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"No," I reply, "I do not; nor do I understand how anybody else, and least of all a really believing Christian, can either. To argue as some do, that Christianity should be treated as a sacred mystery, is to argue against the whole scheme of Christianity. NO I REPLY I DO NOT NOR DO I UNDERSTAND HOW ANYBODY ELSE AND LEAST OF ALL A REALLY BELIEVING CHRISTIAN CAN EITHER TO ARGUE AS SOME DO THAT CHRISTIANITY SHOULD BE TREATED AS A SACRED MYSTERY IS TO ARGUE AGAINST THE WHOLE SCHEME OF CHRISTIANITY
eighteen acts and some forty scenes, which commences at eight o'clock in the morning, and continues, with an interval of an hour and a half for dinner, until six o'clock in the evening, is too long. I think the piece wants cutting. About a third of it is impressive and moving, and what the earnest student of the drama at home is for ever demanding that a play should be--namely, elevating; but I consider that the other two-thirds are tiresome." "Quite so," answers B. "But then we must remember that the performance is not intended as an entertainment, but as a religious service. To criticise any part of it as uninteresting, is like saying that half the Bible might very well have been omitted, and that the whole story could have been told in a third of the space." TUESDAY, THE 27TH--CONTINUED We talk on.--An Argument.--The Story that Transformed the World. "And now, as to the right or wrong of the performance as a whole. Do you see any objection to the play from a religious point of view?  CHAPTER ELEVEN OF DIARY OF A PILGRIMAGE BY JEROME K JEROME THIS LIBRARY BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN RECORDING BY MICHAEL BROOKE TUESDAY THE TWENTY SEVENTH CONTINUED WE TALK ON AN ARGUMENT THE STORY THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD AND NOW AS TO THE RISAL WRONG OF THE PERFORMANCE AS A WHOLE DO YOU SEE ANY OBJECTION TO THE PLAY FROM A RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW
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