The exceeding worth of joining the church . , they fail as they who honestlytry cannot. They who sow not good seed,have already failed by the sowing they havemade. For as the sowing carries with it itskind of harvest, so the thinking or believingcarries with it its kind of conduct. So far from its excusing a man, unbeliefis the great sin. It is the great sin of theBible. It includes all other sins. The greatvirtue of the Bible, including in it actualrighteousness, is faith, belief. He whodoes not acknowledge Christ at all, de-nies him as one who merely stumbles in fol-lowing him never can. He
The exceeding worth of joining the church . , they fail as they who honestlytry cannot. They who sow not good seed,have already failed by the sowing they havemade. For as the sowing carries with it itskind of harvest, so the thinking or believingcarries with it its kind of conduct. So far from its excusing a man, unbeliefis the great sin. It is the great sin of theBible. It includes all other sins. The greatvirtue of the Bible, including in it actualrighteousness, is faith, belief. He whodoes not acknowledge Christ at all, de-nies him as one who merely stumbles in fol-lowing him never can. He who does notconfess him is guilty with a guilt that nevercan be his who, confessing him, is not yetmade perfect. He who does not begin tofollow has failed with a failure that is al-ready complete; he who has begun to follow,given time, will come to the full glory ofChrist. The former has denied Christ with [ 37 ] The Exceeding Worth of Joining the Church full deliberateness and from principle; thelatter has only stumbled as he has tried to. He who does not try to learn, has already dishonored knowl-edge, as he who trying to learn, though he does not excel, nevercan dishonor it. keep step with the Infinite. He who doesnot try to learn, has already dishonoredknowledge, as he who trying to learn, thoughhe does not excel, never can dishonor it. [ 38 Public Confession a Great Service CHAPTER VI TO CONFESS CHRIST IS PERHAPS THEGREATEST SERVICE ONE CAN RENDER By publicly confessing Christ one giveswitness for Him. It is perhaps the greatestservice one can render. For men are per-suaded by the testimony of other men, andupon that testimony Christ relies. Whenthis witness becomes at all general, it is verypowerful. Few things one can do could car-ry the weight of persuasion that is carriedby the witness he gives who openly and pub-licly takes his stand for Christ. In that,heart appeals to heart, conviction to convic-tion, and courage to courage. Enlistmentsin an army will languish where
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