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have said that in the midst of the infinitely possible--infinitely
possible evil and infinitely possible good too--we become distracted.
A thousand forces good and bad act upon us. It is necessary, if we
are to be men, if we are to be saved, that we should be rescued from
this tumult, and that our feet should be planted upon a path. His
object, therefore, would be to preach Christ, as before said, and to
introduce into human life His unifying influence. He would try and
get them to see things with the eyes of Christ, to love with His
love, to judge with His judgment. He believed Christ was fitted to
occupy this place. He deliberately chose Christ as worthy to be our
central, shaping force. He would try by degrees to prove this; to
prove that Christ's way of dealing with life is the best way, and so
to create a genuinely Christian spirit, which, when any choice of
conduct is presented to us, will prompt us to ask first of all, HOW
WOULD CHRIST HAVE IT? or, when men and things pass before us, will
decide through him what we have to say about them. M'Kay added that
he hoped his efforts would not be confined to talking. He trusted to
be able, by means of this little meeting, gradually to gain
admittance for himself and his friends into the houses of the poor
and do some practical good.
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