guilty to being "men of light and leading," "spiritually minded," "forward-looking ministers," etc., announce they have made a new study of our historic plea, and demand a restatement to meet the new conditions.
What is this wonderful discovery? That we are merely a denomination, should recognize the validity of denominationalism by federating with it, grant full membership privileges to all who have made any profession of Christ, and be the first to enter any movement with organic, objective union as its aim.
Is this a forward look to the unity for which Jesus prayed, or a backward step into the mire from which we have escaped?
In a recent Year Book is a sort of editorial, entitled "Organic Union," in which is the following strange statement: "Organic union is proposed. There can be no middle ground. Either we are for organic union or for denominational separateness. We must go in or stay out."
When did "we" become a denomination?
I humbly ask, What must we enter—a pact or federation of denominations or a super-ecclesiasticism? Same of us have had enough of organized meddling already. Such a union will not remove denominationalism. To do so, it must embrace every Christian in the world.
If a single follower of Christ is left out, the organization can not call itself catholic truthfully. A big denomination is no more Scriptural than a small one. Then, since it can not solve the problem of Christian unity, even from a worldly standpoint, why should we feel obligated to enter it? We entered
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