We may be assured of this, that basing everything on mere interpretation indicates that the power of conscience to effect nearness to God and obedience to the will of the Father is in a weak state. The love of Christ is superior to knowledge, but a course of mere interpretation (a course so little according to the Lord's mind) gives the superior place to knowledge. Since mere knowledge does not result in advancement in grace, we have lost the cross, and thus it can serve but an earthly end, as it is often of an earthly character, intellectual and high-minded.
Girdle of Truth