At one time such a thing was unthinkable; it should always be unthinkable. There are certain things Christian men and women must put down as unthinkable absolutes, never to be considered. This man had one principle if he had nothing else at this point, and on this one point he stood. He said, ‘I will never say anything that is going to make my brethren unhappy. I do not care how much I fail to understand; one of my absolutes is this, I am never going to harm my brethren.’ He stood on that like a