He was still not at all certain that he was doing any good, aside from providing the drug of religious hope to timorous folk frightened of hell-fire and afraid to walk alone.

He explained that hatred was low. However, for the benefit of the more leathery and zealous deacons down front, he permitted them to hate all Catholics, all pe…

I was brought up to believe that the Christian God wasn't a scared and compromising public servant, but the creator of the whole merciless truth, and I reckon …

His text was from Proverbs: 'Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.' He seized the sides of the pulpit with his powerful hands, glared at the …