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The Infallible Guide

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 6, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 18.

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The Infallible Guide

IN these days of new faiths and fancies, there is great need of heeding the admonition of the Scriptures to “prove all things,” holding fast the good only. The seeker after truth is confronted by a confusing maze of theories, each claiming to be truth. Voices from every quarter are inviting a following. There are lords many and gods many. He whose course is guided safely must be guarded indeed. He can not trust to caprice or feeling, to the pleadings of friends, or even to the counsel of the learned. Man, at best, no matter how great his qualifications or pious his professions, is an unsafe guide in religious experience. But God has not left the honest seeker after truth without a guide. He has given him the Scriptures of truth as a chart and compass. By this infallible guide-book he may safely choose his way, distinguishing the path of truth from the by-roads of error. By this infallible rule faith and character alike may be measured. Following its instructions, the seeker after truth shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether it be of the evil one.