Around 1870 New York City had one of the most hotly contested mayor’s races in its history. The incumbent was Mayor (Boss) John Tweed whose machine represented politics at its very worst and was corrupt to the core.

A number of dedicated people took on the Boss Tweed. At first they seemed to make headway, but as the campaign drug on they began to feel the pressures of machine politics. Many of these good people began to drop out.

When the election was held and the results counted, to many people’s disappointment, they discovered that Boss Tweed had been reelected.

The next day the New York Times ran an editorial and analyzed what had happened. It said: "The good people quit being good before the bad people quit being bad".

Jude 3:1 "… and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints." Let’s be faithful to the end.