The Voice of the People

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 5, 1911

The Voice of the People

It is not true, as has been many times stated, that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Majorities, as a rule, have been on the wrong side. On this point the Christian Workers Magazine for July, says:—

At the time of the deluge the voice of the people was not the voice of God; nor at the building of the tower of Babel; nor in Pilate’s court when they cried, “Crucify him, crucify him;” nor in France when they deified a harlot; nor in New England when they dragged William Lloyd Garrison through the streets with a rope. The Antichrist himself will be a man of the people and come forth from among them. As Bishop Nicholson expresses it, he will be the index of their thinking, especially their religious thinking; and in his assumed character as God he will be received by all that dwell upon the earth whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb.

Concluding this comment, this journal, in speaking of the contrary sentiment expressed by a certain distinguished labor leader, adds:—

It shows whither we are drifting, and makes us wish that in our fourth-of-July sermons this year the people could be persuaded to sit in the pews and let God stand in the pulpit for a change. It is a long while since he had a good opportunity to be heard.