Christianity Abides

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 5, 1895

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 48.

Christianity Abides

The following, from an article by Rev. Dr. Mains, of Brooklyn, N. Y., gives utterance to a thought often expressed in these days:

“As America is lost or won for Christ, so for untold time to come will be decided the fate of Christianity in all the world.”

Now Christianity is of Christ. It receives from him its being, its life, its power. It is not dependent on its acceptation by any country, nation, people, or person. America as a nation will be lost, with all the other kingdoms of the world, as the “sure word of prophecy” declares, but this will not affect Christianity. The Jews rejected Christ, but God raised up others. So now the great professedly Christian world or nations may reject Christ; Christianity will still stand, and will still witness to all the nations of the world, not to convert all against their will, but “to take out of them a people for His name.” Acts 15:14.