The opening editorial paragraph in the Expository Times for March contains a very accurate estimate of the controversy over matters of criticism, which is coming in this country, and the first skirmishes of which have already come. I quote it in full:

      The signs of the times are unmistakable. A great controversy must needs come in the American church. It is not to be, as sometimes heretofore, a debate of sect against sect; the dividing lines between parties are to cut across denominational boundaries, and that is to be again fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, "One's foes shall be they of his own household." Such a controversy is peculiarly apt to be attended with acrimony; but it Is not without its compensations. If there shall arise mutual alienations within the pale of the sects, there will also be a drawing together of men like minded across sectarian lines. It is not to be assumed, of course, that the divine cause of Christian brotherhood is, on the whole, to be a loser in the impending conflict.

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