Practice Needed in Christian Union

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 29, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 50.

Practice Needed in Christian Union

In the discussion of the paper on the "Necessity of Co-operation in Christian Work," at the late meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, many sweet things were said about union, etc., but Dr. Washington Gladden looked at the matter from the hard common-sense rather than the sentimental standpoint. Said he: "There is too much talk, too much gush, and not enough practice. Profession should halt till practice catches up." He also said that he did not think much of union revival meetings. He compared such "wholesale evangelization" to trying to warm a great city by a bonfire in a public square instead of by fires in the houses. This comparison may be meditated upon with profit.