Editorial November 12, 1904 Issue

A Complaint and its Cure

In commenting upon the present condition of religious thought and life, the editor of a leading denominational weekly has recently said,—

"With reference to a very large proportion of the members of every church, . . . an outside observer would fail to find that they have any other connection with the church or with religion in any way. If he could follow them to their homes, to their work, and to their amusements, he would find nothing to distinguish them from the people about them; no family or private devotions, no distinctively Christian features in their business, no religious element in their recreations."

He further remarks that such an observer could but draw some striking conclusions, were he to contrast the facts noted with that Scripture ideal which regards the church as the body of Christ, and its every member as vitally articulated therewith.

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