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cheap tirade against a closed mind, forgetting that if the earth was found to be round in earlier centuries, it is probably much the same as the .years go by. Calvary was once for all. —0— The Pope and H is New S ta te T HE Presbyterian of the South quotes rather approv ingly the prediction of a man whom they call well- informed, “that it would not be long before the Pope will be made the head of the League of Nations.” It sees the possibility that this will come to pass because the Pope is now the head of a temporal state. He would be within his rights if he should ask membership in the League, and then, since most of the countries in the League are domi nated by the Roman Catholic Church,- “it would not be at all surprising to see their representatives place the- Pope at the head of the League. Of coursemo one can say that this will be done, but there is unquestionably the possi bility of its being accomplished.” The editorial goes on to say that there is another ques tion of more immediate importance; that is, what effect the Pope’s new position will have, on the politics of other countries. “Now that the Pope is unequivocally in politics it will be impossible for him not to express his views on political, especially international, questions. . . .. When the infallible Pope, God’s vicerégent on earth, expresses his views, what will the members of the Roman Catholic Church do ?” -, The Presbyterian does not discuss the question from the standpoint of Scripture. Many students of prophecy will not only be in accord with thé views expressed, but will look upon the new place of the Pope in politics as ari interesting “sign of the times;” ' —o— Russia and World R evo lu tion S TUDENTS of prophecy who believe that Russia is destined to be the leader of the armies of: the East against Palestine, will be interested in the report that thé Soviet government is planning to move its capital to a new center, about 1,500 miles east of Moscow. Thé Liverpool Daily Post last June published a striking article,'in which this rumor was declared to be reliable, adding: - The idea of moving the capital of all the Russias •further from the perimeter of the Empire than Petrograd or Moscow, is, not new. Russians never",forget it was their country’s mighty distances that defeated Napoleon in 1812.' Since Trotsky’s down-, fall, the Soviet chiefs appear to have.practically renounced the idea of bringing about a world revolution in the West, and to be concentrating on â policy of running Communism independently of thé rest of Europe. They aim at becoming the champions of all the Asiatic races, and by making of Novosibirsk a great Power Station in the legislative and military sense, they would hot only hold a strong strategic position in the face of India and China, but would, have removed their seat of government fi;om the ever-present threat of tumult in the old and present capitals. air Have You Seen the Bible through a Telescope? See Advertisement on Inside Front Cover.
The Andover Case HERE is a new and interesting development in “TSPp*' the Andover Seminary case. It will be remem- bered that Andover was taken from the control of Harvard University. Since then, we under- stand, several conservative schools who claimed ¿UU ‘to be willing to subscribe to the Andover the ology, have sought to find a working agreement with the Trustees of Andover, but without success. It now appears th a t'a partnership plan is practically agreed upon, sub ject to the approval of the court, whereby Andover and Newton Theological Seminary will join forces. Dr. E. C. Herrick, President of Newton, announces through the Watchman-Examiner the prospective union of the two schools. He writes : This proposal . . . does not in any way affect the denomina tional position and possession of Newton. It does, however, seem to offer an opportunity, should it .córiié about, greatly to strengthen the educational program of both schools and to enlarge their usefulness and their great, and as we Conceive it, unaltered task of training men with all the thoroughness we can for the evangelical Gospel ministry at home and abroad. Since Baptists generally class N e w t o n Seminary among “liberal” schools, Dr. Herrick does not say all that conservatives will want to know. Did not the Massachu setts Court in its decision against thè right of Harvard to have the use of the Andover, endowment funds make it clear that no school was entitled to have the benefit of those funds unless it accepted the so-called Andover Creed? Do the Trustees of Andover intend honestly and fully to accept that decision and obey it ? Are the. mem bers of the faculty of Newton Theological Seminary pre pared to accept and teach the Andover theology without reservation or annihilating interpretation? —o—; The H igh Price o f Evangelical F a ith U NDER this caption the Presbyterian editorially calls upon Christians to appreciate and hold tenaciously their priceless possession as found in the evangelical faith. It is very evident that liberalism is quite satisfactory to the masses outside the churches and has a strong appeal to many who are in church fellowship. The old evangel ical faith is counted too stern in its demands and too severe in its discipline to be 'Satisfactory to this new age. It is easy for preachers who would go thé easy way, to try to adapt their message to the popular demand instead of seeking to bring their people to acceptance of the de mands and to appropriation of the compensations of the Gospel of Christ. And the Presbyterian points out that there are real compensations, if we do not cast away our treasures, when it says: There is a high price to be paid for the possession and reten tion of these treasures. Jesus reminds us that the cost is often the value of all that a man hath. We do not come by birth into this inheritance. There must be a willingness to permit others to think us ancient and to bear the shameful stigma of being medieval in our estimate of Jesus and the cross ; but the trea sure is worth the payment. Men seem so easily terrorized by the
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