"Brethren in Christ, in every church let us purge out the things which weaken and pollute. It is clear to every one who is willing to see it, that laxity of doctrine is either the parent of worldliness, or is in some other way very near akin to it. The men who give up the old faith are the same persons who plead for latitude as to general conduct. Liberal divines do not always command the respect of the public, but they gain a certain popularity by pandering to prevailing tastes. The ungodly world is so far on their side that it commends them for their liberality, and rails at the orthodox as bigots and kill-joys. … Believers must also sweep the house of the leaven of worldliness, and the frivolities of a giddy generation. The evil which is now current eats as doth a canker, and there is no hope for healthy godliness until it is cut out of the body of the church by her again repenting, and doing her first works."
CH Spurgeon
October 5, 2007"Restoration of Truth and Revival," Sword and the Trowel,
December 1887:
CH Spurgeon
October 5, 2007"Restoration of Truth and Revival," Sword and the Trowel,
December 1887: