CHRISTIANITY
HAS IT BEEN TRIED? Bernard Shaw’s caustic remark that Christianity has never been tried is not wholly true, but it is true to a far greater extent than many of us are willing to admit (writes Edgar DeWitt Jones). Individuals here'and there have tried Christianity, and found it workable to a degree that quite transformed them and their surroundings, but these have been the exceptions. As yet, no nation has been truly Christian save in name.
It is easy to utter pious phrases, but hard to practice the rudiments Jesus taught. The word “brother” trips readily from the tongue, but to act brotherly in all circumstances requires patience. courage, and a self-forgetfulness that is rarer than radium.
It is pleasant to contemplate what might have resulted had the millions of words spoken and written in behalf of the symbols of our faith been directed to what is symbolised; namely, justice, mercy, temperance, good will and peace. Yes, what? The one hopeful thing in this mad world is that Christianity has not been tried. Everything else, it would appear, has been experimented with and found wanting. It remains for a brave new world to try Christian-' ity.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 January 1942, Page 4
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