p. 192 | Babylon Fallen by M. E. Cornell

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 4, 1858

Babylon Fallen.

By M. E. Cornell

HENRY WARD BEECHER says:

"Thousands of men, in good and regular standing in evangelical churches, are giving no evidence of piety, are living in open sin, or in practices, in business and in public affairs, irreconcilably at variance with the spirit of christianity. I cannot ask such persons to the Lord's table just because they are regular members of a church."

Independent.

The following is the voice of five Presbyterian Synods, on the Tract Apostasy, as expressed in the Central Christian Herald, Cincinnati, Ohio:

"Taking into consideration the honored position which the Tract Society held, and then taking its past conduct on the subject of slavery, and its present position, we say it is the greatest moral apostasy of the nineteenth century."

The above extracts, considering the popularity of Mr. Beecher, and the fact that the Board of Directors of the American Tract Society is composed of fourteen evangelical denominations, constitute an important testimony for our position on the fall of the churches. We must not fail to show the true condition of the churches, for they are crying "peace and safety," and doing all in their power to keep many honest souls under their influence. The cry of "Babylon is fallen," is to be the most prominent feature of the loud voice of the third angel; and it will shake the churches to their very center, and the Sabbath cleaver will bring out those who are to be sealed and saved. M. E. CORNELL.