So long had the self-conscious Rev. Basil W. B. Matthews, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, London, endured the scrutiny of his congregation, that last week he broke into psalmodic lament:
"Be he grave or serious in his demeanor: seeking to uphold the dignity of his cloth,
"He is said to be standoffish, 'pi' and uppish: yea, the ungodly call him 'Holy Joe.'
"So then he trieth to be gay, greeting all and sundry with a merry jest; but this, too, displeaseth some.
"With young men and maidens, too, the parson hath his problems: for if...
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