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WORDS OF REVD DON ROBINS

Don Robins, the founder of St George’s Crypt, spoke these words 80 years ago (15th June 1930) as part of his first evening sermon. It is as fresh and relevant today as it was then. 

“Here, in the heart of a great city, full of men and women needing God and seeking the answer to the mystery of life, it is for us to make this place both a beacon and a refuge to the hard-pressed wayfaring man on the road of life,. St George’s must be a Church wherein may be found the life of a Christian family, not as a theory, but as a living fact.

 It must touch life at all points and, in all its doings, bear the hall-mark of reality. It must be broad in its outlook and rich in its experience. It must take all that is good and true, all that is capable of lifting men to God, whether it be old or new, and it must offer all things thankfully to the glory of God and the succour of His children.

The building up of a Church able to fulfil so great a calling must be the task of all, not of just a few devoted workers. It will call for the ideals and energy of the young, just as it will call for the wisdom and the endurance of the aged. It is going to demand sacrifices of time, of thought and of money if this Church is to take in the life of this city that place to which it is most certainly being called of God.

But I believe with all my heart that, under God, it can be done, though it is as great a call as has ever  been made of any of us. The tasks that confront us are enormous, but the strength of those who trust God is unlimited. I pledge myself that as far as in me lies, where the battle is hottest and the work is hardest, there you will always find me. To you all I look for eager, adventurous co-operation, deep fellowship and willing sacrifice. Should I look for less, when the cause is so great and it is God who calls?”