I have offended the rich men and the property-owners in Milton.

I could not help it; I was obliged to do so in order to speak as I this moment solemnly believe my Lord would speak.
I have aroused opposition because I asked men into the church and upon this platform who do not call themselves Christians, for the purpose of knowing their reasons for antagonism to the church we love.

But the time has come, O my brothers, when the Church must welcome to its counsels, in these matters that affect the world's greatest good, all men who have at heart the fulfilment[sic] of the Christ's teachings.
"But the cause which more than any other has led to the action of this church has been, I am fully aware, my demand that the church-members of this city should leave their possessions and go and live with the poor, wretched, sinful, hopeless people in the lower town, sharing in wise ways with them of the good things of the world.

But why do I speak of all this in defense of my action or my preaching ?" Suddenly Philip seemed to feel a revulsion of attitude toward the whole of what he had been saying.

It was as if there had instantly swept over him the knowledge that he could never make the people before him understand either his motive or his Christ.