The Washington times., 1921-01-11
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this church, | am going to do my
best to carry out the spirit OF
Christ's teaching-to make chris
tians. And there shall be no more
compromise, so far as l can help
it,"
Gordon Atterbury had grown very
pale. He, too, got to his feet.
II cannot trust myself to dis
cuss that matter with you any
further, Mr.. Holder. feel too
deeply-too strongly on the sub
ject. do not pretend to account
for this astonishing transformation
in your opinions. Up to the present
l have deemed ST. Johns fortunate
peculiarly fortunate-in having
you for it's rector. l am bound TO
say l think you have not considered.
in this change of attitude on your
part, those who have made ST.
Johns what 1t is, who through long
and familiar association are bound
to II by thousand ties-those who.
like myself. have what may be
called family interest In this
church.
A Personal MATTER.
my father and mother were mar
think | may go so far as to add,
Mr.. Holder, that this Is our church.
the church which a certain group
of people have built in which to
worship God, as was their right.
Nor do believe we can be re-
preached with a lack of hospitality
or charity. We maintain this par
ish house, with it's clubs, and at
no small inconvenience to ourselves
we have permitted the church to
remain in this district.
There Is no better church mu-
sic in this city, and we have beau
tiful service in the evening at which
all pews are free. 1t is not unreas-
enable that we should have some
thing to say concerning the doc
trine to be preached here, that we
should insist that that doctrine be
in accordance with what we have
always believed was the true doc
trine, as received by this church.
Up to this point Mr.. Atterbury
had had a feeling that he had not
carried out with much distinctions
the program which he had so care
fully reearsed on the way to the
parish house. Holders poise had
amazed and baffled him-he had
expected to find the rector on the
defensive. But now, burning anew
with a sense of injustice, he had
a sense at last Of putting his case
strongly.
The feeling OF triumph, however,
was short lived. Holder did not
reply at once. SO many seconds,
indeed, went by that Mr.. Atterbury
began once more to grow slightly
nervous under the strange gaze to
which he vas subjected. And when
the clergyman spoke there was no
anger in his voice, but a quality
a feeling which was disturbing, and
difficult to define.
"You are dealing now, Mr.. At
terbury," he said. with the things
Of Caesar, not of God. This church
belongs to God-not to you. But
you have consecrated it to Him.
His truth, as Christ taught it. must
not be preached to suit any mans
convenience.
when you were young you were
not taught the truth-neither was
l. 1t was mixed with authorizations
which obscured and almost neutral
lied it. But l intend to face it now,
and to preach it, and not the COM
Portable compromise which gives
us the illusions that we are Chris
tians because we subscribe to GER
tain tenets, and permits us to
neglect our Christian duties.
To he Continued Tomorrow.