The notion was too ridiculous.

One could hardly compare a mere church to a thing of the magnitude and importance of the Standard Oil Company.
"But on a lesser scale," continued Mr.Fyshe, "it's the same sort of thing.

As for the difficulties of it, I needn't remind you of the much greater difficulties we had to grapple with in the rum merger.

There, you remember, a number of the women held out as a matter of principle.
It was not mere business with them.

Church union is different.