Other persons in the congregation felt more or less hurt by the plain way Philip had spoken, especially the members who took and read the Sunday paper.

They went away feeling that, while much that he said was true, there was too much strictness in the minister's view of the whole subject.

This feeling grew as days went on.
People said Philip did not know all the facts in regard to people's business and the complications which necessitated Sunday work, and so forth.
These were the beginnings of troublesome times for Philip.

The trial of the saloon-keeper was coming on in a few days, and Philip would be called to witness in the case.

He dreaded it with a nervous dread peculiar to his sensitive temper.