Sir,-Religion as preached and practised to-day is nothing more than a rank digression, both depressive and oppressive in its nature. It ig at best not even a flimsy shadow of what it could be, if its fundamental truths were not constantly hidden "under a bushel." But here and there are seekers, unfettered by creeds, cultivating the spirit within, and finding. In short, Christianity has not failed, the spirit is at work and is working in other channels than ortho-
doxy.
G. H.
FIRTH
(Wellington
(We have received several other letters on this topic, nearly all too long for use, and some too personal. The discussion is now closed.---Ed. )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 412, 16 May 1947, Page 5
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