Imperialism and Christian Freedom
The tendency to what is called "imperialism," manifest in overreaching and oppression, is not to be laid at the door of one man or one party. It is a tendency of the times; the weak bend before it; the strong sometimes resist with a counter-imperialism. In the end only the truly Christian will consistently oppose it; and he will withstand its tendencies, its imperiousness, its flatteries, and emoluments, not for himself; he will do it for the sake of others. He is free; and he whom the Son makes free is free indeed. He may be oppressed; he may be enslaved; he may be imprisoned; yet he knows a freedom higher than any civil government on earth can assure or secure him. What the SIGNS OF THE TIMES may say in pointing out this tendency in our own land is not from political considerations, but to show that this nation is fulfilling prophecy, and to warn men of its doom.