John Hodder becomes rector of St. John’s, the richest church in a great Middle Western city, whose leading pew-holder is the financier Eldon Parr. As he meets the poor of the slums around the church and hears their stories, Hodder begins to question the comfortable creed of his congregation and the source of their wealth, at the risk of his pulpit.
A bestseller of 1913 by the American novelist, not the British statesman, for readers interested in faith and the social gospel. Download the free EPUB.