In Various Tones

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     Though sadly divided, Protestantism is sounding a note of union, first to itself, then to the moral and spiritual forces of the world. When its many voices--for it has no one authoritative voice--speak in various tones of the "sin of schism" and the "scandal" of a divided Christendom, they speak from experience and with contrition. They are not contrite for having been cut off from Rome by its demand for submission to a usurped authority as the condition of fellowship. That is Rome's sin of schism. Protestants have plenty of sins of disunity of their own to be penitent for. They are calling to their fellow Christians across the sectarian boundaries. Those who are accustomed to listen only to stentorian tones of command--"Submit! Submit!"--will probably not give attention; but those who can be responsive to the more humble, "Come, let us reason together," may give heed.--Winfred E. Garrison in "A Protestant Manifesto."

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