A Serious Calling

If the matter stands thus with the necessity of em­phasizing the knowledge of the truth, the Church has a high and serious calling, a noble and also difficult task to perform. It is not sufficient that we merely emphasize and assert that it is important that the Christian be founded in the truth, and, at the same time bewail the lamentable conditions that exist in the churches of today. This is done often enough, indeed. If we keep on pointing to the sad laxity in doctrine and ignorance with...