But in estimating the influence of our plea for Restoration, we are not to
look simply at the members who have publicly taken their stand on this ground. The influence
of these principles on the denominational world in the correction of excesses and abuses, has
been one of marked results. The religious thought of the world is today drifting more in the
direction of the supreme authority of the one Book, and the union of God's people on that Book,
than ever before since the apostasy of the Church. We have, then, but to remain true to our
principles--a thus saith the Lord in matters of faith; the largest liberty in matters of opinion.
Uncompromising in essentials; relenting in incidentals. As unchangeable as the divine decree
where God has bound us; as yielding as a mother's love, where He has left us free--and ere long
they will prevail from pole to pole, and from the rivers to the ends of the earth...One by one will
we lay down our armor at the feet of the Captain of our salvation. One by one will we be laid
away by tender hands and aching hearts to rest on the bosom of Jesus...But our cause will live,
Eternal truth can never perish. God will look down from His habitation on high, watch over it in
His providence, and encircle it in the arms of His love. --The Old Path Guide, March,
1879. By Frank C. Allen.
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