T HE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S A t th e recent 39th annual convention of the K nights of Columbus in San Francisco, th e kn igh ts cabled a message to th e Pope as follows: “Archbishop Haima of San Francisco and the as sembled delegates to the K nights of Columbus supreme convention, repre senting 800,000 citizens, send th eir, greetings to your holiness, offering th eir undying fealty and obedience to th e successor of P e te r and humbly asking your blessings upon th e ir work.” In response th e Pope cabled his “ constant blessing” which was conveyed by Su preme K n igh t Jimmy O’ F laherty. All of th is sounds very sweet, and yet many Americans stiil keep th e ir eyes fast closed while th e dear knights go on w ith th e ir propaganda to make Ameri ca Catholic— and by th a t is not m eant to make Catholics out of Americans but to replace our democracy w ith a papal autocracy. The first allegiance of every Rom anist is to the man on the Tiber. The same old b attle w ith liberalism is on over in Australia. Loyalty m eet ings are being called independent of the churches, and opportunities are being given for expressions of loyalty to the. Bible as the inspired, infallible and au tho ritativ e Word of God. It tak es con siderable backbone for m inisters to take a public stand in these gatherings, but many prom inent m inisters have tak en the platform and assured th e g reat crowds of laymen th a t they were w ith them in th e fight for th e Old Book. The daily papers in many cities seem to be jumping into th e arena to knock out th e preachers who have so little regard for th e ir ordination vows as tc continue in th e ir pulpits while tearing th e Bible to pieces. Thé “Dallas News,” of Texas, says: “E ar tickling epigrams feed no starving lambs. If th e Book of faith, hope and love is not •inspired, then th e world is an accident and life a bad joke. Any m inister of th e Gospel who does not believe the Gospel is inspired is no t getting an y where much. His m inistry is bound to be b arren of resu lts for righteousness. If th e man in th e gu tte r had to w ait for th a t so rt of a m inister he would have m ighty slim chances.” , The Methodists have purchased a large property on Monte Mario in Italy, no t far from the Vatican,' w ith th e ob je ct of establishing th ere a church, pri-
1257 mary schools and a large college. G reat indignation is expressed a t th e Vatican a t th is deliberate move to flank th e V atican w ith P ro te sta n t propaganda. Monte Mario is a t the no rth side of th e Janiculum h ill and overlooks th e V ati can. The Pope has sent th is word to Americans: “ It is necessary th a t Amer icans be rem inded th a t th e money they contribute to the Methodists in Rome does not serve any beneficent purpose bu t is used exclusively for a campaign against Catholicism .” When Dr. P riestly came over to sow TTnitarianism in th is country he said to Dr. Miller of P rinceton: “The tru th is, th ere n either can nor oug h t to be any compromise between us. If you are right, we are not Christians a t all. If we are right, you are gross idolaters.” The U nitarian wave swept 125 Congre- g a tio n a list_churches in New England off th e ir founoations. All bu t one of th e “ orthodox” churches in Boston de parted from the faith of th e fathers. “There is reason to expect, in th irty or fo rty years,” the U nitarians boasted, “ th a t the whole of Massachusetts will become U n itarian .” W hat has become of th a t prediction? A fter forty years th e U nitarians numbered b u t 25,000 in th e whole country, and they have re mained practically stationary ever since. Now, th e re is a split being caused by a “ radical elem ent” who do not believe in th e existence of God, and th e Gener al Conference, which meets in D etroit is to th rash th is m atter out. The hu manists deny th e existence of God de claring th a t Jesus was m istaken about His F ath er. Chief Justice T aft is expect ed to make one of the leading addresses. Denial of one p a rt of th e Word of God is sure to lead on to a denial of th e whole thing. This is the same path th a t several other denom inations are now taking. “The ends thereof are the ways of death .” Thanks most h eartily for sending me your valuable magazine. I am passing on much of the m aterial to others by tran slating and publishing in some Malayan religious magazines. The strong stand you take for the old Gos pel is simply adm irable in these days of growing apostasy.— From a mission ary in India.
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