THE CHURCH

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 17

THE CHURCH

"What is the Church?" By George Lan- ■ Chester King, D.D., somo time ■ Bishop of Madagascar, Canon Eesit dentiary of Rochester ' Cathedral. Cambridge,: Wm. Heffer and Sons.

: Dr-'King-^fourid in .his ministrations to the Malagasies .that: he had to abandon stereotyped * expressions when. he. wished .to 'convey: to >;.them ■•'the- idea•;of. ; Church." : He<had .to greatly simplify' his English/before he could make, himself; - understood when • using '/a / freshly acquired • and utterly, /foreign /language.' :Sp,/he>carae.'-tb /-/the. .conclusion, that "men/and; women of: our. day' are de-/ •manding bobks which /teach religion in the plain terms of the market place, the ;workshop,'.the';world/:of-.business, : . aria 1 ; society." /.'This is / the/ kind of ./language he ..uses: in '.his endeavour to :show; that the/Church is something; bigger,-"nobler, ■■ ;and;:.certainlv more „all, or: one; of ;the.v,congeries :/as/it/now; .appears - to: -many;:ipeople. /.With "great" breadth "'of/ vision/ ;and / commendable charity '.■■-.'. the author fshowsthow: first -the 'Churchfis 1 a" sa'crament^/the''-'veritable'/'Body.; of Christ; :(fdr' all its' diVisions),; and then ■'he/asks',: t "Where//do Vwe stand?" ; /He, stands; iwhere rwe stand, : and/where/all' ought; -;to;J stand, ;Vs6j/as; to v see/the ;Church;as! 'the Vision is/pfesented/to -hirnV: ■•; In' a "remarkably 'i; simple'; and/ obviously I sin- j •.cere/manner^ 'Dr:^King ■. shows :/"that v the ..Church; jwhatever: .men' may ■.think: ,;about/.it,,;;ip: a• mighty; organisation^'for gbodj;: vitalised 'by. ,the.; Holy''Spirit' aa' bestowed at Pentecost.;-;;;:?/ // ■;.?■ .:?;-■-:; -:-,