The Potter and the ClayWinnington Ingram, Arthur F. (Arthur Foley)
Religion
The Potter and the Clay
Winnington Ingram, Arthur F. (Arthur Foley)
Church of England -- Sermons; Sermons, English -- 20th century; World War, 1914-1918 -- Sermons
Of course, we do not want our beautiful services to be altered in
substance; but we may have variations sanctioned by authority. In
fishing for men we are not bound by one method. If we find that
one method does not succeed, we must try another. I have already
sanctioned in the diocese a shortened form of Evening Service.
For those not reached by services in church we must have open-air
services. People will listen at the windows in the little square or
street in which they live. There must be, too, special services for
such organisations as Boy Scouts and Church Lads' Brigade. For the
ordinary Sunday-School we are now able to have new methods provided
by experts for the diocese. Then, if the Sunday-School system does
not seem to suit your particular parish, try catechising in church.
I am only suggesting--it is not for me to lay down this or that rule
as to what is to be tried. My point is this: With the HOLY SPIRIT
guiding you, and with the inventiveness of love, you will be able to
bring out of your treasure things new and old. Although one of the
oldest things in the world, the Church is yet the youngest. We never
grow old, and, acting with the inventiveness of youth, we ought to
be thinking out new plans and new methods all the time; and while I
am speaking upon the inventiveness and freshness of the successful
fisherman, I need not say that I shall be only too happy to sanction
almost any new experiment you may wish to make in fishing for men,
if you will submit to me the prayers you think of using, and if
I think the suggested method consistent with the teaching of the
Church to which we both belong.
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