Source of Effective Reform by J. N. Q.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 23, 1910

Source of Effective Reform

By J. N. Q.

MULTITUDINOUS are the voices urging as a remedy for Sunday desecration the enactment and enforcement of protective laws by State and national government. It is refreshing when occasionally a voice is heard annunciating correct methods, as witness the following by a speaker at the recent World's Sunday-school Convention in Washington:—

The enemy and avenger are abroad in Christian lands. The desecrators of the weekly rest day and purveyors of noxious literature, the obscenity of the low place of amusement, and the relaxation of the marriage tie,—these are the enemies that prey upon the vitals of Christian nations. How is their influence to be neutralized?—Gather the coming generation into Sunday-schools. Cause them to become Christians in the deepest sense. Let them receive the Christ nature. Imbue them with tastes so pure that they shall abhor that which is evil and cleave to the good. Thus you will solve many of the most pressing problems of the age.

The Christ nature truly is the remedy. This comes by faith in the promises of God; and no power other than the Holy Spirit can impart it. Reliance upon the power of the Spirit of God of necessity means to confess the uselessness of any other agencies in the work of moral reform.

J. N. Q.