The Last Argument

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 11, 1870

The Last Argument.

HERE is an item which may be of interest to you sometime. If at any time you may attend a controversy on religious matters, and notice that either of the parties become angry or abusive, you may almost be sure he is on the wrong side. He who is always contending for what he regards as truth, with the love of truth in his heart, will never need to become angry, or act in any way unworthy of a gentleman. Abuse is the last resort of those who cannot maintain a position, and yet are determined to adhere to it, right or wrong. The last argument the chief priests and Pharisees brought against the teachings of Jesus was the scourge, the thorny crown, and the Roman cross. And when the Jews disputed with Stephen, and were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake, they gnashed on him with their teeth, thrust him out of their city, and stoned him. The same spirit is still in the world; but it is never found with them who love the truth, and are determined to follow it.—Sel.