"Well," said Philip, slowly, as he seemed to grasp the meaning of his wife's words, "to tell the truth, I never thought of that!" He sat down and looked troubled.

"Do you think, Sarah, that because he is a negro the church will refuse to receive him to membership?
It would not be Christian to refuse him." "There are other things that are Christian which the Church of Christ on earth does not do, Philip,["] replied his wife, almost bitterly.

"But whatever else Calvary Church may do or not do, I am very certain it will never consent to admit to membership a black man." "But here[sic] are so few negroes in Milton that they have no church.

I cannot counsel him to unite with his own people.

Calvary Church must admit him!" Philip spoke with the quiet determination which always marked his convictions when they were settled.
"But suppose the committee refuses to report his name favorably to the church--what then ?" Mrs.Strong spoke with a gleam of hope in her heart that Philip would be roused to indignation that he would resign and leave Milton.
Philip did not reply at once.