'' It was even
known to brag of what it called my ``spunk,'' and
perhaps it was this quality, rather than any other,
which I most needed in that particular parish at
that time. As for me, when the fight was over I
dropped it from my mind, and it had not entered
my thoughts for years, until I began to summon
these memories.
At the end of my first six months in East Dennis
I was asked to take on, also, the temporary charge
of the Congregational Church at Dennis, two miles
and a half away. I agreed to do this until a per-
manent pastor could be found, on condition that I
should preach at Dennis on Sunday afternoons, using
the same sermon I preached in my own pulpit in the
morning. The arrangement worked so well that it
lasted for six and a half years--until I resigned from
my East Dennis church. During that period, more-
over, I not only carried the two churches on my
shoulders, holding three meetings each Sunday, but
I entered upon and completed a course in the
Boston Medical School, winning my M.D. in 1885,
and I also lectured several times a month during
the winter seasons. These were, therefore, among
the most strenuous as well as the most interesting
years of my existence, and I mention the strain of
them only to prove my life-long contention, that
congenial work, no matter how much there is of
it, has never yet killed any one!
After my battle with the Free Religious Group
things moved much more smoothly in the parish.
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