Reformers’ Common Fault of Exaggeration
It is said that “honest confession is good for the soul,” and that is true, provided the sin confessed be forsaken. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Prov. 28:13. The Christian Statesman, organ of the National Reform Association, while commending reform conventions and pointing out their advantages, throws out this timely caution: “Reformers should guard against the very common fault of exaggerating the evils against which they contend.” The fact that the organ of these “reformers” can see their tendency to exaggerate as a “very common fault” should be a warning to the people at large against their so-called “campaign of education,” and against their representations in general.