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position of the Roman Catholic hierarchy, why not hold to what they have when that is the best they could possibly expect in these days and times, and stand sponsor for the power that lets them run things practically as they wish? With the pro longation of war, the dissolution of the monarchy is bound to come, and no one can foretell what changes may come, as far as Catholic power is concerned. How ever, it is more than a fair guess that the church will not have the strong hold on the people it has today. There is also another reason which may have influenced the Pope to dispatch the note, and that is the Socialistic world-wide propaganda for peace. It is doubtful if the organized governments will take much cognizance of it, or allow it to bring about peace; but should that thing happen, imag ine the moral blow to the Church should the Socialists get the credit for it while the church stood unconcernedly by? —-------O--------- O rdained to th e Ministry Virgil C. Snow, a member of the grad uating class of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, June, 1917, was ordained to the ministry by a council of the Baptist church, at Strathmore, Tulare county, Cal., on the 11th of September, at which time he was also installed as pastor of the Strathmore Baptist church. The local paper published at Lindsay^ spoke thus favorably of this most excellent young preacher, who has our congratulations: “Rev. Mr. Snow, who will have charge of the Strathmore Baptist church, is a young man of excellent reputation and a gradu ate of the Los Angeles Bible Institute, where he finished his course of study last June. The people of Strathmore are highly pleased with him and the outlook for a successful church year there is very prom ising.”
ials and masses. Then, the yearly custom Of different Church orders to make collec tions throughout towns and villages. The Roman Catholic Church in Austria-Hun gary is represented in every kind of enter prise. It owns banks and mills; dairies and foundries; hotels and beergardens; cement factories and sawmills. This still is a very incomplete record of the Church hold on Austria, but sufficient for our pur pose to show the reasons of the Roman Catholic Church, represented by the Pope, for wanting peace, and why the prolonga tion of war does not meet with his interest. As stated in the beginning, the Pope did not mention Serbia, nor Bohemia nor the’ Southern Slavs. It is pertinent to ask why —and knowing some of the people’s his tory and their economical conditions, it is easy to guess. The Southern Slavs, for example, are about half Orthodox and half Roman Catholic, and knowing the independence of the Serb mind toward their (Orthodox) Church rule, it is probable that the more- meek Croat and Slovenes (who are Roman Catholic), will gradually ask the church to confine her work more to spiritual things and leave material things alone. They are compelled to leave their homeland for want of it, and as a natural consequence will, when united with their brother Serbs, expect to buy out the church holdings, and therefore break the economical hold the church has on them. Bohemia and Moravia are largely Catholic, true enough, but the spirit of John Huss has never died out, and the conditions mentioned in regard to the Southern Slavs are practically the same in Bohemia and Moravia. As stated, if the aim of the Allied governments in this war, as well as our own, is to be carried out, and we have no reason to. doubt that it will be, the dissolution of Austria-Hungary must come about. Reasoning from the
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