Article January 3, 1942 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: Religion

with contributions from James Reid, Tom Franks, W. J. Wiley, Alfred McRobert, W. H. Hedges

[Rev. James Reid, D. D., in the British Weekly, London, England]

Today the church is often despised. The winds of criticism are blowing around it with withering effect. This criticism is not all evil. ... It is a method by which the church may be purified. It is, in part, the work of the Spirit cleansing the church from within; for it is by the standards which she has maintained that the church is being judged. When the judgment of the world is accepted as the means of her own self-judgment, revival will begin.

But this criticism may tempt some Christians to stand aloof, as if loyalty to the church and service within it were not worth our while. No community could stand lower in the eyes of men than the Hebrews in Moses' time. But for him they were the people of God. He was making of them His mighty instrument in spite of their weakness. Moses realized this and could find no better direction for his powers than to stand in with this feeble, oppressed community. Is not this God's call to us? There are some things which we should remember when we think of the church today.

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