In a journal from over 100 years ago I found an article that discussed the state of the church and what is needed for the survival of the faith. It could have been written today - though today it would be in sound-bites and not such a long dense text! It concludes with this wise, if long, sentence -
"If Christianity is to prevail, it must be by love of truth for truth's sake, by transparent simplicity, by self-distrust and self denial; by walking humbly and sympathising generously; by large allowances, and boundless forgivenesses; by putting off the spirit of the world, and putting on the spirit of Christ."
- Written by the Dean of Canterbury and published January 1870 in the journal "Good Words"
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