Excerpt from Ronald Carnaquay: A Commercial Clergyman
The aim of this book is to "hold the mirror up to nature," as manifested in certain phases of the church-life of our time.
Out of the kindness and sympathy which have surrounded me, for ten years, in my own parish, I have observed the fitful and sordid experiences of many other clergymen and parishes, and I have noted both comedy and tragedy. I now aim at portraying some of the hard facts and unhappy conditions of modern church-life, which need to be, - not blandly or timidly overlooked, but courageously faced, and studied, and remedied.
The fundamental idea of this book is the economic principle that "demand creates supply." The religious bodies of our time, who have "Ronald Carnaquays" in their pulpits, have them because they have "demanded" them, created them, nourished them.
This "demand," if analyzed, opens another problem, - not discussed here at length, - namely, the "overchurching" of most towns and cities in our land.
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