Salem Chapel tells the story of Arthur Vincent, recent graduate of Homerton College, Cambridge, who has been called to pastor Salem Chapel upon the retirement of its previous minister, Mr Tufton.... More > Salem belongs to the Dissenters of Carlingford, to whom Oliphant attributes varying degrees of kindness, hospitality, generosity, commercial acumen, stubbornness, and complacency. Chapel life is naturally rooted in Carlingford's mercantile center, and the cheerful bustle of tea-meetings, singing classes, charitable and missionary activities echoes the hum of commerce. At the center of this "brisk succession of 'Chapel business'", stands the minister. He is, Oliphant declares, "everything in his little world. That respectable connection would not have hung together half so closely but for this perpetual subject of discussion, criticism, and patronage".< Less
Salem Chapel tells the story of Arthur Vincent, recent graduate of Homerton College, Cambridge, who has been called to pastor Salem Chapel upon the retirement of its previous minister, Mr Tufton.... More > Salem belongs to the Dissenters of Carlingford, to whom Oliphant attributes varying degrees of kindness, hospitality, generosity, commercial acumen, stubbornness, and complacency. Chapel life is naturally rooted in Carlingford's mercantile center, and the cheerful bustle of tea-meetings, singing classes, charitable and missionary activities echoes the hum of commerce. At the center of this "brisk succession of 'Chapel business'", stands the minister. He is, Oliphant declares, "everything in his little world. That respectable connection would not have hung together half so closely but for this perpetual subject of discussion, criticism, and patronage".< Less
There is nothing quite like sitting in a dimly lit chapel in the middle of the night. Such quiet stillness allows one to stop and face the thoughts and feelings that do not often see the light of... More > day. Being alone in the presence of God, who knows all and sees all, inevitably leads to questions and answers, which can be bitterly ruthless. The poems in this volume were written in large part during times spent alone, in a chapel, kneeling in silent contemplation. Some celebrate the wonderful presence of love in life, while others mourn its apparent absence and lament the reasons why. Yet, even in utter devastation there is hope, as memories drive the fight to regain what we know is possible.< Less
Another entertaining instalment of The Stardust Diaries.
Going to the Chapel takes up immediately from where The Stardust Diaries 2006 left off and takes the reader on a journey through the rest of... More > the year.
Did Twinkles forsake Tarn for another?
Who was the trusted friend of Tarn’s he slept with?
Is Tarn's new date destined to replace Twinkles in his affections?
Only time and Tarn will tell, as he once again takes up the pen to journal the days of his life.< Less
Going to the Chapel
Another wonderful instalment of The Stardust Diaries that takes up Tarn and Twinkle’s story from the beginning of June 2006
Did Twinkles forsake Tarn for another?
Who... More > was the trusted friend of Tarn’s he slept with?
Is Tarn's new date destined to replace Twinkles in his affections?
Only time and Tarn will tell, as he once again takes up the pen to journal the days of his life.< Less
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