His conduct of the service on that memorable Sunday was admirable.
When it was over he was surrounded by different ones who had taken part either for or against the sexton.

There was much said about the matter.
But all the arguments and excuses and comments on the affair could not remove the heart-ache from Philip.

He could not reconcile the action of the church with the spirit of the church's Master, Jesus; and when he finally reached home and calmly reviewed the events of the morning, he was more and more grieved for the church and for his Master.

It seemed to him that a great mistake had been made, and that Calvary Church had disgraced the name of Christianity.
As he had been in the habit of doing since he moved into the neighborhood of the tenements, Philip went out in the afternoon to visit the sick and the sorrowful.

The shutting down of the mills had resulted in an immense amount of suffering and trouble.