"LET the church of God take high ground in reference to all sin, and having plainly defined her positions, let her maintain her ground, and condemn all that God condemns. She should speak plainly and unequivocally. She should go just as far as the Bible will justify, and no farther. Rules based upon the Scriptures should be adopted and enforced, that would exclude every class of sinners from her pale." Again:—
"Let all the ministers of the Gospel take a firm stand for God and his Church. Let us preach the whole law, and the whole Gospel. Let us teach what the will of the Lord is, in reference to every sin. If we have given even a pretext for 'the stones to cry out,' let us repent, and henceforth do our whole duty to God and man."