Sunday, January 22, 2023
The Real Thing
Ronald Blythe, Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village (New York: Pantheon, 1969), p. 63 (the village doctor speaking):
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I've thought of following Christ—many, many times. But it would have to be the real thing—not this business going on in the church. St. Paul altered it, spoilt it all at the very start, didn't he? Yes, I'd certainly have a go at the original idea if I had the nerve, but I wouldn't waste my time on the rest of it.
