"I've heard Rattle mention you a long time ago, Mr. Hamilton, good morning."
In the early morning mist, the three people who were standing in front of the Dawn Church greeted each other.
Although Bishop Owen looked old, he spoke very energetically. He looked Shade up and down, and lamented to Priest Augustus that young people today are more energetic than they were back then.
Bishop Owen was quite talkative, and he easily introduced Shad to the issue of Holy Prayer activities they just talked about.
Every year, Holy Prayer is the busiest time for the Church of Dawn, but every year they must come up with something new. The Orthodox Church is not a pedantic organization that does not know how to keep pace with the times. For example, this year, the church plans to hold annual traditional religious activities, church visits, religious story performances in the side hall of the church, and large-scale sermons in Liming Square. Make some simple propaganda and distribute it to the pagans to spread the influence of Holy Prayer and the Church of Dawn.
"What propaganda material did the church choose in the end?"
Xia De was very curious about this and asked the two elders.
"It has the widest influence on the atmosphere, and it will never be thrown away after you get it, and it will be something that you will cherish."
Priest Augustus said, and then Bishop Owen, who was near the wall, smiled and handed the things in his hands to Shad:
"Mr. Hamilton, then tell me from your point of view, how about this."
Xia De stretched his head to look, and saw a silver coin in the bishop's old palm.
"silver?"
Turn the coin up, the number "1053" and the words "Holy Prayer" are on the upward side, and the holy emblem of Mr. Dawn is on the back side. I tipped lightly twice, and I was sure it wasn't sterling silver.
An old gentleman walked out of the church beside him to greet Bishop Owen, and looked at Shad curiously. Judging from Bishop Owen's response, this old gentleman has the title of Viscount.
Priest Augustus introduced to Shad:
"It's not pure silver. The center part of the coin is mixed with some alloy. It's just a commemorative coin. According to the market price, it can be exchanged for about 4 shillings and 7 pence. But the cost is not particularly high. We cooperate with the church of [Ms. Creation] , used the special metal they sold to us at a low price, which deducted part of the cost, those alloys were leftovers, originally commissioned by the Kingdom of Delarion to use... Ahem, I can’t say this.”
The tone of Priest Augustus was a little complacent:
"We have prepared 20,000 coins, which will be distributed together with the promotional papers near Dawn Square on the day of Holy Prayer. This is not a violation of Delarion's minting policy, it can only be regarded as commemorative small coins. Detective, this idea How about it?"
"That's a pretty good idea."
The outsider praised the idea, and then looked around the side of the coin, and saw densely packed cursive letters, which together mean:
【Glorious shadows, shadows follow the dawn. 】
This sentence is usually used as the beginning sentence or the end sentence in the prayers of the followers of the righteous **** [Mr. Liming].
This kind of behavior, which is equivalent to directly sending money, is simply the most powerful means of publicity. The cost of 20,000 coins will not exceed 8,000 pounds, which is nothing to the wealthy Orthodox Church.
He originally thought that he might be able to come up with some good ideas to help Priest Augustus, but no idea could compare to sending money directly. In particular, the kingdom does not intend to pursue the matter of minting rights.
"However, we still need to do a good job of publicity in the early stage of this matter, and let people know what will be done that day as much as possible. Moreover, we must also be prepared. Once there are too many people who come and the 20,000 coins are distributed, the people who come later If you have an opinion, how should you deal with it? Let me tell you, it’s better to distribute it in different time periods, such as 5,000 in the morning, 10:50 in the morning, 3:50 in the afternoon, and 6:50 in the evening. Make sure that people in each time slot have a chance. "
Xia De said casually while observing the details of the coin, and Priest Augustus glanced at him unexpectedly:
"That makes sense. We were actually planning to hand out one shilling coins once the number of people coming exceeds expectations."
The church was richer than Shad thought.
"But people should realize that God's grace is not unlimited. Generous giving cannot leave a deep impression on people, but conditional gifts can make people understand God's strictness and love."
Xia De concluded that he had seen this idea of "limited edition gifts" a lot in his hometown.
Now even Bishop Owen looked at Xia De in surprise. He waved goodbye to the Viscount. He was very satisfied with Xia De's ideas and opinions, so he asked with a smile:
"Mr. Hamilton, young people with ideas like you are rare. Speaking of which, have you ever studied theology?"
The bishop examines the teachings.
"No, my education level is very low."
After finishing speaking, he winked at Priest Augustus, hoping that the other party would confuse this topic. He is not the original Xia De, this kind of problem may lead to problems no matter what.
Priest Augustus tried to divert the topic. Seeing that the bishop still wanted to ask Shad a question, he took the lead in asking Shad:
"However, Detective Hamilton is indeed a very thoughtful young man. Not only what he said just now, he also often asks some interesting questions. Even if he does not study theology, he is still willing to think about life and the world. Oh, poor young man , if he has the money to go to a college of higher learning, maybe he can become a student of the university."
"Mr. Hamilton, what kind of questions have you thought about?"
Bishop Owen had a good impression of Shad, but at this time he was aroused by the words of Priest Augustus, so he asked Shad again with a smile.
Priest Augustus still wanted to smooth things over, but Xia De thought about it and shook his head slightly at the priest. Not all problems should be avoided, but he is very interested in talking about problems with theologians who really exist in the world of God,
So he pretended to be thinking, and then raised his head slightly to look at the sky:
"Standing in this world, there are always many thoughts. For example, I have thought about whether our world has a name."
"Oh? This question is really interesting, why do you think so?"
Bishop Owen frowned slightly, and asked inquiringly.
At this time, the three of them were still standing at the door of the church, and the magnificent door of the church was beside them. The morning fog made this morning look a bit dark, and people kept passing by the three of them, but because of Xia De's problem, the attention of the three people was focused on the following words:
"Bishop Owen, Priest Augustus, you see, since the city has a name, the country has a name, and even compared to the New World, our place is called the Old World. So, does this world have a name?"
The name Shad refers to does not refer to the "material world", but the name of a wider world.
"As far as I know, our world doesn't have a name, it's usually just called the world..."
The old bishop nodded and said, and the priest Augustus also echoed:
"Neither religious texts nor fairy tales give the world a name. Interesting, detective, what is the point of the question?"
Xia De considered his words, trying to express his thoughts clearly. He has thought about these things many times since he came here:
"You see, only when people realize that there are two cities, will they name their cities; the great geographical discovery fifty years ago and the discovery of the New World will call the current continent the Old World. Therefore, this Whether the world has names like 'Azeroth' or 'Ionia' is also related to whether people recognize that there are other worlds... If the world has no name, then it means, at least According to the current cognition of God and man, the world is unique."
He hoped that he could clearly express what he wanted to express, but he felt quite regretful when he said this. Knowing that this world in the steam age has no name, it means that it may be very difficult to find the way home from the world view of this world.
"This... is really interesting. Few people can think about the relationship between man, God and the world from such a high position."
It took Bishop Owen a long time to say that the old man looked at Xia De differently. For outsiders, thinking about this question is very common, but for people in this world itself, this is a kind of thinking that almost jumps out of the world;
"Wonderful way of thinking, very theological speculation!"
Bishop Owen hesitated for a moment, seeing that Priest Augustus was still thinking, he asked kindly:
"Mr. Hamilton, maybe you can really study theology...Speaking of which, which **** do you believe in?"
"Faith? I..."
He was surprised by this question, and asked in his heart:
"What do I believe in?"
【Why do you ask me? 】
Foreigners have never considered this kind of thing before, but at this time it is definitely not acceptable to say that they are unbelievers. Among the five options of the Orthodox Church, Mr. Liming first ruled out ~www.mtlnovel.com~ This kind of lie will be easily exposed by the bishop in front of him, and among the remaining four options, it seems that every one is acceptable.
He winks at Priest Augustus, but the latter doesn't seem to be able to do anything about it. So I could only bite the bullet and say:
"In fact, I should be regarded as a shallow believer of [Ms. Creation]. I really like the outstanding contributions of the Church of Creation in steam machinery in recent years."
"Shallow believers, have you considered converting to our Lord [Mr. Li Ming]?"
Bishop Owen asked again, this kind of question is an insult to devout believers, but it doesn't matter to shallow believers.
"Temporarily... maybe... think about it."
The tone was uncertain.
"That's a pity, but Mr. Hamilton, you can learn more about our beliefs from Priest Augustus, maybe you will be interested. An outstanding young man like you will definitely help the development of the church... .. not much to say, it's better than filling the Wall of Unbelievers after the Faithless dies."
Bishop Owen expressed his regret.