new ideas .
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