19/54 As for my being a false prophet and a worker of iniquity"-- he smiled--"well, there is another verse of Scripture I would call to your attention: 'Judge not, that ye be not judged.'" He sat down. There was silence for a moment and then a buzz of whispering. Captain Eben, who had heard him with a face of iron hardness, rapped the table. After which the benediction will be pronounced." The Regular minister left the Come-Outers' meeting with the unpleasant conviction that he had blundered badly. His visit, instead of tending toward better understanding and more cordial relationship, had been regarded as an intrusion. |