Article February 1, 1936 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: The Church and Religion

Alfred Grant Walton, J. E. Evans, James A. Scott with contributions from Walter M. Hopping, T. G. Soares, Edgard F. Magnin

[Alfred Grant Walton, in Advance, Boston, Massachusetts]

Church membership is often treated lightly, and yet it involves a sacred obligation. When we identify ourselves with the church we offer a testimony, we assume a responsibility, and we achieve a distinction. We declare our allegiance to Jesus Christ and express our purpose to follow him. We acknowledge our willingness to work for his kingdom and for the advancement of the common life of humanity. We join a glorious company of men and women who stand for the best in human life, and we become a part of the noblest institution that civilization has ever known.

Church membership does not place an inhibition on wholesome and positive living, nor does it demand slavish allegiance to prescribed theological formulations. It calls for loyalty to our deepest insights, a fidelity to the best that we know.

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