Except in rare and isolated instances current Christianity is not producing godliness. And where an example of true saintliness appears occasionally it will be found to be a throwback to another and more serious type of religion than that to which people have “returned” in such numbers today. My own observation has taught me that the few who are yearning to be Christlike are being forced to dissent from most of what they see around them and go it alone in their holy longing after God. Scarcely any religious activities today conduce to holiness. The hungry seeker after personal godliness must look beyond the current “revival.” He’ll not find much help there.
Genesis 6:9; Leviticus 19:2; Matthew 5:48; Titus 2:11–14; 1 John 3:2–3
The Price of Neglect, 85, 86.