Uma singena endaweni entsha, kuhle ukuthi singazimisi izindonga ezingadingekile phakathi kwethu neminye imiphakathi yezenkolo, ikakhulukazi amaKhatholika. Kungenjalo bangase bacabange ukuthi siyizitha zabo ezifungelwe. Kungani kufanele sivumele ubandlululo luphakame noma siluhlasele? Ngakho amaKatolika amaningi aphila ngolwazi lwawo kangcono kakhulu kunabaningi abasekela iqiniso lamanje. UNkulunkulu uyobenza bavivinywe futhi bafakazelwe njengoba nje enza nathi. Kuye ngovivinyo, khona-ke bayolandisa kuNkulunkulu ngendlela efanayo nathi. UNkulunkulu ungibonisile ukuthi amanani amakhulu amaKhatholika azosindiswa. Ngeshwa, kuncane osekwenziwe kubo kuze kube manje, ngaphandle kokuwapenda ngendlela embi kakhulu. - Izintshumayelo Nezinkulumo 2, 40 [1887]

Uma kuke kwaba khona isidingo sokuthi abantu bahambe ngokuzithoba phambi kukaNkulunkulu, kwakuyibandla laKhe, abakhethiweyo baKhe kulesisizukulwane. Kodwa ubuthuntu bethu bufanele ukukhalelwa. Asiwazisi amathuba ethu! Yini esingaziqhenya ngayo? Ngokhahlo lwethu kanye nokufutheka kwethu okuphambene nobuKristu sidabukisa iNkosi uJesu Kristu. Ukube nje singafana naye!

Ngempela siyabuzwa: »Memeza kakhulu, ungagodli! Phakamisa izwi lakho njengecilongo, utshele abantu bami ukuhlubuka kwabo, nendlu kaJakobe izono zayo!” ( Isaya 58,1:XNUMX ) Lesi sigijimi kumelwe siphume! Noma kunjalo, ngokuqaphela konke ukuthi singabahlukumezi abantu, sibacindezele futhi sibalahle ngoba bengenalo ulwazi lwethu. Akuwona umsebenzi wethu ukulwa ngokuzibophezela okuphelele ngokumelene namaKhatholika. Phakathi kwabo kunamaKristu amaningi aqaphe ngokwedlulele aphila ngaphandle kwakho konke ukukhanya okukhanya kuwo. Impela uNkulunkulu uzobakhulumela.

Sinamalungelo amakhulu namathuba. Kodwa ingabe sisebenzisa amakhono ethu angokomzimba, engqondo, nawokuziphatha? Noma ingabe sikhetha ukuphishekela injabulo yethu esikhundleni sokuthwala imithwalo yethu yemfanelo? Khona-ke singena engozini enkulu kakhulu yokulahlwa uNkulunkulu kunabantu abaphambuka ezimfundisweni kodwa abafuna ukuba isibusiso kwabanye ngokuphila kwabo, ngokuvumelana nolwazi lwabo.

Ungagxeki noma uhlulele abanye! Njengabantu abanenkululeko yokuzikhethela ngaphansi kokubusa kukaNkulunkulu, asahlulelwa ngokuthi yiluphi ulwazi esinalo ngaleso sikhathi. Okubalulekile wulwazi ebesingaba nalo futhi obekumele sibe nalo ukube besiqhubekele phambili ngokholo. Ngezinzuzo zethu, besingaba nokuhlangenwe nakho okucebe kakhudlwana kobuKristu. Sivunyelwe ukuqhubeka nokuthuthukisa amakhono ethu futhi sinesibopho salokhu. Uyifa elingcwele. Nokho, uma singalisebenzisi ngendlela efanele futhi sivumele ukuthembela kwethu kuNkulunkulu kubuna noma kuntengantenge okholweni lwethu nasekuphileni ngokwezwi lakhe, nathi sinecala ngalo. Lapho sivumela ukucabanga kobugovu, izimpikiswano ezingamanga, nezaba kusenze sibe nesimo sengqondo esingalungile, siyehluleka ukuqaphela izindlela nentando kaNkulunkulu. Bese sizifaka icala elikhulu kunesoni somphakathi. Ngakho-ke kungcono siqaphe kakhulu ekwahluleleni abanye labo emehlweni kaNkulunkulu abangenacala kunathi. Buyekeza futhi Herald, 16 March 1911

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