THE RELIGIOUS TRAMP.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16492, 6 March 1914, Page 3

THE RELIGIOUS TRAMP.

TO THE EDITOR,

Sir.—Referring to the Rev J. J, North's sermon on the religious tramp’s illusion that one church is as good as another, I suppose That evorv parson in Christchurch would contend that his own •church is the right one and that none of the others is as good as,liis.. . My view is that,, sine© tho churches will, not even consider the question of■ uniting upon a Scriptural basis, the only way to break down the sectarian spirit is for churchgoers to, go. to the first. Christian Church nearest their homes instead of passing several churches on thoir way to a place of worship. All the churches are - imperfect and have departed more or less-from the teachings and practices of the early Christian Church. It is, therefore, in my opinion not a matter of much consequence which church one attends, because it does not necessarily follow that oue endorses everything that is taught and practised without. Biblical authority. Ministers of religion do not honestly desire union upon a Scriptural basis, and their flocks are too proud of sectarianism and too apathetic to do anything in that direction. Meanwhile the heathen wonders at the divided state of Christendom, while thousands of our own race are so disgusted that they .will not enter any church, preferring to risk being damned for all eternity.—l am. etc., TRUTH.