UNITY is a most desirable thing, and is the mark of genuine Christianity. Real unity, however, is more than the outward appearance of agreement, and it is not attained by compromising principles. To yield the truth in order to maintain the appearance of unity is to sacrifice both the truth and unity. The safe and lasting platform for Christian unity is the platform of the truth as it is in Jesus. These principles are clearly stated in the following extract from “Gospel Workers,” page 391:— Jesus prayed for his disciples, “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.” Just before, he said, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” And he had given them the promise, “When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.” Through the Holy Spirit, Christ will open more clearly to those who will believe on him that which he has inspired holy men to write concerning the truth. And it is thus that the unity for which Christ prayed is to be effected. We are to receive sanctification through obedience to the word and the Spirit of truth. We can not surrender the truth in order to accomplish this union; for the very means by which it is gained is sanctification through the truth. Human wisdom would change all this, thinking this basis of union too narrow. Men would effect a union through conformity to popular opinions, through a compromise with the world. But truth is God’s basis for the unity of his people. Those who depart from the truth are responsible for any lack of unity which may result therefrom, and the only way to secure unity again is to renounce error and accept the truth. These principles are just as valuable for practise among Seventh-day Adventists as for preaching to other people.