The Christian Alliance in Tulare County
THEY have a “Christian Alliance” in Tulare County. Its organ, the Alliance Messenger, says that it is “an unsectarian organization of Christian people with the threefold object: to fight infidelity in all its varied forms; to elevate the standard of personal piety in the churches; and to work together in the cause of temperance.” “It embraces Catholics as well as Protestants, in its membership, and does not make church membership requisite for admission.” We are aware that there are many in the churches who are not Christians, and we cannot say that some who are Christians may not be found outside the churches. But we fear the number of such in Tulare County will not be found large enough to greatly swell the ranks of the Alliance. But this is the tendency of the age—to ally the church with the world, and call it “advanced Christianity.”