Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1910 — VICAR HAS STRANGE CALL [ARTICLE]

VICAR HAS STRANGE CALL

Rev. Thomas EddlestOn, formerly rector of High Rodlng, Essex, Eng., recently commenced his duties as vicar of Braintree, and in an address from the pulpit explained why he had transferred from the one living to the other, thereby sacrificing about SSOO a year. He said before he knew that the Braintree living was vacant he woke up in the middle of the night at High Rodlng, and heard a strange passage of Scripture ringing in his ears: "Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.” The vicar said he thought there must be a child in distress at High Rodlng, and he searched about the parish for two days to see if there was anyone being neglected, but he could* find no one. Then he received the Offer of the living at Braintree, and regarding it as a direct call from God, he accepted, as he considered it his duty to undertake the nursing of the children of Braintree.