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and his head had been shorn by the bishop in

accordance with the canon of the church. He

did not receive consecration, nor did he fulfill

the duties of a priest, but he became a

member of the clergy, holding the title of his

office, and receiving an allowance in

consideration thereof.

Now, feeling that he could never become a

priest, he turned for a time to the study of

law, but finally abandoned this purpose and

determined to devote his life to the gospel.

But he hesitated to become a public teacher.

He was naturally timid, and was burdened

with a sense of the weighty responsibility of

the position, and he desired still to devote

himself to study. The earnest entreaties of his

friends, however, at last won his consent.

“Wonderful it is,” he said, “that one of so