On one Monday afternoon in July, 1840, Mr. and Mrs. Broad sat at tea
in the study. This was Mr. Broad's habit on Monday afternoon. On
that day, after the three sermons on the Sunday, he always professed
himself "Mondayish." The morning was given over to calling in the
town; when he had dined he slept in his large leathern chair; and at
five husband and wife had tea by themselves. Thomas, the eldest son,
and his two younger sisters, Priscilla and Tryphosa, aged seventeen
and fifteen, were sent to the dining-room. Mr. Broad never omitted
this custom of spending an hour and a half on Monday with Mrs. Broad.
It gave them an opportunity of talking over the affairs of the
congregation, and it added to Mr. Broad's importance with the
missionary students, because they saw how great were the weight and
fatigue of the pastoral office.
A flock like that which was shepherded by Mr. Broad required some
management. Mrs. Broad took the women, and Mr. Broad the men; but
Mrs. Broad was not a very able tactician. She was a Flavel by birth,
and came from a distant part of the country. Her father was a
Dissenting minister; but he was Dr. Flavel, with a great chapel in a
great town.
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