I
ed ito r ia l AFTERTHOUGHTS
|
thus: “ O Lord, when thou wast on earth, there were many things that thou didst not know, that we now know.” Largest Missions Gift The largest single gift ever received by the American Board of Commission ers for Foreign Missions was recently placed in the hands of the officials bf that organization by Garabed Melkon- ian, a wealthy Armenian in Alexandria, Egypt. This gift is one of $2,000,000 for the Armenian nation, to be used for the founding and maintenance of two schools for girls and one for boys in Cilicia, and also for the establishment of a pres$. The only limitation is that nothing in the nature of socialism or communism is to be taught. Eddyism— an Old-time Falsehood Pundita Ramabai, a well-known mis sionary of India, says: “ On my arrival in New York, I was told that a new re ligion was being taught in New York, and that it had won mnny disciples. I found that the name of the new religion was Christian Science; and when I asked what its teaching was, I recog nized it as the same philosophy that had been taught among my people for four thousand years. It has wrecked millions of lives and caused immeasur able suffering and sorrow in my land. It is a religion that knows no compas sion or sympathy. It means just this -—the philosophy of nothingness. You are to view the whole world as nothing but a falsehood.”
Gorged on Religion Here is one of Evangelist John Brown’s characteristic sayings: “ Some double-chinned society matrons don’t want their children to attend revivals for fear they may get gorged on reli gion. All the religion of such a home H. G. Wells’ new Outline of History, which has received much commendation, especially from men who care little for the Bible, was tersely described by a correspondent of the “ Rocky Mountain News” : “ The first and last parts of the book ought to have been left out, for they are Scripturally, and therefore sci entifically, unsound. The middle part we have been reading in reliable cyclo paedias. Therefore we' are saving the cost of the book for other and more use ful Christmas gifts.” Bryan Heads Evangelists William Jennings Bryan has been elected president of the National Evan gelistic Committee and will speak in mass meetings in the interest of evan gelism in all big cities. Twenty denom inations are represented in the organi zation. This Fellow is Too Wise In an article in an exchange, Dr. John Fox, the noted Presbyterian min ister, tells of a public prayer he heard from the lips of a minister graduated from a New Theology theological semi nary. The brilliant graduate from the “New Learning” invoked our Lord Jesus wouldn’t gorge a gnat.” Covers Too Far Apart
E verythin g M ovin g M errily O n
Made with FlippingBook - Online catalogs