If religion can change a man's whole character in the twinkling of an eye, if it can give a beauty of holiness to human nature such as is felt by all men to be the highest expression of man's spirit, truly it is a science of life which works, and one which its critics must explain.

The theories of dogmatist and traditionalist are not the authentic documents of the Christian religion.

Let the sceptic bring his indictment against the changed lives of those who attribute to Christ alone the daily miracle of their gladness.
What men and women want to know in these days, Miss Royden assures me out of the richness of her great experience, is whether Christianity works, _whether it does things_.

The majority of people, she feels sure, are looking about for "something that helps"-- something that will strengthen men and women to fight down their lower nature, that will convince them that their higher nature is a reality, and that will give them a living sense of companionship in their difficult lives--lives often as drab and depressing as they are morally difficult.
Because she can convey this great sense of the power of Christianity, people all over the country go to hear her preach and lecture.

She is, I think, one of the most persuasive preachers of the power of Christianity in any English-speaking country.