"The loudest call that comes from heaven to the men of this generation is for warfare—stern, relentless, exterminating—against everything not expressly or necessary implication authorized in the New Testament . . . It is my duty to find fault with everybody and everything that is wrong, and it is equally the duty of every other brother. In the full and free performance of this task lies the only safety for the truth. Error alone can suffer in such warfare, and she alone is afraid of it."

Yes, and this same call comes to every generation from God. "Stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong." — 1 Cor. 16:13. Knock every digression that raises its head against what is authorized in the New Testament!

"The more I see of debates on religious subjects the more I am impressed with the need of them. The truth has nothing to fear. . . . Any preacher who is afraid of controversy is not closely related to New Testament preachers and Christ. . . . The spirit of Christ is anything but affable and agreeable when God’s cause is involved."—Pullias in G. A.

Yes, yes; but when preachers and churches become tainted with digression from the New Testament teaching and practice, they become "as gentle as kittens." This is one of the first signs of decay. The church of Christ is full of it today, and "waxing worse and worse."

How the Sunday School Interferes with Church Worship."—N. L. Clark in Church Messenger

Yes, but I can find the Sunday School in the same chapter and verse of the Bible where Clark finds the cups in the communion. I once offered to affirm in debate with him that "A church of Christ can ‘Speak where the Bible speaks and be silent where the Bible is silent’ for its practice of using one cup in its communion service. And I offered to deny it if he would omit one and add "s" to "cup," but he would not do it. He tried "container."

The cups digression is worse than that of the Sunday School, or Bible School, for it "interferes" with the carrying out of an institution as set forth in the New Testament. As well take sprinkling (rantismos) for baptism (baptismos), as instituted by Christ. And Clark makes no better showing with his pleas of ‘‘convenience,’’ etc., than the sprinkler does. And his "incidental" and "nonessential" for "cup" is matched by the sprinkler with equal "cheek." But the judgment is coming: then what? (Mt. 7:22.) "Depart."

"We plead that we wanted unity. We even begged for their stand with us’ on the word and the word only. Brother Jessup admitted we could worship without the music yet he would not ‘lay it aside’ for unity."—Taylor in F. F.

Well, well! So the "music" folks are in the same boat with the "Bible School" folks, who think more of their "Bible School" than they do of the "unity" prayed for by the Savior (Jn. 17), "that the world may believe."

Too bad that neither will "stand with us on the word and the word only and thus effect the "unity" that will bring sinners to Christ the Savior. Verily, "How can such brethren hold to such and claim they desire unity." They certainly do not "walk worthy of the vocation" (Eph. 4).