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LOST MOTION.
We have recently received information which
we publish because it is significant in a high
degree, and is probably representative of a class.
In the annual report of a Catholic orphanage
the names of contributors and amounts contributed
in a particular community are given.
Of the contributors 24 are Catholics and 104 are
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i ruieaiuiius. xu iius comrauimy is a yoiuig i ixtsbyterian
church having a small membership, and
aided by the Home Mission fund. Sixteen of the
contributors to the Oatholi,c orphanage, which
is located in a distant State, are members of this
Presbyterian church. Their total contribution is
nineteen dollars. To their own Synodical Orphanage,
located within their own State, they contribute
nothing, according to the Assembly's
minutes. To all 'the benevolent causes of the
Churcih they contribute thirty-eight dollars. The
total offerings of the church for the past year
amount to 268 dollars.
It is to be said by way of explanation tliait the
church has been without a pastor and for a part
of the time regular services have not been held.
Further, a Romanist agent visited the comimuiity
and solicited gifts from door to door; ami
this is just the point. The same thing is being
done all over the country and Protestants iu
numerous cases are the principal contributors.
A number of Catholic institutions, schools
and hospitals, in the South are known to have
been built mainly with money and patronage
furnished by Protestants. At the same time
Protestant institutions have languished from
need of support.
It may be said that a man's money is his own
and he may use it as he wills. There may be
truth in the statement, in a commercial sense,
but in the Christian sense it is not true. A
man's money is not his own and he may not use
it as he wills unless te wills to use it as his
.Master wants it used. He must exercise sanctified
judgment and in cheerful obedience and concoionif
i /Ml o a amriaa mnot nlono Vtia m/\r?Asr xt 4mro
(.ivfuo ovi ? iV/t, in not iu>i uxvuv v miui v
it will be most pleasing to his Lord. If Romanists
can best serve God with our money, let them
have it. but if the Church in which we believe
and whose principles we espouse and to whose
prosperity we are pledged, can best use the substance
with which God has entrusted us. let us
be true to our stewardship.
It is well for us to keep in mind Rome's avow
ed political and socivJ, as well as religious aims
in this country. Her one doctrine that comprehends
all others is the purpose to Romanize all
human institutions. This is to be prosecuted in
the use of two sweeping principles; the doctrinn
of ' * mnn+o 1 raoomrot i An vttViioL moono
ii iiir vi iiiiiiiui i rov i Tauv/ii, niiivii mcaim
secrecy and deception; and the doctrine that
'the end sanctifies the means," which signifies
that no methods, however base or violent, are to
he refused, if they promise success.
There is a further consideration that should
guide us in our attitude toward Romish institutions.
They have been exposed over and over
again, as the abodes of evil. European governments
have abolished them in a number of instances
and they have taken refuge in this land.
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i ?TV uia tu n^inioi-ux rti j i j I41C iuiuuic it rot livn
have hills before them which provide for regular
and thorough inspection of such institutions hv
officers of the law, and for releasing inmates
who are held against their wills. There is a
mighty awakening abroad in the land because
facts which are being unearthed are startling.
Would that Romanism might conscientiously
<*eek the trnth. Multitudes of the people would
seek it but for the despotism of the priesthood
over the thought and morals of their subjects
There are some indications in this country of n
great revolt against the thraldom of popery
PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SO
such as has occurred in Europe, but such a
movement has not yet assumed a tangible form
or visible dimensions. m.
CAN TWO (OR MORE) WALK TOGETHER
EXCEPT THEY BE AGREED?
If there is anything the Southern Presbyterian
Church stands for, with out apology or excuse,
it is the Inspiration of the Scriptures of
the Old and New Testament.
We believe Moses wrote the Pentateuch, David
many ot the Psalms, Isaiah the book ascribed to
him W#? kplipvA liintnrifnl *' m+hpr fiVion
''the mythical" theory of the Old Testament.
Genesis, for instance, is a record of facts, not a
bundle of myths, and folklore.
We may be behind some people, but we are
content, and we huve found no good reason to
change our mind, or any theory other than this,
that is settled long enough for us to venture on.
Some years ago, under pressure, that the
Protestant Church was not one as the Roman
Catholic claims to be, and hence not the true
Church, a body was formed that aspired to the
formidable, and almost sacred name of, The
Federal Council.
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reaerai, signines oy solemn covenant; and
Council is a name given to some of the moat authoritative
bodies the Church has ever had. This
body was made up of representatives from all
the Protestant Churches of America except the
Southern Presbyterian Church. A hubbub was
raised that only the Jews, the Roman Catholics
and the Southern Presbyterians were outside the
fold.
Some good brethren could not stand this
cnarge or Deing in Dad company, so tne fcioutnern
Presbyterian General Assembly was persuaded
to go in.
The question might well be raised whether the
General Assembly had the right to do this thine
or not, without the concurrence of at least a majority
of the Presbyteries.
Common sense would dictate that no General
Assembly has the right to put the Church in a
place where her good name would be in jeopardy
without more deliberation than is given the report
of a Committee. Well, we got in. We sent
good men to the Council. One of them at least
saw things, and in spite of the lame apology of a
religious paper of somewhat extensive circular
tion, has opened the eyes of a few people to the
ridiculous position of electing a man, as head
and front of the thing for four years, who is a
merciless and sacrilegious destroyer of God's
Word.
It is had enough to have Jehoiachin by heredity.
but to elect him the .Chief Cutter up of the
Rible, makes us a laughing stock to the uneireumeised
Philistines.
A certain paper with its policy of compromise,
advises that we remain within the Federal Council
and enter our protest.
If we may borrow an image from the political
history of the recent past, if the Progressives
had remained in the Republican party and
simply entered a protest at certain unholy proceedings
of the Republican Convention, President
Taft would have been elected?the very
things the Progressives were opposed to, on
nrinMnle Thor crnt fti/vncpVi +Vi? nMJima
party friends made sport of them. They won
the Progressive fight by standing np for their
principles even if somebody sneered.
We imagine, Dr. Mathews and his crowd, who
are certniwly in the saddle, want nothing better
than for n? to stay in. It will give them the
sport of rnnning the "steam-roller" of "higher
eritiekm" over ns.
No better protest oan we make than by enming
ont and giving the reason for it.
UTH [February 6, 1918
The only opinion worth having ia that of the
Master, and we think he ia far more concerned
that we stand up for his Word, and defend his
veracity, and preach his whole gospel, than that
w!e should stand in with Dr. Mathews and the
Chicago University.
The whole gist of the matter is: we and "the
jwwers that be," in the Federal Council, are not
agreed- We see no signs that they will oome any
whore near our position. I sincerely hope we
are not going to take theirs.
Then the question of the rustic Amos abounds
with good sense. How can two so far apart,
walk together!
And we cannot do so without fatally compromising
our position in the face of a shrewd world.
A street car "slit the switch." A part of it
went down one track and part took the other.
It did not make much progress. It delayed all
traffic. It was neither a graceful nor useful position.
The Southern Presbyterian Ohurch has struck
a split switch?we had better get on our old and
right track.
What will the Presbyteries do! a. a. l.
THE RAILROAD'S COURTESIES.
At this time of the year the great majority
of the ministers are receiving the certificates
which the railroads kindly give them, carrying
the privilege of greatly reduced rates of travel.
It is a suitable tirue to pause and think of the
nature and reasons for this courtesy and of the
appreciation which should be shown for it. The
courtesy is not usually a solicited one hut is
kindly offered by the railways. As such it is
worthy Of special appreciation by those who
benefit by it. Because the roads court the pres
nee of ministerial patrons, and regard them as
valuable to themselves even in a commercial
way, does not make it any the less a duty, so
far as the ministers are concerned, to be properly
grateful.
We have been -told by wise passenger agents
mat the railroads like to have all ministers of
the right stamp as frequent patrons of their lines,
that they look upon that class of patrons as helpful
and useful, the least likely of all they have
to cause trouble or care, and most considerate of
their employees. On the other hand, the reduced
cost of tickets is a great help to the ministers
in their necessary travel. Mo?t of them
have meagre salaries, and yet from the very na
ture or tneir profession must frequently go from
place to place. The facilities given them are a
real, substantial contribution to their work and
should be appreciated as such. And still further,
but for these facilities, many would be prohibited
from indulging in a journey for recreation or
visiting distant friends or kindred, so that the
opportunities given them are a real addition to
their pleasure. Grateful feelings should be
aroused by this.
Reflecting a too prevalent habit amongst the
masses of the people, ministers are sometimes
heard "knocking" the railroads and their capitalist
owners. Tt would be better if this clasB of
ministers were more careful. Not that they
should tolerate the abuses of the great corporations
or sympathize with the oppression which
unlawfully combined wealth may produce, but
they should be careful to make proper discrimination.
and if they think the railroads are such
horrible things they should not accept their
favors. Criticism would be better coming from
n son roe whicn does not profit no nrach by these
corporations' srenerosity. If the acceptance of
favors will tie their hands or stop their month*,
in the consoientions discharge of dnty. of rwnrse
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