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Truth Is Not Settled by Vote

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 26, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 21.

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Truth Is Not Settled by Vote

The truth can not be settled by vote. Human majorities have never been on the side of the religious truth for the time. This is because the unconverted heart will not yield to truth’s claims. It is never wisdom, therefore, to put to vote before any audience the matter of Bible doctrine or teaching. It is a matter which rests entirely between the individual soul and his God. If men vote in truth’s favor, it is no more truth. If they vote against it, it is no less truth. The wise teacher of truth will, therefore, never compromise it by even seeming to submit it to a popular vote.