It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I pray that wherever we are and whatever duties we have in the priesthood of God, we will be united in the cause to bring the gospel to all the world.
If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms.
The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.
Our theology is still in a time of crisis, and I think this will last for some years more.
The clergy earns its living from religion. If your interests are secured through religion, then you will defend your interests first, and religion will become secondary.
The clergy is in the same business as actors, just a different department.
The President of the Church will not lead the people of the Church astray. It will never happen.
As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in ruins.
I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.