Yet but little is done in comparison of what ought to be done. One prominent reason is, that in most of the churches the people are taught that they can be saved without holiness. This is not done in so many words. That would startle the hearers. But the people are made to believe that they will go to Heaven, if they join the church and are loyal to it, even though they continue to live in sin.
Men desire to gain advantages on the easiest terms.
If two articles, in every respect of equal value, are offered for sale, the one for which the lowest price is asked is sold first. When people who love the world, its fashions, its associations, its honors, its pleasures, are assured that they can gain Heaven, by paying the preacher and supporting the church, and still hold on to their cherished sins, they naturally choose this course. We must show that no one can be saved who is not so far made holy that he stops committing sin. He that committeth sin is of the devil. This we must insist on.