ORDER AND ORGANIZATION.
By S. Myers
ThE subject of organizing the brethren into churches, and establishing order and system in those churches, and taking a name, has been a matter of considerable interest to the brethren of late, and our little church has had its thoughts on the subject as well as others, if it has not said much about it. We were at first startled by the proposition of a legal organization, and until we plainly saw its necessity, we looked upon the subject with suspicion and dread. But after it was set before us, its object and necessity clearly set forth, we dropped our objections, and came to look upon the subject with favor, and as a necessary movement for the advancement of the truth. We have seen enough of no-law, no-order, and no-responsibility. We know that the children of this world are wiser than the children of light; but that does not prove that the children of light should be as foolish as possible, or that they should never improve or grow in knowledge. In things of this world no man can expect to prosper who has no order or system about his business, and the better order he adopts, and the more systematic he is about his business, the more prosperity we expect to see him enjoy. The subject is capable of clear illustration. The fact is that system and order is just the opposite of confusion and Babylon. "God is not the author of confusion." S. MYERS.