{"id":79099,"date":"2019-03-08T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=79099"},"modified":"2019-03-08T07:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:32:04","slug":"robert-ellis-ocms-lecture-geoffrey-studdert-kennedy-the-pastor-and-the-suffering-god-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=79099","title":{"rendered":"Robert Ellis’ OCMS lecture–Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy: The Pastor and the Suffering God"},"content":{"rendered":"

War broke out in August and in September 1914 Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy wrote these words in his parish magazine:<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot say too strongly that I believe every able-bodied man ought to volunteer for service anywhere. Here ought to be no shirking of that duty.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This from the man who would, before long be writing this, \u201cWaste\u201d:<\/p>\n

\u201cWaste of Muscle, waste of Brain,
\nWaste of Patience, waste of Pain,
\nWaste of Manhood, waste of Health,
\nWaste of Beauty, waste of Wealth,
\nWaste of Blood, and waste of Tears,
\nWaste of Youth\u2019s most precious years,
\nWaste of ways the Saints have trod,
\nWaste of glory, Waste of God–War!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Studdert Kennedy window in St Paul’s, Worcester. Better known as “Woodbine Willie”, Studdert Kennedy was vicar of St Paul’s before serving as a military chaplain in WW1 and was awarded the Military Cross. He died on this day 90 years ago. @CofEWorcester<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/b4EWunzAef<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mark Carter (@mrkcrtr27) March 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n