Excerpt from Christian and Catholic The professional proselytizer, as we know the class, is a repulsive character. He studies the art of injecting doubts into devout minds, of playing on the weaknesses and vanities of his proposed con verts. He exaggerates the discords within their church, the contrariant opinions, the lack of discip line. Sometimes he cajoles, sometimes he seeks to terrify, sometimes he tries to influence by social ad vantages, sometimes he seeks to take souls captive by subtle sophisms. He is apt to be self-deceived as well as a deceiver, while asserting that he is working for the greater glory of God. In reality he is doing what our Lord condemned in the Pharisees. They compassed heaven and earth to make proselytes, but failed grievously in making them true children of God. For themselves and their converts the result was just the Opposite. It is right to try to help our brothers who are in honest doubt, just in the same spirit as we would be glad for them to help us when in need. It is right if our motive is to aid any Christian soul to come into closer union with Christ. Even should any one be lieve that his church was the only true one, yet to work for it in the same spirit one works for the success of an earthly object is to belie its character. We must work, not for any personal gain but as Christ did. Our guiding pole-star must be the good of others' souls. If our own words are found of help to any, enabling them to know better God's Will, in whatever way He leads them, may they have grace to follow it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.