TELLING THE TRUTH.
“It takes two to tell the truth, one to speak and one to hear. If, when we are trying to strengthen the faith of our hearers we send them awav disturbed and distressed and uncertain how much of what they have been taught remains standing, we have failed badly and done harm instead of good. On the other hand, if we pretend to believe in the literal truth of what is to us the language of devotion, which is the language of poetry, we may be grieving the Spirit of Truth. In theology as in practical politics, there is a great temptation to take a seapon’ticket; on the line of least resistance, and to call it statesmanship. But I am sure that many preachers underrate the intelligence of their hearers, and do not realise that many of them would value a perfectly candid discussion of problems from the pulpit,”.—Dean Inge,
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1930, Page 2
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153TELLING THE TRUTH. Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1930, Page 2
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