Some real discipline and humbling submission to rule.

Some traditional and theological standard.

Some missionary effort and enthusiasm.

For these four things we must find place in any incorporation of the spiritual life which is to have its full effect upon the souls of men.

And as a matter of fact, the periodical revolts against churches and ecclesiasticism, are never against societies in which all these characteristics are still alive; but against those which retain and exaggerate formal tradition and authority, whilst they have lost zest and identity of aim.
A real Church has therefore something to give to, and something to demand from each of its members, and there is a genuine loss for man in being unchurched.