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Society Life Is a Necessity

Cornelius Hanko·1942-04-01
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We are created as Covenant crea­tures, who have need of reflecting God’s own Covenant life in the midst of this world. A hermit is an abnormality: his position no normal person would adopt by free choice. We need contact with others by that very natural impulse to ex­change ideas, opinions and other friendly intimacies. An opportun­ity to express one’s thoughts is like the steam valve on a boiler. An attentive ear of a friend into which we pour our confidences and our secrets is like the...

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Cornelius Hanko
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1942-04-01

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