20 TOHU-VA-VOHU I can imagine few more severe trials of patience than to have to reason with a regular sectary. The Italian proverb has it: ‘You may see heaven even through a very small hole.’ But that is a very different thing from seeing it only in that way! In all healthy religion, enjoyment and service should advance part passu—both proceeding from the same cause: solid, internal growth. I can say a great many things in favour of the Lord Jesus Christ—of His Power, Grace, and Love. But the greatest I can say of them is: that He has received me. Thus the faith of the poorest sinner brings the greatest glory to Christ. Christianity needs neither apologetics nor apologies. It is not intended for ‘the wise’ nor ‘ the prudent,’ but for ‘ babes.’ The chief use of apologetics is to answer a fool according to his folly; that is, to silence him. There are people who express themselves with such elaborate distinctness as to become at last indistinct,