They went reluctantly after becoming convinced that they could live only in the atmosphere of freedom. One of my former college classmates rejecting an invitation to write, said that the only feeling evoked from him by consideration of the world he left behind was sadness. Still another, an Abilene Christian College graduate, said that the emotion-packed years in which he wrestled with the problem of whether to separate or not had left him too numb to make a contribution. If some do get the copy, they will be unable to read the heart of the message. Perhaps this is too pessimistic.
Words spoken in love and reason can work miraculous changes.
The soil is more favorable than many think. A widespread unrest and sense of spiritual barrenness prevails among thinking men in the Churches of Christ. The hour is propitious for suggesting remedies and for trusting the divine energy in the seed of truth. With hands that have clasped yours, and long to do so always, all of us who have written now commit this seed into your keeping.