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came by way of an indication from Constantinople, although the source of what proves to be an extraordinarily unskilful piece of plagiarism was all the while available at the British Museum. The “ Protocols” may he traced in Mau rice Joly’s “ Dialogue in Hell between Machiavelli and Montesquieu,” and it was, assuredly, a mean piece of work that this forgotten book should have been dismembered and contorted, and put into malevolent guise in order to satisfy the animosity of a group of political schemers. “ The supposed Jewish world-plot exists only in the dis ordered imagination of some who are deficient in ability to meet Jewish en terprise on fair terms.” says the Times. w? sfe A PUNCTURE FOR POST-MTLliEN- NIAJj CRITICS We take pleasure in giving the follow ing item sent to us by Mrs. D. L. Spoon er, Church Secretary of the Baptist Tabernacle, Atlanta, Ga. “ The Baptist Tabernacle of Atlanta, Georgia, sends to the Atlanta Associa tion a report covering the past twelve months. This report shows a total of $51,000 raised for current expenses and benevolence with 470 additions to the church. The average attendance of the Sunday School for this period was 1541 per Sunday. In addition to this a lot costing $40,000 has been purchased on which a Young People’s Building will be erected in the near future. The Pastor, John W. Ham, has just rounded out four years of in tense activity during which time 1280 have been received into the church fel lowship with a grand total of $240,000 being raised for all purposes. The future is bright and enthusiasm pre vails throughout the Church life.” Pass it on to our Post-millennial friends who live in such fear that the Pre-millennial doctrine will wreck the church and rob the Word of His mes sage.
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