n. He painted, too, their
presumable fuel, much as I believe old preachers limned the
flames of hell and their denizens. 'And it may lengthen out into
hell! Who knows?' he kept interjecting. 'Who knows but that that
prejudiced spirit you play with may be a damned spirit after all,
fuel for the fire that is not quenched, food for the worm that
does not die?'

T could not have preached happily on his lines, but for all that
I acknowledged that the thing might well be of God this bizarre
surprise at his preaching that was glassed in at least two of his
listeners' eyes. Did that sermon do any good? Let me anticipate!
The child came into town as a half-time servant. Somebody's
letter got handed up to the Administrator, and he made a request
to the managers. The child was clearly European by predominance
of race. They spent five hours of their precious time in
discussion. The officials wanted to oblige the Administrator, and
they had their way at last. But whether the child once admitted
will have much of a time, I am inclined to doubt, should she pass
into the Paradise of so select an academy. I heard an ominous
story of the Dutch minister last week, how he had threatened a
hiding to any child of his that spoke to this forlorn little
girl, who seems hard up for playmates. I heard yesterday that one
of my Church magnates had asked that the child should not come up
to play with his own. Yet the Fire of God has been preached, and
I am willing to allow that the thing may have wanted doing rather
badly in my amiable parish. Doesn't any real true Christian Peace
Doctrine mean spiritual fire and sword? Doesn't it mean burning
and fuel of fire as set against the confused noise and garments
rolled in blood of earthly campaigns? Doesn't any real true
Christian Imperialism mean the sword of the Spirit and the fire
of the Gospel against South African Racialism? Perfect love
casteth out fear, but what has Racialism to do with such a
perfect love as will banish the fear of God?

After all, can any reasonable and lively Christian Faith avail to
find any evangelically reasonable destination short of hell for
South African Racialists dying in their Racialism save such place
of purgation as my friend indicated? Yes, of course, God's
prerogative of mercy in Jesus is limitless, but are these
Racialists so merciful to little colored children that they
should obtain mercy without judgment from Jesus' judgment?

And if the purgative fire see