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THE K I N G ' ß B US I NE S S Underneath are the portraits of some of the theologians who aired their infidelity at the church congress. Then follow quotations of the most blasphemous nature to show that Christianity is at last crumbling into the dust. The Buddhist Chronicle says: “ We have the most highly-placed theologians denying the divinity of Jesus and thus shattering the founda tion of the church. What has the Christian missionary, who has misled our people, to say? Let Buddhists remember that theirs is a religion whose foundations cannot be shaken. Have the Christian missionaries left their homes because they have no work to do at home or because none will lis ten to them?” •What is the attitude of the Homan Catholic church to these things? A bishop, in a letter to the clergy, has the following to say : “ One’s pen almost refuses to transcribe the shocking attacks that Prot estant leaders are making on the person and work of our Savior. We can imagine what damage to souls must accrue from the broadcast dis semination of such teachings through the press‘ and from the pulpit and platform. To us Catholics they are of little moment, and so long as the Catholic education of our children is secured, will be of little danger. ’’ Such words, coming from a Catholic bishop, remind us of words once uttered by Mr.- Gladstone to the effect that the tendencies in Protestantism toward rationalism were such as to make one fear that in the not distant future the Roman Catholic church would aloné represent the Christian re ligion upon earth. And what a representation! We do not think it will come to that, for there are thousands of faithful men who will, if necessary, give their lives for the Gospel. “ The gates of hell” as Jesus said, “ shall not prevail” against the church. But meantime the confusion grows worse and worse. The editor of an exchange asks, “ What can be the result in the public mind when it sees such absolutely antagonistic teachings given by teachers of the same communion, except either great perplexity or a conviction that it does not matter what a man believes?” K. L. B. PEACE PREACHERS “ Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.” The above text was popular among preachers when Woodrow W il son was urging his famous fourteen points upon the world’s peace confer ence. More recently it has been used in connection with the world’s dis armament conference and applied to President Harding and others. There are some who seem to find in these words Christ’s authority for the various political movements toward world peace. We are in favor of any step that will give even a temporary peace but we would seek to disillusion men who may be possessed with the thought that there is anything that will produce peace in human hearts other than the saving work of Jesus Christ. During the latter part of the world war Field Marshal Haig was credited with saying that “ the Gospel of Christ is the world’s only social hope and the sole promise of world peace. ”
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