You might as well talk to a child of the African jungle about
the glitter of New York’s Vanity Fair and expect him to
understand you as to talk to an unregenerate person about the
Kingdom of God and hope to make him comprehend the mysteries of
which you speak. He wouldn’t say or do anything to wound your
feelings for the world--he is too much of a gentleman for that;
but at the same time he gives you to distinctly understand that
the things of the Spirit of God are foolishness to him. And tho,
after all, he may appear a much bigger fool to you than you do
to him, you must at least admit that his attitude is thoroughly
Scriptural.--F. F. SHANNON.
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