Book Excerptt up in the careful Christianmanner that he has been can show such unnatural depravity. It is a dark, mysterious providence, to which I feel I cannot submit."Though young Haldane was aware of his mother's intolerance ofdisreputable vices and follies, he was not prepared for her strong andeven bitter condemnation of his action. Having never been taught toendure from her nor from any one the language of rebuke, he retorted asa son never should do in any circumstances, and stormy scenes followed.Thus the mother was at last rudely awakened to the fact that her son wasnot a model youth, and that something must be done speedily, or else hemight go to destruction, and in the meantime disgrace both himself andher--an event almost equally to be dreaded.In her distress and perplexity she summoned her pastor, and took counselwith him. At her request the venerable man readily agreed to "talk to"the wayward subject, and thought that his folly and its consequencescould be placed before the young manRead Mor