The man sitting next to me on the plane had, of course, noticed my clerical dress, and, as always, there was a compulsive necessity on his part to get the record straight as far as his religious life was concerned. You know, it’s strange. I have never asked another man about his relationship with God, because I don’t have to. He tells me, as though I were some kind of a judge and he was testifying in my court. I have always had the secret suspicion that such persons are practicing what they are going to say to Almighty God should they ever have the misfortune of meeting Him face to face.

This witness told me that he was the sales manager of a large company. He had to cover the entire nation. He further confided to me that he hadn’t been home to sleep with his wife for 21 days. He concluded …