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THEY AGREED THEN AND AFTER

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 16, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 11.

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THEY AGREED THEN AND AFTER.

A BAPTIST minister took charge of a parish near Boston where he knew that one man was decidedly opposed to his pastorate. Soon after his arrival the Rev. Mr. X. called upon Mr. A.
“Brother,” said he, “I hear that you think I am the wrong man to be the pastor of this church.”
“Well, to be frank,” replied Mr. A., “I do think that another would have filled the place better.”
“Now that is just what I think,” said the pastor. “But as long as we hold this opinion in opposition to the majority of the parishioners, let’s try to be unselfish and make the best of it.”
After that Mr. X. never had a firmer friend nor more faithful champion than Mr. A.—Selected.