THE TOUCH OF “FLAMING ENTHUSIASM.”
“It is the touch of flaming enthusiasm,” writes Dr. Sidney Berry, in the “Yorkshire Observer,” which is needed by all the Churhces to-day to carry their gospel home to the hearts of the people. All the great religious movements have had that fire behind them, and religion is not equipped for its work when it has arrived at a comprehensive interpretation of life. It is tne emotional chilliness of modern religion which is its most serious lack. id sets forth a sane view of life, but it is without drive. To reconcile the individual and social aspect of religion has been a great achievement, and the old narrow views ai;e no longer possible. But what is wanted now is the fire which can fuse the prevailng indifference. That is the task. Enthusiasm is always easier to command for a one-sided message. . . . When the broader view of things is backed by conviction at white-heat, we are likely to see one of the greatest religious advances which the world has ever known.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1929, Page 8
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