THIS meeting was held in Redfield, May 30 to June 6. The camp was located in the fair-grounds, just in the outskirts of the city. It was also near our new academy farm and the school building. Redfield has been selected for the headquarters of our work in South Dakota. The tract society, conference office, and school will all be established there.
The regular annual conference was held in connection with the camp-meeting, and the business passed off very harmoniously. Elder C. M. Babcock was unanimously elected president for another year. Considerable money was raised on the new school building, which is now being erected, and which, when completed, will probably cost forty thousand dollars. One hundred twenty acres of valuable land was given by the citizens to the school.
The last few days of the meeting were devoted almost entirely to the spiritual interests of the people. A meeting for ministers and workers was held each morning at eight o'clock. This helped greatly in carrying a strong spiritual influence into the rest of the meetings of the day. The preaching was plain and practical. A definite message was borne, and the people responded readily to the call for entire surrender to God.
There were a number of revival services17during the course of the meetings. It was thought best to begin in the early part of the meeting, and conduct consecration services each day. This was done, and excellent results followed. There were remarkable answers to prayer on several occasions. High winds prevailed, and many of the tents were blown down. Finally the big tent had to be lowered in order to save it, and the wind was so high that it was impossible to raise it again. At this juncture the ministers and workers in the early meeting took the matter to God in prayer, and asked him to hold the elements in check, in order that the work of soul-saving might go on without interruption. This was done two mornings in succession, and the wind began to subside even while prayer was being offered. On both days there was a great calm, and a beautiful day followed. Men familiar with Dakota winds said that this was surely the hand of God.
On the Sabbath the order of the meetings was reversed, the whole forenoon being given to the spiritual interests of the people, and the Sabbath-school being held in the afternoon. The meeting began at 9:30, and lasted until 1 P. M. Many were converted, backsliders were reclaimed, and a large number of young people just the age to enter our training-schools gave themselves to God. Fully two hundred fifty came forward in the English meeting. It was a day long to be remembered in South Dakota. On the following day forty-eight were baptized.
Excellent meetings were also in progress in the Scandinavian and German tents. The laborers present outside the conference were Elders M. N. Campbell, Lewis Christian, H. R. Johnson, and H. Shultz, also Profs. G. W. Caviness, Frederick Griggs, and P. T. Magan, besides heads of departments in the union conference, and the writer. God greatly blessed the labors of these workers, and we all felt much encouraged with the results of the meeting.
R. D. QUINN.
North Carolina
By Page Shepard
New Bern.—After a successful tour of Alabama and South Carolina, Elder Sidney Scott began meetings in New Bern on Sunday night, June 4. We had been delayed in getting the meetings started, but this only served to increase the curiosity of the people and their desire to attend the meetings. Over six hundred persons were present, but the seating capacity of our tent being limited to a little over three hundred, the unseated ones were obliged to stand throughout the service. Elder Scott quickly reached the hearts of the people, and their responses were hearty and frequent. The singing attracted their attention, and the good order bore witness to the power of the message. Thousands of colored people dwell in this thickly settled seaport city, and the uncertainty and remoteness of another effort make it urgent upon us to reach as many as possible while the occasion serves. To this end we are praying that a larger tent be sent us to accommodate those who throng our tent for admission. While our hearts are grateful for the manifest blessings of God, we are praying for the fulness of power needed to bind off the work to the glory of God.
Page Shepard.
In New Guinea
By S. W. Carr
Two years have passed since we came to New Guinea, to open up the work in this new and strange field. After a delay of ten months, our land application was granted, and the mission is now established at Bisiatabu, twenty-seven miles from Port Moresby. Here twelve acres have now been cleared, six of which are planted to corn, taro, yams, pumpkins, etc., all of which are growing well. Ten boys have been living for three months almost wholly upon the food grown. Within a few weeks the full twelve acres will be planted to rubber-trees, with native foods growing between the rows.
The two mission horses have been a great help, and now that our four mules have arrived from Queensland, the transporting of goods and garden produce will be greatly facilitated.
Our labors for the inland tribes are to a certain extent appreciated by the natives, who are gradually coming to realize that the missionaries are here to help them; and although none seem to understand the real reason for our coming, yet we have had some experiences which encourage us to believe that from among these people there will be some who will understand and accept the message, and be saved in the kingdom.
S. W. CARR.
Who Will Respond?
By WM. GUTHRIE.
It has been almost two years since Elder O. K. Butler entered upon his duties as pastor of the church in the metropolis of Canada. During all this time we have been struggling to secure help for him in that great city; but up to the present, no one has been found to come to his assistance.
From the time he entered the city until now his efforts have been crowned with success, and souls have been constantly coming to the Lord, and from time to time have united with the church. We greatly need a consecrated Bible worker to join him in this work, so that the large number of calls that come to him from week to week may be filled.
An appeal has been sent in to the General Conference, with the hope that this worker might be supplied; but the calls are so many, and the demand in the Eastern cities of the United States is so great, that there seems to be no one to answer this call, though Montreal is a city of nearly seven hundred thousand inhabitants, and is the seat of the Papacy in America. If there is a city on all this continent in which earnest, faithful work should be done at once, it is safe to say that Montreal is that city. There is no part of the Quebec Conference territory that has yielded better results than this city. Many of the French are coming to the church, and are accepting the light of present truth. Who will help Elder Butler to gather out these precious gems for the Master's crown?
For the encouragement of any who may contemplate answering this call, I will say that we have a hard field. The winters are long and sometimes cold. The city is large and wicked. The churches have a strong hold on the people, so that it is very difficult to tear individuals from their moorings in the harbor of ease and supposed safety. We also have a Dominion Lord's Day act, which forbids almost all kinds of work on Sunday, thus making it more difficult to lead people to obedience to the true Sabbath. But God says, “Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound,” and truly he came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. This call is to a Paul, to whom God may make known how great things he may suffer for the salvation of those who now sit in darkness.
We are sure that Satan can not get such absolute control of any city or country that God can not gather out the honest in heart. As a light may be seen farthest in a dark night, so the truth shines all the brighter in the dark places of earth.
Should these lines come before the eyes of one whom God may impress to come over and help us, we shall be pleased to have such write either to the General Conference or to the undersigned.
WM. GUTHRIE.
Port Hope, Ontario.
Selling “Daniel and the Revelation”
By Walter Harper
MARCH 28 I left Loma Linda, Cal., to canvass a short time in Kern County before going north for the summer to work. For the last seven years that treasure-vault of truth, “Patriarchs and Prophets,” has been my leading book. As I had already sold “Patriarchs and Prophets” once or twice in this section, I decided to try “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation” here. It was rather awkward at first, as I had not sold this volume since the spring of 1886, twenty-five years ago. But the Lord gives success, and I have taken several orders each day for it. During my last week’s canvass in Kern and San Bernardino counties, I have taken over $156 worth of orders for “Daniel and the Revelation” and other books. All honor, glory, and praise be to his name.
It was in May, 1881, just thirty years ago this month, that I began to canvass. My first book was “Home Hand Book,” which was, I believe, the first, as it was at that time the only, subscription-book in all our ranks. I started from near Fairview, Fresno County, from the home of our late beloved Brother W. R. Smith. In about one week I had taken eleven orders for the book, besides a number of yearly subscriptions to Good Health. The first day’s work God blessed with three orders for the medical book, besides some yearly subscriptions for Good Health. In those days the cheapest binding for “Home Hand Book” was eight dollars, in cloth, and nine dollars for the library binding. In about one week I was taken down with malaria; but after a short stay in the mountains, I was able to resume my work in the valley.
In the fall of 1882 I went to San Luis Obispo County to sell “Thoughts on Daniel and the Revelation,” by Elder Uriah Smith. Here, again, the Lord wonderfully blessed. By his grace I scattered that good book broadcast over that county and as far south as the northern end of Santa Barbara County. In the spring of 1883 I went to Oregon to work for “Daniel and the Revelation.” God surely wrought there. One day at Roseburg, Ore., I was blessed in selling fifteen copies; in one week at Marshfield and on Coos Bay, Ore., I took eighty-two orders, valued at $250. In the fall of 1883 I was in Seattle, Wash., and early in 1884 at some small towns in Chautauqua County, Kansas. In the summer of 1884 I was in western Montana; and in the spring of 1885 Brother A. C. Johnson, of Lawrence, Kan., went with me to eastern Montana, and later on, to the Black Hills, in South Dakota. In one day at Fort Meade, S. D., we took twenty-two orders for “Daniel and the Revelation.” In the spring of 1886 I began to canvass for “Great Controversy” at Seattle, Wash. In four or five years, in a number of States and Territories, I delivered over six thousand copies of that priceless volume.
Now after all this time, I find myself handling “Daniel and the Revelation” once more. In the past I have had some of the most blessed experiences of my life while canvassing for this good book. I also still have “Patriarchs and Prophets,” which I now sell mostly to Mexicans and the Spanish-speaking population. It is wonderful to see how these people buy this good book, and how the Lord blesses in the sale of it. Some of these poor people, living in shacks, order and pay for the highest-priced, full morocco binding. Of late my experience with these people has been most refreshing, and a continual series of answers to prayer. Their honor and promptness to meet their promises would put some of their white peers to shame. I also sell “Great Controversy” in foreign tongues, notably French; also on this trip, as a relief book, “Christ’s Object Lessons,” having sold from three to seven copies a day, and twenty-two in one week. This work brings a blessing into all my other work.
Soon on other trips I propose to work again for “Ministry of Healing” as the relief book, as an adjunct to my regular canvassing work. I plan to take “Object Lessons” on one trip and “Ministry of Healing” on the next. I find many blessings in selling these books. God’s good angels go with their presentation, and there is blessing, peace, and joy in the work.
WALTER HARPER.
The Way to Success Is by Surrender
“ONE of life's paradoxes is that he who gives gets. The way to success is by surrender. They who are most lavish of their own life are the ones into whose lap the world pours its richest treasures. Thousands of hearts are starving to-day simply because they are stingy. They have withheld themselves, and in the withholding have grown lean and poor. The fat and prosperous soul is the one that is liberal with itself,—which offers itself as food and strength to every needy man and cause.”
Repeated Calls for Canvassers
By N. Z. Town
ONE of the most painful experiences through which the members of the Foreign Mission Board are called upon to pass, is that of being obliged repeatedly to say “No” to the requests which come from the needy mission fields for men and means. From time to time some of these calls have been published in the REVIEW. A few of the fields have been supplied, while others have had to wait and are still waiting, notwithstanding that the workers continue to repeat the calls with increased earnestness. This has been especially true concerning India.
For nearly two years the Publishing Department of the General Conference has been making efforts to secure two experienced canvassers for that field in response to the urgent requests which have come. Thus far our efforts have been fruitless; but notwithstanding this, as the great need presses upon the brethren in India, they can not but repeat the call. Under date of February 16, Brother Carl Weaks, who is in charge of the circulation of our literature in India, wrote:—
“I feel badly, Brother Town, that we can not have more canvassers. I do hope that you can get two started off for India by the last of August.”
Writing again, March 1, he says:—
“I hope we may have the two men who are to come here by the middle of September, or by October 1. . . . Will close, hoping and praying that two good canvassers may start for India not later than August.”
Under date of March 8, he repeats this request as follows:—
“I hope that you can have our two men out here by October 1. Our cool season is short, and that is our harvest-time.”
At the time these calls came, we were obliged to notify Brother Weaks that not only had the men not been found, but that the funds in the mission treasury were so low they could not be sent, even if they were ready to go. In reply, Brother Weaks says:—
“I was very sorry indeed to hear that funds are in such a condition that you fear you will be unable to send out any canvassers this fall. I am sorry; for it seems too bad to go stumbling on with scarcely any canvassers. Our canvassers can make their work largely self-supporting, so there is very little expense other than transportation.
“I am willing to make a donation of seventy-five rupees toward their fare, and I feel confident that I can raise quite a little more. If they were to come third-class from England, I think I could raise nearly the price of one ticket. I just can’t give up the idea of getting these canvassers this fall. We simply must have them.”
In a letter to Brother E. R. Palmer, dated May 11, Elder J. L. Shaw, superintendent of the India Mission, says:—
“As you know, we have been looking for two or three years for canvassers from home; but now when our hopes are the highest, and we really expected to get canvassers, word comes from the Mission Board telling of the impossibility of sending out many workers the coming year. . . . I think we would be willing to put our hands down into our own pockets to bring out two good canvassers. When they get into the field, if they have been successful agents at home, they will be able to pay their wages here. Brother Raymond worked on commission last year, and put by about three hundred dollars. For two years, Brother J. S. James canvassed for our papers only. At the end of the two years, in looking over his receipts, we found that paying him fifty per cent was sufficient to pay his salary and traveling expenses for himself and wife during the two years. Our only hope in this country in making the work in any way self-supporting, is through what we are able to do in raising up converts among the English-speaking people and the circulation of our literature.
“When we get ministers working in English, I believe we shall get converts who will be suitable for the canvassing work without always looking to the home land for help; but when evangelical work stops in English, of course it retrogrades, and there is little hope of getting workers to take up the canvassing work.
“While I know that other fields are greatly in need of help, and I do not want to press our claims beyond reason, yet I believe, Brother Palmer, if you were in the field and saw the situation here, you would feel inclined to make strenuous efforts to put two evangelical workers and two canvassers into India before the close of this year.”
Surely, such appeals as these ought to touch hearts that will be willing to respond, “Here am I; send me.” Is there not some one also, among those who read this, who will give the money to pay the fares of the two workers out to India? The Publishing Department of the General Conference will be glad to hear from any such, and also from those who are willing to respond to the call. N. Z. TOWN.
The Book of Hebrews in Yiddish and English
WE reproduce this week the facsimile of a title-page of the book of Hebrews in Yiddish and English, prepared by Elder F. C. Gilbert. Concerning this, one of his workers writes:—
“The work of getting out this little book was not altogether uneventful. The first type was set Oct. 5, 1910, in the English. This work did not require so long a time; but when it came to the Yiddish, we realized that there was careful and earnest work to be done; not so much as a ‘jot or a tittle’ was to be omitted, and every little dot and dash must be in the right position, in order to convey the true sense of the Word to the reader.
“It required two operations to set a line of Yiddish reading-matter. First, the Hebrew characters must be set, correctly spelling out each word; then the points, which mean so much in giving the reader a correct rendering of the ‘sense’ of the reading, must be placed in position under the different words, the whole reading from right to left, beginning at the back of the book, and reading toward the front. So far as we know, this is the first effort to give the New Testament to the Jews in the Yiddish and the English, and we rejoice that we had a part in the work.”
An Experience in Australia
By Francis N. Waugh
At one time a missionary vessel arrived in the port of Sydney with a large number of native Rarotongan missionaries on board, who were on their way home from New Guinea. The vessel was manned with sailors who could read and write in the Rarotongan language, so I went on board, and visited the missionaries. From them I received a hearty welcome, and also some very interesting items in reference to their work in New Guinea. I canvassed them for “Thoughts on Daniel” (Rarotongan edition), and they were all eager to buy. I did not have a copy with me, but simply told them of the different lines of prophecy made plain in this book.
In the evening I returned home, and asked one of our gentleman nurses if he wouldn’t like to go on board and sell some books.
“No,” he replied, “I wouldn’t; because, if you remember, I was ordered off that vessel last time.” “Well,” I said, “go again; for that vessel is the Lord’s territory, and he will go before you and prosper you.” At the appointed time he came to me, and expressed himself as ready to go on board and be ordered off again.
We filled his bag with copies of the19book named (it was all we had) as he was leaving. I gave him a letter to be handed to the Rarotongan missionary in charge of the company, telling him in his own language that the bearer had eleven copies of “Thoughts on Daniel,” but it was possible that the captain would not allow him to go around on the ship.
Our brother went on board, and sent the letter to the missionary, who, after he read it, came up and took the bag of books. In the meantime, the captain was watching our young friend, who became more and more anxious as the moments went by, wondering what had become of his books. He did not dare ask any questions.
After a time, up came the missionary, who handed him back his bag empty. “Everything is all right,” he said; “good-by.”
When the young man got well out of sight, he thought he would end his anxiety, so he looked into the bag. He found all the books gone, and enough money to pay their full value. Then it dawned upon him that while the captain had an eye on him, and he was fretting as to what was happening, the missionary was selling the books.
So the Lord helps us over barriers. Praise his name!
Francis N. Waugh.
The Missionary and Publishing Work
Notes, Plans, Reports, Statistics, and Other Information Regarding Missionary Endeavor and the Circulation of Gospel Literature
Conducted by the Missionary and Publishing Department of the General Conference
E. R. PALMER . . . . . Secretary
N. Z. TOWN . . . . . Assistant Secretary
Summary of Magazine Sales for May, 1911
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Atlantic Union Conference
Maine
1594
1960
$ 196.00
Massachusetts
3892
3812
381.20
N. New England
851
209
29.90
S. New England
1267
1247
124.70
Gr. New York
4818
3851
385.10
New York
1649
2725
272.50
W. New York
2491
1000
100.00
Totals
16562
14894
1489.40
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Canadian Union Conference
Maritime
575
.....
.....
Ontario
1350
3257
325.70
Quebec
88
200
20.00
Newfoundland
28
.....
.....
Totals
2041
3457
345.70
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Western Canadian Union Conference
Alberta
1709
685
68.50
British Columbia
703
725
72.50
Manitoba
429
335
33.50
Saskatchewan
180
240
24.00
Totals
3021
1985
198.50
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Central Union Conference
Colorado
1593
1050
105.00
W. Colorado
492
109
10.90
East Kansas
2650
2712
271.20
West Kansas
443
44.30
N. Missouri
2155
1076
107.60
St. Louis Mission
.....
115
11.50
S. Missouri
2653
436
43.60
Nebraska
2499
1715
171.50
Wyoming
584
50
5.00
Totals
12626
7706
770.60
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Columbia Union Conference
Chesapeake
1563
789
78.90
District of Col.
1700
535
53.50
New Jersey
3764
3039
303.90
E. Pennsylvania
1818
1620
162.00
W. Pennsylvania
5633
1040
104.00
Ohio
8905
4226
422.60
Virginia
1797
1410
141.00
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
West Virginia
489
2601
260.10
Totals
24699
15260
1526.00
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Lake Union Conference
Indiana
5760
2186
218.60
East Michigan
4993
3765
376.50
West Michigan
2679
1171
117.10
North Michigan
2098
827
82.70
Northern Illinois
5434
2755
275.50
Southern Illinois
1400
735
73.50
Wisconsin
1729
1720
172.00
Totals
24093
13159
1315.90
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Northern Union Conference
Iowa
6614
3075
307.50
Minnesota
5528
5816
581.60
North Dakota
2294
1235
123.50
South Dakota
892
1391
139.10
Totals
15328
11517
1151.70
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
North Pacific Union Conference
Montana
1841
830
83.00
Southern Idaho
935
190
19.00
Upper Columbia
2275
850
85.00
E. Oregon Mis.
.....
.....
S. Oregon
5266
730
73.00
W. Oregon
1333
133.30
W. Washington
4418
1556
155.60
Totals
14735
5489
548.90
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Pacific Union Conference
Arizona
354
.....
.....
California
2355
235.50
Cen. California
16085
765
76.50
N. Cal.-Nevada
4520
452.00
S. California
4257
2141
214.10
Utah
44
200
20.00
Totals
20740
9981
998.10
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Southern Union Conference
Alabama
1198
2247
224.70
Kentucky
1413
1495
149.50
Louisiana
1708
758
75.80
Mississippi
719
561
56.10
Tennessee River
1023
2624
262.40
Totals
6061
7685
768.50
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Southeastern Union Conference
Cumberland
485
850
85.00
Florida
1628
1260
126.00
Georgia
3442
2129
212.90
North Carolina
2748
2355
235.50
South Carolina
385
541
54.10
Totals
8688
7135
713.50
TOTALS MAY 1910
TOTALS MAY 1911
VALUE MAY 1911
Southwestern Union Conference
Arkansas
994
1195
119.50
New Mexico
441
425
42.50
Oklahoma
3311
893
89.30
Texas
1805
3867
386.70
S. Texas Miss.
80
8.00
W. Texas
489
475
47.50
Totals
7040
6935
693.50
Foreign & Misc.
13558
4452
445.20
Mailing lists
.....
31500
3150.00
Grand totals
169122
141204
14120.40
Comparative Summary
TOTALS 1909
TOTALS 1910
TOTALS 1911
January
71094
89462
122202
February
91812
116108
99234
March
134206
132165
244003
April
120582
183981
192757
May
115145
174886
141204
June
163545
193727
.....
TOTALS 1909
TOTALS 1910
TOTALS 1911
July
168689
222146
.....
August
174136
152520
.....
September
102033
120020
.....
October
108571
116157
.....
November
106860
102795
.....
December
90737
99130
.....
What One Magazine Did
By G. W. McCOMAS
As the train stopped in Calmar a few minutes for lunch, one of our good sisters in Iowa took advantage of this opportunity to sell a few magazines. Passing down the aisle, she offered a copy to a Catholic priest. He passed it over to a lady with whom he was conversing, and said, “Take this; it might do you some good.” She put the magazine in her hand-bag.
The train soon left for Waukon, where she was to visit a sister. While there, she told her sister of what had happened, showing her the paper. “O yes,” she said, “we have a large church of those people here.” After her visit she came to Mason City, and lived next door to an Adventist family. This spring, while in their gardens, the two women often talked about the truth. Finally this Catholic woman permitted our Bible worker to visit her home. After the first study, she ordered a Bible, and a copy of “Ministry of Healing.”
At our convention recently held in Mason City, this lady gave, in one of the social meetings, a very touching testimony, telling of her experience while in the Catholic Church, and expressing her gratitude that God had helped her to see and know the truth. She felt so thankful to the sister who was engaged in selling such good papers. This woman is a nurse in the city, and is doing good work in spreading a knowledge of the blessed truth; she has taken her stand with us, and expects soon to be baptized.
This is what one magazine did for a sister in Rome, bound by iron fetters. She is now preparing for Jesus’ soon coming, expecting to share the promised home with all the faithful.
G. W. McCOMAS.
House-to-House Canvass in Ontario
Mrs. B. B. Notsger, wife of the manager of the Canadian Publishing Association, has just made a house-to-house canvass of one little town of forty-five hundred inhabitants in Ontario. As the result of her efforts, she has secured 130 yearly subscriptions for the Protestant Magazine, and in addition has also sold two hundred single copies of our ten-cent magazines. Why should you not put forth a similar effort in your town? For agents' rates, address your conference tract society.
Message for To-day Series Meets Success
By Editor
THE “Message for To-day” series of the weekly Signs of the Times is meeting with excellent success. The first edition of twenty-five thousand copies has been exhausted, and an extra edition of twenty-five hundred copies has been printed. Orders are still coming in.
Porto Rico Mission Report
In Porto Rico during the past year, books valued at two thousand dollars were sold; more than one thousand dollars was collected for subscriptions to the Spanish paper, El Centinela de la Verdad; and eleven persons were baptized.
Catholic Jurisprudence
By Carlyle B. Haynes
IN the Western Watchman, of St. Louis, Mo., edited by Father Phelan, there appears in the issue of May 18, 1911, an editorial entitled “The Influence of Catholic Teaching in the Standard Oil Decision,” in which the editor says:—
“Chief Justice White, in his opinion on the Standard Oil case, lays down the broad proposition that a law, to be valid, must be just and reasonable. The case of the Standard Oil Company turned upon the interpretation to be put on the words ‘restraint of trade.’ Justice White said the restraint meant by the law was an unreasonable restraint. Justice Harlan, on the other hand, holding to the Puritan severity of his ancestors, interpreted the law literally, and wrote a dissenting opinion. . . . The teaching of the canons is that a law must be interpreted by the court upon the face and natural import of the words, and not according to the meaning of its framers. The church’s courts do not care what the lawmakers meant, but only what the law itself says. Laws are made by men for men; and they must be construed according to prudence and wisdom. The court is the sole interpreter of the law, but it is also the representative of God, and must follow the dictates of common sense. . . .
“If the Puritan view of the Sherman act championed by Justice Harlan had been adopted by the Supreme Court, we would have to-day a financial chaos in this country, that would throw the markets of the world into inextricable confusion. And that would surely have21been the case if Chief Justice White were not on the bench. He is thoroughly imbued with the teachings of Catholic jurisprudence, and knows how to apply the canons of reason and common sense to the legislation of States. It took him years to bring the rest of the court to his way of thinking, and that alone is the meaning of the delay in the judgment. But truth, as taught by the tribunals of the Catholic Church, prevailed; and Puritanism as well as plutocracy went down in defeat.”
Being “thoroughly imbued with the teachings of Catholic jurisprudence,” and interpreting the law in the light of “the teachings of the canons,” it is not difficult to see what decision a court, headed by a Catholic chief justice, who had brought “the rest of the court to his way of thinking,” would render in a case involving the rights of conscience. If “truth, as taught by the tribunals of the Catholic Church,” is to prevail in the construction and interpretation of the laws of this country, it will not be long before the “image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.”
