This was why he had endured his father’s scorn and his brothers’ confusion by going into the church. When people needed help, they went to a clergyman. And he wanted to be that person who people turned to for help. Somebody had to fill in the gaps—make sure the elderly had company, the sick solace, the poor food. He had spent his childhood doing that for his family and he knew he wanted to spend the rest of the life doing more of the same.
