C U R R E N T RELIGIOUS
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rush into p rin t to hail him as “ a great scholar.” The Bible Call says: “How is it th a t in certain papers we see a l most continually a small company of the elite among these ration alists duly trum peted and applauded? The w riter cannot help noticing th a t When he m'eets w ith a b rillian t sermon or an article by a sound Gospel preacher w ith decided views on the au tho rity of th e Bible, it is very rarely in the pages of a paper. The skeptical critic? appear to have made those papers th e organs of th eir Mutual Adm iration Society.” M ajority of Crim inals Boys. More th a n th ree-qu arters of the male of fenders brought into New York crim inal courts are less th a n 21 years old, according to th e Children’s Aid Society, an organization which tries to sta rt boys rig h t on th e theory th a t a boy who sta rts rig h t is not likely to go wrong. Surplus energy, ambition and a desire to be adm ired, says th e so ciety report, are th e leading causes of boys becoming crim inals. Colossal Incomes. According to the statistics of th e Bureau of In tern al Revenue, th ere are th irty -th ree persons in th e United States w ith an annual in come of a million dollars or more, in cluding four whose incomes are in ex cess of $5,000,000. Mr. John D. Rocke feller still heads th e list, ' w ith an es tim ated income, exclusive of large sums derived from tax-exempt securities, of more th an $8,000,000. Mr. Henry Ford and his sou Edsel come second and Vthird, w ith incomes above $$,000,000. 'The name of the fou rth is in doubt, but four multim illionaires paid taxes be tween them on approximately $30,000,- OQ0. The outstanding featu re of the repo rt is th e decided decrease in the number of Americans who can boast of receiving $1,000,000 or more from in vested fortunes. ' A t th e outbreak of the w a r in 1914 th ere were sixty such persons, and th e number increased Until th e maximum of 206 was reached in 1916. See what the fifth chapter of Jam es says regarding rich men In the last day.
Current Coueism Corrected. Says th e Boston T ranscript: “ In certain ways, on certain days, th is old world is getting b etter and better. On o ther days, you «wouldn’t notice it so much.” The Movie Uplifter, St. Louis Post- Dispatch says: “Until he got into the movies Will Hays probably never real ized what a clean, wholesome sport politics is,” New Year’s Revolutions. Editor of The Pathfinder rem arks: “Let us hope th a t some of th e revolutions th a t were planned for the new year will not be carried ou t.” Popu lar Song H its. The following sentence from editorial in an exchange, hews painfully close to th e line: “Still, if we should lock up all the feeble minded, who would w rite our song h its? ” W h at Next? In a late speech Lloyd George said: “ Europe is a field of dry stubble; and if someone drops a match, the conflagration will be on.” Clouds of smoke are already ascending. Who knows if already th e last great con flagration is on? The Root of Modernism. Mr. Spur geon made sho rt work of the quihhlers and cavillers. The following sentence from a sermon goes to the root of mod ern rationalism : “An unregenerate h eart lies a t the root p t modern though t.” Gone up in Smoke. F ifty billion cigarets a year are smoked by Amer icans, or 460 a year for each men, woman arid child. This inform ation is from a speech by Charles P. Titus, presi d en t of New York Microscopical so ciety. M utual Adm iration. The religious ration alists have evidently formed a mu tu al adm iration society judging from th e columns of newspapers. As soon as a prom inent liberalist gets himself dis cussed in the papers, a lot of others
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