EDITORIAL by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 20, 1914

EDITORIAL

By Editor

The Influence of Evil

A QUARTER of a century ago it was fondly hoped by many men of serious thought in the church that the principles of destructive Bible criticism would not extend outside of the educational circles to which they were confined. But the baneful fruit now appearing in every quarter shows the widely extended influence of this pernicious evil teaching. Speaking of this, the editor of the Word and Way for March 26, 1914, says:—

The poison which, twenty-five years ago, had not gone beyond college walls, has oozed, or sifted, or percolated, as the case may be, out into popular novels, magazines, pulpits, platforms, high schools, and all classes. And wherever it goes, moral decline follows in its wake.

And this only illustrates the subtle influence of sin and the manner in which its deadly miasma has affected every part of the world at the present time. It has opened the floodgates of infidelity and impurity. When once unconfined, these monsters of evil become rampant in their operations. Let us thank God that sometime sin will be banished from the universe, and a reign of righteousness, purity, and peace be ushered in.