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"Yes," assented B. "You can put in that if you like. YES ASSENTED B YOU CAN PUT THAT IN IF YOU LIKE
shepherd lad, from the Mary and the Jesus down to the meanest super, all work for the love of their religion, not for money. Each one feels that he is helping forward the cause of Christianity." "And I could also speak," I add, "of grand old Daisenberger, the gentle, simple old priest, 'the father of the valley,' who now lies in silence among his children that he loved so well. It was he, you know, that shaped the rude burlesque of a coarser age into the impressive reverential drama that we saw yesterday. That is a portrait of him over the bed. What a plain, homely, good face it is! How pleasant, how helpful it is to come across a good face now and then! I do not mean a sainted face, suggestive of stained glass and marble tombs, but a rugged human face that has had the grit, and rain, and sunshine of life rubbed into it, and that has gained its expression, not by looking up with longing at the stars, but by looking down with eyes full of laughter and love at the human things around it. E CHURCH FROM BURGOMASTER DOWN TO SHEPHERD LAD FROM THE MARY AND THE JESUS DOWN TO THE MEANEST SUPER ALL WORK FOR THE LOVE OF THEIR RELIGION NOT FOR MONEY EACH ONE FEELS THAT HE IS HELPING FORWARD THE CAUSE OF CHRISTIANITY AND I COULD ALSO SPEAK I ADD OF GRAND OLD DAISENBERGHER THE GENTLE SIMPLE OLD PRIEST THE FATHER OF THE VALLEY WHO NOW LIES IN SILENCE AMONG HIS CHILDREN THAT HE LOVED SO WELL IT WAS HE YOU KNOW THAT SHAPED THE RUDE BURLESQUE OF A COARSER AGE INTO THE IMPRESSIVE REVERENTIAL DRAMA THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY THAT IS A PORTRAIT OF HIM OVER THE BED WHAT A PLAIN HOMELY GOOD FACE IT IS HOW PLEASANT HOW HELPFUL IT IS TO COME ACROSS A GOOD FACE NOW AND THEN I DO NOT MEAN A SAINTED FACE SUGGESTIVE OF STAINED GLASS AND MARBLE TOMBS BUT A RUGGED HUMAN FACE THAT HAS HAD THE GRIT AND RAIN AND SUNSHINE OF LIFE RUBBED INTO IT AND THAT HAS GAINED ITS EXPRESSION NOT BY LOOKING UP WITH LONGING AT THE STARS BUT BY LOOKING DOWN WITH EYES FULL OF LAUGHTER AND LOVE AT THE HUMAN THINGS AROUND IT
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