A mill town pastor; the story of a witty and valiant priest
Joseph P. Conroy
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, May 19, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...more to add to this list, it will simplify our process of elimination and enable us to focus our attention upon the worthy." Nobody stirred. The reaction was nil. Father Coffey waited in silence to see what the others would say. They said nothing. They were back in the stone age. "I couldn't quite get it all," said one of them afterwards. "But I knew some one was throwing a marlinspike into the machinery." Father Coffey arose. He had not much patience with the professional uplifters. As a class, they did not seem genuine to him. "Lady," he said, "and gentlemen: I do not wish to make a long speech, because we haven't the time now for anything but work. However, I am certain that I voice the opinion of every man here when I express our appreciation of the incomprehensibility of the beauty of the instruction our friend has vouchsafed us. "Especially illuminating are the lady's remarks upon statistics as compared to loot. It recalls to our minds, I am sure, the saying of Thucydides, that 'the only thing loot needs to succeed is to have itself backed up by statistics.' And in the present work, if we wish to avoid the rift in the loot, we shall likewise have to steer clear of statistics. "As to the five names given, all I have to say is that if Arthur Landers catches fish, he has no stove to cook them on. If David Whipple owns a market garden, he can't put his head under water and pull up radishes with his teeth. If Thomas Williams drinks, his wife and children must eat. As for the others, they may be making money, but if any of us found a millionaire starving in the desert, we wouldn't tell him to take out his bank book and eat it. "To conclude, I move that we start in this very hour to make the distribution...