The New Minister's Great Opportunity
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A funeral sermon becomes a difficult assignment for Mr. Holt, a young minister in a New England village. Uncle Capen has lived to a hundred, and his family expects a detailed account of his life. The neighbors readily supply jokes and odd sayings, but Holt struggles to gather the kind of material they want. Conversations in a shoemaker's shop and the homes of local residents reveal how thoroughly everyone knows the old man, and how awkwardly that knowledge fits a formal tribute.
Chaplin's short story draws its humor from village talk, wounded pride and the gap between public ceremony and ordinary experience. As the crowded church awaits the sermon, Holt considers a century of change and the worth of an honest life. Readers interested in local speech and social observation will find a compact study of how a community remembers one of its members.
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- Heman White Chaplin
- Pages
- 11
- Language
- English
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- American Classics
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