Modern Religion by Uriah Smith

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 8, 1874

Modern Religion.

By Uriah Smith

TALMAGE, in The Christian at Work, of Oct. 22, 1874, speaks as follows of the religion of the present day which so generally leaves out the just and holy, yet stern and inexorable, claims of God’s moral law, and the necessity of heart-broken repentance for sin. Such religion will never make a man meet for the kingdom of God. Mr. T. says:—

“Oh! this modern religion of sweet oil and sugar plums, that would make God a nerveless, inert being that the world can run over and he say nothing. My friends, while God is so merciful and patient that he will take back the most besotted wretch that ever came to him for help, he has omnipotent indignation for those who refuse his sway, and trample upon his law. Sodom must perish; sin must be crushed, and the whole world acclaim the justice of God.”

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