The Good Warfare

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 23, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 28.

“THAT by them thou mayest war the good warfare.” Fighting is the normal attitude of the Christian. If a Christian finds himself out from under fire, and with no enemy facing him, he may well ask himself if he hasn’t fallen out of his regimental line, or if he isn’t shirking duty in some way. Whatever delays there may be in the declaration of war between any of the great powers of earth, war was long ago declared between Christ and his adversaries, and every son of man belongs in that fight; and, in fact, he is practically counted in on one side, or on the other. If a man calls himself the Lord’s soldier, and isn’t fighting for the Lord, the devil will be glad to give him wages and rations, as if he were on his side of the fight, in spite of his uniform. Warring the good warfare is your duty and mine. Are we up to it as we should be?—Sel.