THE K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S 493 calculated to arouse religious h atred and class prejudice. When a high d ignitary of a conservative Church reso rts to incendiary utterances which impliedly invite lawlessness and suggest th a t it can be blamed upon prohibition, ju s t so far he becomes an obstacle to law and order and an enemy of th e American Republic.” “ Father ” ,Belford of Brooklyn, N. Y., issued the following statement through the “ Catholic Mentor” : “ This iniquitous law is h ere and it looks as if it was h ere to stay for a long tim e. It is th e w orst invasion of personal liberty th e world has ever seen. It is no t the w ill of th e American people. It is th e will of a small m inority of narrow m inded bigots who have availed them selves of a weak spot in th e Constitution and forced upon th e m ajo rity a law which is as iniquitous as it is odious. I t is an u n ju st law . No one is bound to obey it. No one should have th e le a st scruple abou t evading it, b reak ing it, o r defying it. “How, you will ask, could such a law be enacted? I t owes its existence to a band of fan atical th u g s and blackm ailers. They have h eld up leg islato rs as tru ly as ever a highw aym an h eld up h is victim . They have browbeaten, bulldozed, th rea ten e d an d frigh ten ed men in to supporting a m easure which every decent m an loathes and every hon est m an despises. “L et us hope th a t these m odem Manichees who have procured th is infamous legislation will now proceed to make it as odious as possible. Give them all th e spies they can use; let them choose th e ir inspectors, detectives and agents; give them th e rig h t to en ter any house, a t any hour, and search for hidden liquor; allow them a t sigh t to destroy anything th a t looks like liquor. Then, let us see how long th e American people will stand them . Sm aller th ing s th a n th is have b rough t on revolutions. T alk abou t America being The Land of th e F ree and th e Home of th e Brave! This brood of vipers has made it The Land of th e F re ak and th e Home of the K nave!” — T. C. H. T H E PRESBYTER IAN Evangelistic Note The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, through its Com mittee on Evangelism and the New Era Movement, suggests, in connection with a long message to the churches, that “The P resby terian Church, as a whole, is strongly evangelistic, b u t when it comes to methods of work th e churches fall into two distinct groups. Both types presuppose personal work. We all agree on the grow th value of personal work to th e individual and to th e church. To th is end, th e Committee on Evangelism and th e New E ra Movement can co-operate w ith both, and herew ith suggest the two outlines: “One group does no t believe in evangelistic meetings in which th e call is made for public confession of sin and the acceptance of Christ. I t is not essential th a t- th is method be followed by a church which will organize for personal ser vice; intensify her sp iritu al appeal in th e stated services of th e church; hold fre quent meetings of th e session to examine and receive candidates for adm ission; preach w ith an earn est evangelistic appeal p rio r to communion seasons; call the children of th e church to Christ in th e class-room of th e Sunday School and in th e p asto r’s Communicant Class; hold fast to th e fundam ental Gospel message, and in general fu rn ish an example to th e world of a Christ-loving, hum anity serving church. Such a church will always he evangelistic. “ Since th e days of Whitfield and th e Tennants, th e re has been a second group which believe most thoroughly in special evangelistic services, held a t suitable seasons, as th e crown and climax of all th a t has been done in th e preceding months of effort. These services are sometimes held because th e church has fallen into th e habit, and in such instances accomplish b u t very little .” I Concerning the preaching essential during an evangelistic campaign, the Committee suggests the following:
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