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W. H. P. Faunce on John the Baptist
William Herbert Perry Faunce, John the Baptist
(quoted in Tarbellʼs Teachersʼ Guide to the International Sunday-School Lessons for 1922; p. 362).
ʻLet us learn to tolerate the man with a vision, even if he be clothed in camel's hair and insist on eating wild honey.
The men whose voices ring out among the crags of the wilderness are after all, the true forerunners of the Messiah.
Until the man of the dream does come, the man with a hoe, the man with a purse, and the man with a pen sit helpless and useless.
The men who disturb the smooth surface of life are often Divinely sent.
The men who are sure of their conviction can always afford to listen to the man whose convictions are different.
As James Russell Lowell says, “The universe of God is fireproof, and it is quite safe to strike a match”.ʼ
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