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Sermons and Woodboxes

           Theentireworkofthechurchwasatastandstill. TheSundayservices,theweek-dayprayermeeting,themissionaryteas,eventhesuppersandsocialswerebecominglessandlesswellattended. True,afewconscientiousworkerswerestillleft. Buttheypulledatcrosspurposes,usually; andalwaystheyshowedthemselvestobeacutelyawareofthecriticaleyesallaboutthem,andofthetonguesthathadnothingtodobuttotalkaboutwhattheeyessaw. 

           Andbecauseofallthis,theRev.PaulFordunderstoodverywellthathe(God’sminister),thechurch,thetown,andevenChristianityitselfwassuffering; andmustsufferstillmoreunless 

           Clearlysomethingmustbedone,anddoneatonce. Butwhat? 

           SlowlytheministertookfromhispocketthenoteshehadmadeforhisnextSunday’ssermon. Frowninglyhelookedatthem. Hismouthsettledintosternlines,asaloud,veryimpressively,hereadtheversesonwhichhehaddeterminedtospeak: 

           "‘Butwoeuntoyou,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites! foryeshutupthekingdomofheavenagainstmen:foryeneithergoinyourselves,neithersufferyethemthatareenteringtogoin. 

           "‘Woeuntoyou,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites! foryedevourwidows’houses,andforapretencemakelongprayer:thereforeyeshallreceivethegreaterdamnation. 

           "‘Woeuntoyou,scribesandPharisees,hypocrites! foryepaytitheofmintandaniseandcummin,andhaveomittedtheweightiermattersofthelaw,judgment,mercy,andfaith:theseoughtyetohavedone,andnottoleavetheotherundone. 

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