Mr. Tradition

"Mr. TRADITION.—There is no absolute necessity that Tradition should serve the purposes of Satan. “Tradition” means “handing down;” and surely its office might be exercised in the transmission of that which is good. Indeed, Tradition was first employed in this service. Once there was no written Word; for many centuries the truth was indebted to Tradition for handing down the Word of God from generation to generation. But soon did Tradition fall into the rear, and by and by it was taken prisoner by Satan, and pressed into his service; so that, in the day of Christ, men did 'make void the law of God through their tradition.'"[2]