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,