Uphold the Honor of the Church

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 20, 1911

Uphold the Honor of the Church

WHILE we may recognize the evils which exist in the great Christian church, it is well also to recognize the good which the church has accomplished. The Christian church in every age has possessed many earnest, godly men and women; and such characters are found to-day in every denominational division of the church, Protestant and Catholic alike. Hence, we should not speak lightly of God's great instrumentality in the world, even though we may deplore with sad hearts its failures and shortcomings. The Christian church through all the centuries has been a power for good. God has wrought in a mighty manner through the efforts of the ministers of the cross. Through the darkness of heathenism many of his devoted missionaries from various churches have blazed the way for the entrance of gospel light. Our own workers for the most part are following in their footsteps. Paul may plant, Apollos may water, but it is God who gives the increase. God's representatives are but his servants, and are doing the work of the kingdom, by whatever name they may be known among their fellows.