And Now: “A Narrow Bridge”

Recently, as our readers will recall, the editor of The Banner wrote about a hymn and a latch. In the issue of Jan. 14 he devotes an editorial to "a narrow bridge." That narrow bridge is the truth. "He who would know the truth must walk on this narrow bridge. On either side is a deep abyss from which there is no return." Although the editor informs us that this figure of speech is derived from an old Arab story, the phraseology reminds one rather strongly of Barth and his dialectic...