October 13
Speak out
“Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace” (Acts 18:9).
“He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit” (Prov. 12:17).
I find it impossible to avoid offending guilty men, for there is no way of avoiding it but by our silence or their patience; and silent we cannot be because of God’s command, and patient they cannot be because of their guilt.
—Martin Luther.
When men supplant the sacred page,
With errors from a darkened age,
And with God’s truth a warfare wage—
Speak out!
When men great saints would seem to be,
And ape the ancient Pharisee,
And judge themselves from failings free—
Speak out!
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