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Moral Reform by Immoral Men

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 1, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 18.

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Moral Reform by Immoral Men

After repeated efforts to reform New York City by law and the civil power, Rev. Dr. Parkhurst has discovered that “you can not expect permanent results from the moral efforts of immoral men. A noble thing done by an ignoble man because he is obliged to do it, can not be counted on for permanency.” That is sound and truly profound philosophy; but that ministers of the gospel should be able to discover it only through such a course as that of Dr. Parkhurst in New York City, is a striking evidence of how very superficial is the study of the gospel, which they profess to preach, by even the most prominent ministers.