Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

Moslems, it was not distracted by domestic broils.
This same church refused to emphasize an
unmarried life for its clergy, the rule which
prevailed in Buddhism and in Western Romanism.
As marriage was designed of God not only to
increase love, but to purify love, the Church of the
East was safeguarded against such degradation of
standards as was seen in the Buddhist priests and
nuns. Their thoughts ever turned toward their
Sabbath home, dearer to them than any palace
halls. In other words, they obeyed the four divine
policies laid down, in the first chapter of Genesis;
namely, the worship of the Creator, Sabbath
observance, family life, and proper diet and
temperance.
Lastly, the members of the Church of the East
were not only a church of evangelical activities, but
also a people of sound doctrines. It is difficult to
say which is the more dangerous--sound doctrines
without evangelism, or evangelism without sound
doctrine. The first leads to coldness in religion; the
second produces vaudeville in preaching. Both
these extremes were avoided by the Church of the
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