Threat From the Church
NOTHER little anecdote: A padre arrived at a camp to take a service in France. The canteen was cleared and the men gathered. There was a stove but the temperature was still below zero. The first hymn was not a success. The padre knew his job. "We can do better than that," he said, stopping the hymn. "Now you know me. I can preach for ten minutes or half-an-hour. Sing heartily and I preach for ten minutes, otherwise-" The hymn was renewed with great gusto. The padre preached for seven minutes, but he got his message well over. When the men streamed out they were warmer in mind and body.-(Miss G. M. Glanville, in a review of Bernard Newman's "One Man’s Year," 3YA.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 121, 17 October 1941, Unnumbered Page
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127Threat From the Church New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 121, 17 October 1941, Unnumbered Page
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