Straws

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Dec 8, 1904

STRAWS showing the blowing of a wind of sentiment in the direction of a confederacy of the Christian denominations, are frequently to be noted at the present time. For example, the editor of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald speaks in a recent issue of the tendency of the age “toward united effort by kindred interests for the common good,” and inquires, “Why can not religious bodies affiliate more closely, and unite on a common platform for the betterment of the world?” “It is about time,” he adds, “for the union sentiment to federate the faiths.” Federation and unionism have, in secular affairs, been productive of strife and great injustice. In religion the results are sure to be even worse.