The Darkness of the Priesthood

Mr Dimmsdale longed to speak out from his own pulpit at the full height of his voice and tell the people what he was. The aged members of his flock, beholding Mr Dimmsdale's frame so feeble, believed that he would go heavenward before them. They enjoined it upon their children that their old bones should be buried close to their young pastor's holy grave. It is inconceivable the agony with which this public veneration tortured him. He had striven to put a cheat upon himself by making the avowal of a guilty conscience, but had gained only one other sin, and a self-acknowledged shame,. without the momentary relief of

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