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September 25, 1912] THE ]
Editorial 1
That Japan is still far from being the advanced,
civilized country which it claims to be
plainly appears from the press reports of last
week. At the obsequies of the late emperor, a
few days ago, Japan's most distinguished military
chieftain, General Nogi, the hero of Port
Arthur and the bloody "203 Meter Hill," took
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ins unu me, auu ms wne aia tne same witn him,
in accordance with an ancient Japanese custom,
as a final tribute to their departed emperor and
friend.
According to the American Year Book, the
number of liquor dealers in the several States
as proportioned to the number of voters varies
from one to every 444 in Kansas to one to every
19 in Nevada. The four States which have the
most unenviable report are Nevada, one liquor
dealer to every 19 voters, California, one to every
22, Montana, one to every 23, and Louisiana,
one to every 26. Florida and South Carolina
follow next after Louisiana in the list of Southern
States, but with a very wide gap. New
Jersey's record is the worst of all the Northern
and Eastern States.
Hon. Frank J. Cannon, ex-Senator from Utah,
asserts that Mormonism, which is after all but
a monarchy under a religious disguise, holds
the balance of power Id Massachusetts. We
wonder how this will appeal to Cardinal O'Connell,
the representative of the Roman hierarchy,
who lately said, "I rejoice with you all that:
Boston has been singled out to go down in history
as one of the proud principalities of the
greatest, the oldest and most holy monarchy on
earth?the See of Peter." Between the two
monarchies, Mormonism and Romanism, the poor
Bay State is to be pitied.
The greatest danger in connection with doubtful
teachings is not found in the teacher, but in
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no xuLiuvTciT). j. in; juuugcr minus, not well
trained, enthusiastic, enamored of novelty, catching
up the vagary 'which the ^professor knew
enough not to carry to its extreme lengths, pushing
it to its end give trouble. The teacher is responsible,
however, all the same. Had he been
careful to avoid doubtful theories and notions,
had he been content with the exploitation of
solid and helpful truths rather than of fancies,
his pupils would not have gone astray.
In the Northern Presbyterian Church marked
progress has been made of late in connection
with the number of candidates for the ministry.
T
How-water mark was reached in 1902, when the
number of candidates was only 572. In 1912
the number is 1,205. In our own Church the
number has grown, in the same years, from 291
to 465. Thus the increase has been in the North
rn Church more than one hundred per cent.,
mid in the Southern Church sixty per cent. In
ach case the proportion of increase has been
far greater than that shown in the number of
ministers, or churches, or communicants.
Many of our readers will be interested to
know the result of the trial of Korean Christians,
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?mcvi uy oHimuesr oniciais wnn conspiring to
;'*sassinate the Japanese governor of Korea. The
{ourt proceedings ended suddenly and the court
adjourned. The decision in the several cases
w?a reserved until after the funeral ceremonies
in honor of the late emperor. These have now
been concluded and the verdict of the court may
be expected within a reasonable time. Press
dispatches are to the effect that only one witness
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at. the formal trial gave testimony favorable to
the prosecution and that he gave unmistakable
evidence of being insane, his insanity being probably
aggravated by the harrowing torture to
which he had been subjected during his imprisr.nmor*
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effort to thwart the efforts of our missionaries
in Korea may prove to be in vain.
The one hundred and first session of Union
Seminary began most auspiciously on last Wednesday
afternoon. The entire faculty, looking
hale and hearty, as a result of the vacation rest,
was on hand, along with a goodly number of
friends from the community. Last session enrolled
the largest number of students in the history
of the institution; the present session opened
with the largest attendance ever recorded on
the opening day!
Dr. W. L. Lingle made the opening address,
which was delivered with that whole hearted
earnestness so characteristic of the man, and
filled with practical suggestions well calculated
to start the young men on their year's work with
the most serious and inspiring reflection.
The Seminary and the Church have need to
be profoundly grateful to the great Head of the
Church that the first session of the new century
begins thus happily.
Millenial Dawnism or Russellism, as it is more
properly called, is engaging the attention of
evangelical believers and teachers in our own
land and in foreign countries. Its aggressiveness
is extraordinary and its appeal to purely
carnal instincts, is receiving wide acceptance
from that class of religionists who are ever ready
to "depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
spirits." An analysis of the teachings of
this man will show that they are skilfully adapt
ed to appeal to the worldly mind, the mind that
is enmity against God. Leading expositors of
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written thorough and convincing exposures of
this grass and blatant system; among these are
Dr. .Tames Gray, of the Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago, Dr. Moorhead of Xenia Theological
Seminary, Ohio, and Dr. Haldeman of New
York. On another page will be found an article
which indicates the character of Dr. Haldeman's
discussion and amply sustains the sweeping exposure
which he has made of "Pastor Russell's"
blasphemous teachings.
September 28 and the period immediately following
are regarded by both the great political
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the day named the Protestant men of Ulster to
the number of about three quarters of a million
will pledge themselves in a solemn covenant that
they will not recognize the proposed Dublin
parliament, as provided by the pending home
rule bill, nor submit to its taxation. The terms
of the covenant not yet made known will be
adopted by the Ulster Unionist Council at Belfast
and will be proclaimed throughout the
province. For some time the stalwart Protestants
of North Ireland have been maturing a
thoroughly organized opposition to Home Rule,
which they rightly designate Rome Rule. As
quoted Dy The (Jontment, the leading organ of
the Conservative party, The Times says: "Nobody
who knows the Protestant population of
that part of the country will underestimate the
significance of the decision to which they have,
come. They are not men to take pledges lightly
or who forget or break the pledges they have
taken. They are commonly obedient to the law
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and loyal to the throne. No light cause could
lead them publicly to announce their purpose
of resisting an act of parliament."
as is wen Known, the northern portion of Ireland
is occupied mainly by a Protestant population.
In point of intelligence, character and
material resources they surpass their Catholic
neighbors beyond comparison. The south of Ireland
is more densely settled and the population
is largely Roman Catholic. In the entire island
the Catholics outnumber the Protestants by far.
The effect of adopting the Home Rule bill would
be to place the Protestants under the control of
Catholics in the new government that would be
organized with a Parliament at Dublin. The
Catholic masses are ignorant and notoriously
subject to the political dictation of a conspiracy
of priests and their satellites. The intelligent,
patriotic and resnnnsiKlo " m-*?>? ?
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unwilling to be placed at the mercy of a Romanist
majority as the makers and administrators of
civil lawB; hence their determined resistance to
the proposal to terminate their present close allegiance
to the British crown and the security
and liberty which they enjoy under its protection.
Incident to the present crisis, The Interior
quotes the following religious statistics of the
province of Ulster: "The population of Belfast
is approximately 387,000, of which the Catholics
had 24 per cent, the Presbyterians 33 1-3 per
cent, and Protestant Episcopalians nearly as
large a percentage. In the Country Antrim,
with a population of 194,000, the Catholics had
20 1-2 per cent, the Protestant Episcopalians 22
per cent and the Presbyterians over 50 per cent.
Exactly 90 per cent of the population above the
age of 9 years could read and write. The County
Down has a population of over 204,000, of
which 311-4 per cent are Catholic, 23 per cent
Protestant Episcopal, and 38 per cent Pre^bytprinn
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The discussions of Romanism by Dr. Juan
Orts Gonzalez, which have appeared in a continued
series in this paper, have attracted widespread
attention. Our readers have profited by
them and numerous letters of enthusiastic commendation
have been received. The religious
press has published testimonials to the merits
and value of these discussions. The Continent
says: "No man in the United States today is
doing: more to expose the real defects of Romanism
than Dr. Juan Orts Gonzalez, once a Roman
Catholic priest, now in the minisstrv of thp SontVi.
ern Presbyterian Church." In an extended
comment on Dr. Orts' writings, including several
pamphlets and a volume entitled "Romanism
Capitulating before Protestantism," The
Herald and Presbyter said: "Dr. Gonzalez is,
today, one of the most prominent and forceful
of recent converts from Romanism, and his writings
are characterized by such depth of conviction,
such certainty of krowledge, such masterly
scholarship and yet such Christian gentleness
and urbanity that they are destined to have a
tremendous influence. Romanism is a menace
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every influence that will help the masses of the
people to think aright on this subject, from the
viewpoints of evangelical religion, genuine intelligence
and true patriotism." In addition to
the larger volume, Dr. Orts has prepared a
series of pamphlets entitled, ""Why I am a
Protestant," "Do the Roman Catholics Need
the Gospel?" "Why So Few Roman Catholics
Become Protestants," "The Best Means to Convert
Roman Catholics," and "Americanism, Ro