"You remember what answer He sent to John in prison, when the Baptist seemed to have lost heart and wondered whether Jesus were really He who should come?
He said that to the poor the gospel was preached, but He gave half a dozen other proofs, each of them showing special care for men's bodies." "Judge, you're talking materialism," said the deacon.

"It's a spirit that's getting too common everywhere." "Oh, no, I'm not; I'm talking the words of Jesus Himself.

Aren't they good enough for you?
or are you like children at the table who will take only what suits them, and ignore everything else ?" "Such talks never do any good, judge," said the deacon, buttoning his overcoat and turning up the collar.

"I've spent a good deal of my life thinking about sacred subjects and trying to lead my fellow-men in the right way.

You're not going to make me believe at my time of life that I've been all wrong, and that Jesus Christ came on earth only to start a charity society." "Nor to teach people to live right ?" "He wants them first to know how to die right.