A CRUCIFIX IN ENGLAND.
One little corner of . England is just now greatly disturbed over a. representation of Christ (says America). The Chancellor of the Carlisle Consistory Court was petitioned to allow a crucifix on a memorial window, and the conscience of the good man pricked him into the following peculiar reply; “The needs of mourners might well have been directed to a higher plane, not to the Christ dead and thus painfully pictured, but to the Christ living, risen, glorified. ... This painful subject placed in a conspicuous part of a parish church, before a mixed congregation of men, women, and children, would be offensive to some, distressing to others, and of doubtful profit to the rest." This is a splendid appeal to the mob, but a poor show of reverence to the Christ.
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New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1919, Page 29
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134A CRUCIFIX IN ENGLAND. New Zealand Tablet, 15 May 1919, Page 29
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