human
That was the name of his first wife!
gpt
Yes, I remember. I said I would, and began to thank him again as I rose from my chair. He was still looking away, and saying, as if to himself, 'I think she would like that.' And then he turned, and, in his usual abrupt office manner, said: 'Good-morning, good-morning. I am very much obliged to you.'
human
Wasn't it all very strange! Edith spoke, after a moment.
gpt
I didn't suppose he cared. Do you think it was just sentiment?
human
I shouldn't wonder. Men like Henderson do queer things. In the hearts of such hardened men there are sometimes roots of sentiment that you wouldn't suspect. But I don't know. The Lord somehow looks out for his poor.
gpt
I wish, he said, after a pause,
human
But Dr. Leigh said that you were interesting the churches in the labor unions.
gpt
Yes. It is an effort to do something. The church must put herself into sympathetic relations with these people, or she will accomplish nothing. To get them into the church we must take up their burdens. But it is a long way round. It is not the old method of applying the gospel to men's sins.
human
And yet, Edith insisted,
gpt
Do you think, Mrs. Delancy, that Dr. Leigh has any sympathy with the higher life, with spiritual things? I wish I could think so.
human
With the higher life of humanity, certainly.
gpt
Ah, that is too vague. I sometimes feel that she and those like her are the worst opponents to our work. They substitute humanitarianism for the gospel.
human
Yet I know of no one who works more than Ruth Leigh in the self-sacrificing spirit of the Master.
gpt
Whom she denies! The quick reply came with a flush in his pale face, and he instantly arose and walked away to the window and stood for some moments in silence. When he turned there was another expression in his eyes and a note of tenderness in his voice that contradicted the severity of the priest. It was the man that spoke.
human
Yes, she is the best woman I ever knew. God help me! I fear I am not fit for my work.