“BURTON'S BEST.”
"In all his experience of war, the best soldier was the best Christian." — Captain-chnplain Burton, Christchurch. "Tho Best Christian was tho Best Soldior." The Inference: No man could become the "best of Christians" unless he also booamo a soldier. Tlie Deduction: Burton is not the "bost of Christians" because lie is not in the firing lino. - Tho Question: Why, therefore, ere Burton and all other clergymen "exempted" under tJie Defence Act from training and from service? The Answer: Because tjioy are not the "bost of Christians." Will Burton publicly explain? Will he also explain the attitude of the early Christians and "tho Fathers" towards war? If this is '''Burton's best," what must his worst bo like?
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 70, 12 July 1912, Page 2
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135“BURTON'S BEST.” Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 70, 12 July 1912, Page 2
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