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Yet we who lean upon such a man and draw strength from him and expect interpretation of the infinite through him -- we who readily accept his sacrifice as our due, we of the congregations are the first to tell him what is in our minds instead of listening to what is in his soul.

We press him to conform to our comfortable conceptions and not to bruise our satisfactions with his word, and God's.

We do not defeat the good ones with this cruelty, but we add to their burden, while expecting them to bestow saintliness upon us in return for ostentatious church attendance and a few bucks a week, American cash.

If we break the minister to our bit, we are buying back our own sins.

If he won't break, we add to the stress he bears.