The Lost Sermon (1914) Online
John Strong, a young clergyman, in charge of a city church, fails in health. He is ordered by his physician to resign and live in the country for a year. He accepts the position of schoolmaster in a country school. Among his pupils is Rosamond Day, a girl of seventeen, living with her grandmother. Their palatial home is heavily mortgaged. The man who holds a lien on the property, George Phillips, desires to marry Rosamond. He is an avaricious creature. A romantic feeling is awakened between Rosamond and John Strong. John, believing her to be wealthy, does not ask her to marry him on account of his situation in life, and at the end of the term the two sorrowfully part, compelled by circumstances to go their separate ways, each passing, save for memory, completely out of the other's life. Phillips now resorts to a desperate measure to make Rosamond his wife. Mrs. Day is unable to meet the interest on the loan. Phillips tells her in her despair that he will cancel all her debts if she ...
| Cast overview: | |||
 | William Garwood | - | Rev. John Strong |
 | Vivian Rich | - | Rosamond Day |
 | Jack Richardson | - | George Phillips |
 | Louise Lester | - | Mrs. Day - Rosamond's Grandmother |
 | Harry De Vere | - | Old Nelse |
| B. Reeves Eason | - | Dr. Graham (as Reaves Eason) |
 | Harry von Meter | - | The Negro |
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