It seems to me today, as never before, that with startling clearness the words are ringing, "Who is on the Lord's side?" What is being on the Lord's side? May it not mean, standing in and for the right, and persistently opposing (claims of) wrong or error? If we are doing this, are we not on the Lord's side? But if, after doing this, we repent our effort in that direction, go over to the enemy's camp, and hoist our flag with this meaningless inscription thereon, Neutral, does this not plainly show that we are trying to hide from the voice that is demanding. "Where art thou?"
"He that is not for us is against us, and he that gathereth not with us scattereth abroad." Let us remember that we can not meddle with error, except as we are commissioned to do,—that is, destroy it. You may truthfully claim that the rooting up of the tares belongs to God, for His "is the power and glory forever."
Has He not sent us into His vineyard to labor? Is it not our work to prune and enrich Truth? Certainly not! Truth needs no pruning or enriching. It is perfect. Then is it not our work to root up the noxious weeds of error, that where error abounded grace may much more abound?
