They deteriorate without realizing that the process is taking place. They are like a boat without an anchor. It does not appear to be moving until we find it far away from shore. There are certain anchors that the Christian institution should lower. The anchor of the Bible, the anchor of the deity of Christ, the anchor of the will of God, the anchor of soul winning and other such anchors will help to keep us from drifting.
Improvements come by making a habit of the good.
Change and deterioration come by just supposing that everything must be all right. One should weigh himself every day. The clock that loses a minute a day will in 60 days lose an hour if it is not set daily. The individual or institution which is not weighed daily and whose compass is not checked daily will soon find itself way off course and in bad spiritual health. One should check his position every day to be sure that he is not off course.