That the zeal for God’s honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with him the courage to swim against the tide instead of with it…accept a good deal of loneliness, will perhaps be nowhere so clear and palpable as in the church, where he would so much like things to be different.

Yet he cannot and he will not refuse to take this risk and pay this price…he belongs where the reformation of the church is underway or will again be underway.

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Gender-inclusive version:

That the zeal for God’s honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with her or him the courage to swim against the tide instead of with it…accept a good deal of loneliness, will perhaps be nowhere so clear and palpable as in the church, where one would so much like things to be different.

Yet one cannot and one will not refuse to take this risk and pay this price…he or she belongs where the reformation of the church is underway or will again be underway.