table--The Clergy-House, its
opportunities and risks--The duty of Example--Is it remembered as
it used to be?--"For their sakes I sanctify Myself"--"Others" and
their claims on us--Manner--Temper--Simeon's patience--The Secret
of the Presence 79
CHAPTER V.
_THE DAILY WALK WITH OTHERS_ (ii.).
"Take heed unto thyself"--Relations with Woman--Christian
chivalry--And Christian caution--Special difficulties--"Know
thyself"--Celibacy--The Clergyman's Wife--The problem of
means--The Clergyman and money--Pecuniary intemperance--Accurate
accounts--Investment circulars--"Lay not up for yourselves" 101
CHAPTER VI.
_THE DAILY WALK WITH OTHERS_ (iii.).
Curate and Incumbent--A Chancellor on Curates--The ideal
Incumbent--No Incumbent perfect--And no parish perfectly
content--Loyal watchfulness needed accordingly--The Curate's
Party--"The lost grace, humility"--Subordination--Take sides
against yourself--A letter to _The Record_ on Curates'
grievances. 123
CHAPTER VII.
_PASTOR IN PARISH_ (i.).
A boundless subject--Visiting--All-important--Prepare for
the round with prayer--Method--Brevity but not hurry--An
example--Courtesy--It must be impartial--Visitation of the
sick--Its special demands--Punctuality always a duty--Use of
the Bible--The advantage of coming as "the Clergyman"--Mistaken
for the undertaker--Come to the point--Lying in wait for the
occasion--Happy rebukes to timid reticence 147
CHAPTER VIII.
_PASTOR IN PARISH_ (ii.).
Teach as you go--Urgent need of teaching--About Christ--And
the Holy Spirit--And Sacraments--Common mistakes about the
teaching of the Church--Sin--Evidences--Recollections of a
visiting round--The retired tradesman--The sceptical
blacksmith--The invalid artizan--The civil-servant--The
consumptive--The dying printer--The cripple--Aged poor
saints--Saddening visits--Humbling memories--A bright
conversion at eighty-two 173
CHAPTER IX.
_THE CLERGYMAN AND THE PRAYER BOOK._
"As bad as inspired"--Imperfections in the Book--Yet it is
priceless--Spirituality of the Prayer Book--What it takes for
granted in the worshipper--A remarkable reason for secession--The
Prayer Book as a weapon--Its Scripturality--Its
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