Christian Endeavor and Christian Unity
It is in this way that the Spokane, Wash., Chronicle, of July 5, speaks of the influence of the Christian Endeavor movement:— Great and valuable as the positive work of the Christian Endeavor has become, it is not to be compared with the vital character of its influence in bringing Christians nearer together, in discouraging divisive factors in religious life, in advancing the time, for which all who serve the Master truly must earnestly pray, when there shall be no orthodox nor heterodox, when reason and revelation and tradition shall each be recognized for its true position and value in Christian faith, when a liberalized Catholicism and unified Protestantism shall come together, and there shall be in this world, as in the world to come, one fold and one Shepherd. But this time will never come. No society will ever bring unity. It can only come through simple submission, obedient faith, in the Lord Jesus Christ and the word of God, not on the part of masses, but as individuals.