Characters
- Theron Ware - A Methodist minister who begins to question his faith when he is faced with people who live and work outside of his faith.
- Alice Ware - Theron's wife. They met and were married very quickly and later fell into debt. While Theron forgave himself about the debt, Alice was still upset about it.
- Abram Beekman - A man from Tyre who gave the Wares a loan so they could "start over".
- Loren Pierce - Octavius trustee who "does not know how to smile". He is very anti-Irish Catholic.
- Erastus Winch - Octavius trustee. Very smart yet tight with money.
- Levi Gorringe - Octavius trustee. A nonreligious no non-sense lawyer who probably has a drinking problem. He became good friends with Alice and later becomes a member of the Methodist parish.
- Mr. MacEvoy - Worker at a wagon shop who is injured and issued his last rites by Father Forbes.
- Father Vincent Forbes - An Irish Catholic priest in Octavius.
- Celia Madden - Daughter of the wagon-shop owner and organist at the Catholic Church, although she is not Catholic and believes in the Greek philosophy.
- Dr. Ledsmar - An elderly nonreligious scientist and expert of Assyriology.
- Jeremiah Madden - Octavius' richest citizen with many children, including Celia.
- Candace Soulsby - A debt-raiser who uses outlandish activities to raise money for churches.
- Brother Soulsby - Sister Soulsby's husband.
- Erastus Winch - Pledged money to the Methodist church but was unable to pay. His case was voted on by the trustees.
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