Christianity Brings Present Help
ALL the great historic religions of the past are ethical and ceremonial. Generally speaking their ethics are good. But they furnish no power. They hold before men certain standards, but man can never reach the standards. They deify certain perfections, and hold out no hope of reaching them. They tantalize instead of cheer. Sometimes they promise far-off victory through endless incarnations. But the religion of Christ brings help here and now. Christianity is the life of God sent to a needy, dying world. It brings not a mere theory or a system of ethics or a form of ceremonies, but deliverance from sin, power to do right, a heart which loves God. It brings to the believer life-potency now for every need.