Infidel Self-Condemnation.
By Eld. R. S. Webber
WHEN we present to the people the evil effects of infidelity, the infidels usually attempt to shield themselves by flourishing before the world the lives and characters of apostate ministers, or hypocritical church members. But in this they condemn themselves. If a professor of religion steals, robs, commits adultery, or any other sin, they at once denounce him as a hypocrite; but why is he a hypocrite? Because the pure principles of Christianity demand him to live a pure and holy life, which he has not done; therefore, they call him a hypocrite, and thereby acknowledge that Christianity demands a pure and holy life. They condemn themselves by denouncing such a pure system. No one should blame them for condemning the hypocrite, but why should they condemn the perfect rule by which they measure his moral character? Would a wise carpenter condemn the rule by which he learned that the beam was too short for the building? —Eld. R. S. Webber.