This superficial generation in judging the old faith passes judgment on itself. A young man came out of an art gallery fairly snorting that he had seen nothing worth looking at.
“If you please, sir,” the old doorkeeper calmly returned, “the pictures are no longer on trial, but the spectators are.”
- From “The Road to Certainty,” in the Feb 1934 edition of the Baptist Bulletin.
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25 May 2006 at 9:18 pm
That is a great quote. Sobering words for younger men like myself to consider. We ought to be slow to criticize, especially in areas that we do not know that well. Thanks for posting the quote.