THE CONSECRATED IDOL
“A Hindu idol may Ih> made in Birmingham and bought I'm- a low rupees in an Eastern bazaar. Tim cliildi'c , n will play with it with offence to none until it. receives consecration by the priest. Then, as its devotees suppose the spiritual presence of the divinity which it represents appears within it. I have been crticised for comparing Eucharistic magic to Hindu idolatry; but as most missionaries know, the paraded is exact We must .-weep away such primitive fancies. They are harmful to humanity because they corrupt religion by falsehood'. The essence of religion is to teach that Hod is revealed through goodness, beauty, and truth, and that He is only rightly worshipped as tin* worshipper helps to create these values in the world. I find a sacramental revelation in a wood carpeted with bluebells or in a blackthorn hedge.”—llishop Barnes
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1928, Page 8
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145Untitled Hokitika Guardian, 19 December 1928, Page 8
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