Christianity and The Bible
SIR.—Of course Mr. Hamilton Fyfe is right. How could a study of the Bible lead to a union of the Christian sects when every On noy interpret the Scriptures as he will ? Yet, if we are to save Christian values for the world, Christians must be united or they cannot hope to fight the powerful, evil and well-organised forces of the materialism which controls so large a part of the world today. We might as well expect an army, whose individual soldiers fought each according to his own ideas, to conquer an enemy. It would seem that authority, with its resultant discipline, is the only way of securing union. After all, Christ "taught as one having authority." But authority means power, and it is certain that in human hands all power corrupts.
What is the answer to the dilemma ? As a loyal Anglican, I confess that I do not know. Is the religious freedom, by which we set so much store, really a good thing, or does it only lead to confusion and a powerlessness in the face of the enemy ?—Yours faithfully,
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