“I Am a Protestant,” says one, “I have left the darkness of Catholicism, and glory, in an open Bible.” The Protestant boasts in his Protestantism. “I am a —,” cries another, “not a Protestant merely, but one of that really scriptural Protestant denomination,” and so boasts in his “ism.” No one should dare to deny the value of a pure faith, but the purer the faith, the more holy should be its confessors. The greater the light, the greater the responsibility to walk worthy thereof.
It is of small purpose to exclaim, “I am in a clean place,” if the garments of the speaker be dirty! Therefore, let us inquire whether our hearts be filled with Christ, as well as what place we fill in Christendom.