"They come to our church" was the argument of first force whether for calling or for charity.

It was impossible to feel toward a Congregationalist or an Episcopalian as you felt toward one who sang the same hymns and sat under the same admonition week by week, year in and year out, as yourself.

"Wesleyans, are they ?" a lady of Knox Church would remark of the newly arrived, in whom her interest was suggested.

"Then let the Wesleyans look after them." A pew-holder had a distinct status; an "adherent" enjoyed friendly consideration, especially if he adhered faithfully; and stray attendants from other congregations were treated with punctilious hospitality, places being found for them in the Old Testament, as if they could hardly be expected to discover such things for themselves.

The religious interest had also the strongest domestic character in quite another sense from that of the family prayers which Dr Drummond was always enjoying.