The house was crowded long before the hour of service.

There were many beating, excited hearts in that audience.

More than one member felt a shame at the action which had been taken, and might have wished it recalled.

With the great number of working-men and young people in the church there was only one feeling; it was a feeling of love for Philip and of sorrow for what had been done.

The fact that he had been away from the city, that he had not talked over the matter with any one, owing to his absence, the uncertainty as to how he would receive the whole thing, what he would say on this first Sunday after the letter had been written--this attracted a certain number of persons who never go inside a church except for some extraordinary occasion or in hopes of a sensation.