A great deal has been said in the newspapers lately on the subject of
Faulty Bayonets. It seems that from some cause or other these arms have
been found out to be faulty and unworthy of trust. Some of them are
brittle, and break, others are soft, and bend, so there are a large
number of those in use which will have to be discarded on account of
unfitness. Where the blame lies we don't know, but doubtless some one
has been unfaithful to their trust, or the thing could not have been
done.
It set us a thinking the other day--Here is something that no one
doubted, has proved unreliable; and the thought flashed across our mind:
Is there not something like it in the Church of God to-day?