TRUE religious liberty is the right of the other man to think for himself. The true test of principle is its application on both sides.
The Test of Religious Liberty
SAYS one man, "I believe in religious liberty." This is good, but is it for yourself or the other man. You are a Roman Catholic. Of course you believe in liberty for Catholics, but do you believe in the same liberty for Protestants? This is the test. It matters not tho you believe the Protestant to be wrong, if you believe in liberty, you will grant him equal rights in his error. To him you are in error. What does the Golden Rule say?
Religious Freedom for All
By Editor
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES believes in religious freedom for all to believe or not believe. It believes this because it believes in Jesus Christ, who said:—
"And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day."
Because man does not in his finite wisdom have power to read hearts, we prefer to leave it all to God's wisdom and God's time, the final judgment. He who knows the love of Christ will seek to instruct, persuade, beseech, and win his fellow-men to ways of truth, but he will not compel.