UNKNOWN, 1896

UNKNOWN, 1896

Mr. E. L. Bevir.

I am sure there is danger in the idea that having reached an apparently correct ecclesiastical position we can go on securely maintained, or rather marked by the holding of certain doctrines. I am sure there is little security, save in the power of the truth in the soul, and where this is the case, less stress is laid on position, because position is determined by the truth in the soul. What I notice is, that comparatively few amongst us are really purposing to gain ground in the truth; orthodoxy, rather than truth, seems to be the aim. Every one is ashamed of making a mistake, and I suspect that in getting on at all in divine things we may often blunder — though I do not justify blunders; but we are poor things at best, and it would be no great harm to us if we were a little less concerned as to our own reputation.