CHAPTER 11.
Mr.Tryan's most unfriendly observers were obliged to admit that he gave himself no rest.

Three sermons on Sunday, a night-school for young men on Tuesday, a cottage-lecture on Thursday, addresses to school-teachers, and catechizing of school-children, with pastoral visits, multiplying as his influence extended beyond his own district of Paddiford Common, would have been enough to tax severely the powers of a much stronger man.

Mr.
Pratt remonstrated with him on his imprudence, but could not prevail on him so far to economize time and strength as to keep a horse.

On some ground or other, which his friends found difficult to explain to themselves, Mr.Tryan seemed bent on wearing himself out.

His enemies were at no loss to account for such a course.