THE K I NG ' S BUS I NES S 799 betterment will at last be set aside as worthless. But is God’s program going to be changed? Will anything be gained in the end by trying to make ourselves believe all is well when God’s Word plainly says all is not well? A secular magazine, which during the war had great visions of the new world brotherhood to be born through the associations of men in the many nations fighting shoulder to shoulder for a common cause, has come to the following conclusion: “Things in this world are not perfect and they are not going to be perfect for some time to come, no matter what government or social plan is adopted. ’’ They might have learned that long ago from the Scriptures. When facts are squarely faced and Bible statements con cerning the end of the age are taken at their face value, can there be any better optimism than to believe that in the dark hours of the age, the “ Morning Star” will arise—that an omnipotent hand will take the helm of things and solve all the humanly impossible problems of earth? In spite of the fact that the pre-millennarian is repeatedly charged by writers, like the reviewer mentioned above, with being a pessimist and a slacker, it is a matter of record that there are no more optimistic and enthusiastic workers on earth than those who hold to the “ blessed hope” . In all the history of the church, they are found to have been the people who have devoted them selves to soul winning work in accordance with the divine program for the age as expressed by our Lord before He left the earth and as defined in Acts 15:14—“ the taking out of a people for His name” , the completion of the Body of Christ. We are inclined to believe that in the end it will be shown that those who have devoted themselves to this program were the only ones who did a work that will stand the test.—K. L. B. W IL L Rome Again Dominate the World? Many are asking the question “ Will the Church of Rome again dominate the world?” Some interesting figures are before us. During the past one hundred years, in England, the subjects of Rome have increased about half a million, the protestantS have increased about 20 million. But on the other hand the machinery of Rome has greatly increased. For instance, 75 years ago in Great Britain there were only 500 Roman priests—today there are 4346; seventy-five years ago only 500 chapels—now 2150 churches; seventy- five years ago only 16 convents—now 836 convents and religious houses for women. In our own United States 15% of the population and 75% of the offices are filled by Catholics. In New York State 30% of the population and 90% of the offices are Catholic according to the Bulletin issued by the Sons of Washington. i In the wide world over there are about 250 million disciples of the Church of Rome. It is not the figures that alarm qs so much as the influence and prestige of Rome’s power over governments and institutions that are not Catholic. Especially is this true in the United States and Great Britain. Now that the League of Nations is binding,the Latin countries and non-Latin countries together it gives Rome an authority far beyond any thing she has had since the days of the inquisition. Senator Sherman of
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