With regard to these things the influence of religion, on the other hand, may be all-effective if it is kept absolutely distinct from any question of legislation or of legal penalties.

The spheres of religion and the criminal law must never be confused.

Shakespeare, "the mirror of human nature" for all time, once blended bitter irony with infinite pathos.

"Measure for Measure" has its warning for every age.
It would be well to study the ugliest as well as the most beautiful parts of that drama, and see what it really means, and what is its lesson.
Exercised within its proper sphere the influence of religion may still be as potent a force now as in the past.

It may inspire the right frame of mind in dealing with every question, may encourage hope, sustain faith, and diffuse charity.
Reiterated until wearisome we hear the question asked, "What is wrong with the Church ?" sometimes from outside with a tone almost of contempt, with little, or no care, for remedy if anything be wrong; sometimes from within with a note of anxiety, uncertain whether it is safe to confess openly the fact that anything can so be wrong.