Letters to the Editor

With two pages of “Letters to the Editor” we may have overegged the pudding in the last issue of Christian Ethics Today. Therefore the following selection is somewhat ensmalled. It is nice to hear from readers, however, and we hope you will write—whether you get work or not. Some dozens of readers and writers have enclosed checks, some quite generous. These have been, and are, greatly appreciated. I have thought often on opening those letters and finding those splendid tangibles, of this story I heard long ago, and which I no doubt now remember hazily and imprecisely. But, as I recollect it, a Methodist pastor in England fell on hard times. Since his hardships came to be widely known, many of his fellow preachers wrote him of their concern, assured him of their prayers, and faithfully shared with him some appropriate passage from the Bible. John Wesley also wrote quoting a particularly appropriate portion of a Psalm and tucking in two British ten-pound notes. The besieged Methodist preacher promptly wrote back to John Wesley, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Many of our mutual friends have written and shared with me wonderful Bible passages; but only you enclosed such helpful explanatory notes.” So, special thanks for those helpful explanatory notes. Please keep those cards and letters coming....

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College Administrator, Florida

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Pastor, Mississippi

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Baptist Executive, Virginia

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Baptist University Senior Staff Member, Texas

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Minister, Arizona

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Updated Thursday, December 27, 2001