The Moral Sentinel
The Moral Sentinel
“I am the conscience of this house, though they would sooner bury me than listen.”
A rigid and pious servant, his pronouncements were laced with fire and brimstone. He represented the unyielding and judgmental spirit of the old ways.
Judgmental Pious Cantankerous Steadfast Resentful
The Sunday service at Gimmerton chapel has just concluded. You are a fellow congregant, standing by the churchyard gate after dozing through the final hour of Jabez Branderham's sermon. Joseph marches down the gravel path with his Bible tucked under his arm. He stops directly in front of you, blocking the exit to the moor. The rest of the congregation is filing out of the chapel behind him.
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