A NEW church building was dedicated by the brethren at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 6.
At the close of the school at Pukekura, N. S. W., Aus., fourteen of the students went forward in baptism.
REPORTING from Lithgow, New South Wales, Aus., Brother Cecil K. Meyers tells of the baptism of seven at that place recently.
At the English church of Minneapolis nine were recently baptized by Brother A. W. Kuehl, assisted by Brother R. A. Underwood.
NINETEEN persons were baptized at Bruno, Minn., June 12. These are the fruit of the effort made at that place during the winter and early spring. Brethren G. L. Budd and E. M. Chapman officiated.
BROTHER J. G. KROEKER reports through the Nebraska Reporter his work in S. Paulo, Brazil. In less than a year of labor he has baptized nine, and many more are deeply interested.
A CANVASSER in Kansas, Brother Albert Segebartt, in six weeks sold and delivered seventy-two books, worth $228.50. Another, Brother Chas. Sutton, made a delivery of books valued at $503.75, after a short spring canvass. Brother Melvin Shidler, having eighty-seven orders, took out eighty-eight books, and delivered them all, amounting to $325.
A NUMBER of important changes were made at the recent General Conference at Washington, D. C., in the matter of laborers. W. B. White takes the presidency of the New England Conference. D. P. Gaede, of the Russian Union Conference, is transferred to the German Union Conference. H. A. Kristal, of California, goes to Russia; G. B. Starr, of Australia, to New York City; J. E. Fulton, of the Australasian field, to the presidency of the Australian Union Conference; H. S. Shaw to the presidency of the Western Canadian Union; W. D. McLay to the presidency of the West Virginia Conference. A. F. Haines, of the Pacific Press, was asked to take charge of the printing-office at Colon, Panama. These are but a few out of many changes and appointments; the conference Bulletin and the Review and Herald give complete lists.
Union College Announcement
THE calendar of Union College, College View, Neb., for 1909-1910 is now ready for distribution, and may be secured by addressing the president, Prof. C. C. Lewis. This calendar contains a historical sketch of Union College, regulations, departments, courses, etc. Young people throughout the Central West should investigate the opportunities offered by Union College by studying the calendar, which is mailed free upon request.
South Lancaster Academy
The twenty-eighth annual announcement of the South Lancaster Academy, South Lancaster, Mass., is at hand. The past year has been prosperous, and with a strong faculty the work of the year to come is hopeful. Full academic work is carried, with special courses in music, commercial lines, normal, and preparatory medical work, etc. A convenient student’s sunset calendar accompanies the announcement. For copy of the calendar address the principal, B. F. Maclean.
Garden Neighbors, My.
By L. A. Reed
—By L. A. Reed. A new nature-study book just fresh from the press. All will be interested in the true story of the sparrows who learned to imitate the bluebirds, of the cat that went wild, of the cowbird that imposed on a sparrow, and all the others in this instructive and entertaining book. It contains 256 pages with over fifty illustrations, several of them colored. Bound in cloth, $1.00. Address this office.
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“The Holy Spirit in Missions.” Six lectures by A. J. Gordon, D.D. Fleming H. Revell Co., New York and Chicago.
The object of this book is the object of the giving of the lectures; namely, to arouse in the church of God a real and decided appreciation of the fact that the great hope of success in missions is not mere organization or education, or anything merely human, but the power of the Holy Spirit. The titles of the lectures or divisions of the book are as follows: The Holy Spirit’s Program of Missions, The Holy Spirit’s Preparation in Missions, The Holy Spirit’s Administration in Missions, The Holy Spirit’s Fruits in Missions, The Holy Spirit’s Prophecies Concerning Missions, The Holy Spirit’s Present Help in Missions. One may not always agree with the eloquent lecturer, but certainly every Christian must respond to the earnest appeals that are made for more of the power of the Spirit. The instruction and the appeals are sent home to the heart by many examples of godly workers in the church of Christ in different ages.
“Protestant Missions in South America.” Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, New York. Ten chapters, 240 pages, with appendices, index, and maps.
Eight writers have contributed to this volume, which was prepared especially for use in mission studies in colleges and other institutions of higher learning, but also largely for study classes in churches and young people’s societies. Nearly all the writers have given many years to missionary work in the countries of which they write, which makes the book a store of valuable information.
“Latin America.” By Hubert W. Brown, M.A. Three hundred pages. Price, $1.20 net. Fleming H. Revell Company, New York and Chicago.
One of a series of students’ lectures on missions in Princeton Theological Seminary, the purpose of this book, as stated in its preface, is “to awaken an interest in Mexico, Central and South America as a mission field.” There are five lectures, as follows: “The Pagans,” “The Papists,” “The Patriots,” “The Protestants,” “The Present Problem.” Each is interestingly told, the history, facts, comparisons, etc., being drawn from wide sources of information.
“South America, A Mission Field.” By Bishop Thomas Benjamin Neely. Price, 35 cents. Eaton & Mains, New York.
The object of this little book is to treat of South America as a field for Christian missions. It is greatly condensed; does not give in any wise a detailed view, but it does present very much information that is of interest. It is treated under the following topics: South America, the People of South America, The Religion of South America, What Romanism Has Done for South America, South America as a Mission Field, Protestant Missions in South America, The Results, Present Needs, and Whose Special Duty. The author does not always write without prejudice, as indicated in his chapter on Protestant Missions, and is not always consistent, but for a little work it gives a goodly amount of information.
“Writing for the Press,” a manual by Robert Luce, 5th edition, rewritten. Boston Clipping Bureau, Boston.
This is a very convenient and suggestive little volume to those who aspire to do writing for the press; in dealing with printer’s copy, composition, grammatical questions, discrimination in words and phrases, mixed metaphors, suggestions regarding styles, matters ecclesiastical and medical, punctuation, proof-reading, etc., etc., etc. The price is not given. This can be obtained by writing the publishers.
Menelik II, Emperor of Abyssinia, whose death was falsely reported, altho known as the “savage” among kings, has always claimed to be the only direct descendant of two figures prominent in Bible history—King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. “Magda, Queen of Sheba,” a book recently translated from the now obsolete Ghese language into French and from the French into English, and published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, is a correct copy of the ancient chronicle upon which Menelik based his royal lineage. This chronicle, which has a peculiarly interesting history, was never before translated into any language. In its original form it was loaned by King Menelik himself for this purpose.
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of the July Number of Signs Monthly ordered out before June 25
“I think the July number is splendid. I sold one to the jailer, one to the supervisor, and one to tax collector. Am having grand experiences, and enjoying the work very much.”
AMERICAN IDEALS OF GOVERNMENT THREATENED
Consider for a moment with this partial outline of contents for July how directly every phase of the message for to-day is touched upon in an issue of the magazine.
Healthful Living: Dr. Rand on “Care of the Teeth; Its Relation to Health.”
Temperance: “Temperance Wave in the South,” by S. B. Horton.
Bible: “It Is Finished,” by Mrs. E. G. White; “Cause and Nature of Suspended Life,” by J. O. Corliss; “Ignis Fatuus” (On Change of Sabbath), by Dr. W. D. Tickner.
Liberty: “The American Birthright of Religious Liberty,” Mrs. Lulu Wightman Before Missouri State Legislature; “Is Our Liberty a Dream?” by M. C. Wilcox.
Thirty thousand copies of the June number were sold. You want a part in work with this July number, don’t you? You will gain a blessing in introducing it. One hundred copies cost $4.00; you sell them for $10.00. Order of your Tract Society and ask for the “Signs Worker,” which will give you selling points.
Signs of the Times
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA
“You’ll Go, Won’t You?”
By W. T. P. Wolston
THE difficulties which present themselves to even really earnest seekers after salvation are many. Perhaps one of the most common is the question of a certain fitness or preparation, which entitles the soul to draw near to Christ. There is in many a heart a desire to be His, but a shrinking from unreservedly coming to Him because of a conscious lack. That this lack is a profoundly mistaken idea makes the difficulty none the less; nor is it always easy to convince such souls that Christ’s invitation is their warrant, and their need, and nothing but their need, is their justification in approaching the Lord. While vainly waiting and hoping to find in themselves something which they think would suit the Lord, they are simply robbing themselves of the present enjoyment of blessing which might be theirs.
This condition was very markedly evident in a young lady who once put to me the question which heads this paper, and though many years have rolled by since she uttered it, I have never forgotten the incident that led to it. It was on this wise. I learned that a number of God’s children were about to gather in York, for a few days’ study of Scripture and ministry of the word of the Lord, for mutual edification. Though uninvited, I felt assured my brethren would welcome me in their midst, and I accordingly wrote to a Christian man, whose name and address I possessed, asking him to secure for me a lodging, which I should be glad to pay for, and saying that I would call at his house and learn the address thereof.
When I arrived in the Cathedral Town I made at once for his house. The door was opened by a pleasant-looking young lady, about twenty years of age, who, when I mentioned my name and the object of my call, at once replied, “O, father is out; but please come in, there is a letter for you!”
“A letter for me?” I rejoined, “I thought no one knew I was coming here.”
“But you are Dr. Wolston, of Edinburgh, are you not?”
“Yes, I am.”
“Then it must be for you, for that is the address upon it;” and so saying, she handed me the letter, which she told me then was from their family medical attendant, who had heard through her father that I was coming to York. I had never seen him, but I had already the pleasure of knowing his dear Christian wife, whom many years previously I met in Cornwall.
First reading and then putting the letter into my pocket, I turned to my young acquaintance and asked if she were a Christian. She flushed at my question, but at once answered that she was not a Christian.
“Have you no desire to be?” I inquired.
“Yes, I have often wished I were one, but somehow I am not one yet.”
“And what is your hindrance? Is not the Lord Jesus willing to save you?”
“Yes, I believe He is.”
“And are you desirous of being saved?”
“Yes.”
“Why, then, have you not come to the Lord and let Him save you?”
“Ah, there is my difficulty,” she replied. “I do not think I am fit to come to Him.”
“What other fitness than your need as a sinner do you require?” I asked.
“Why, certainly my life ought to be changed, and I ought to be better than I am, and quite different from what I am if I am to come to Him and be a Christian,” was her answer.
A good long conversation ensued on this, but her difficulty was in no way met, so putting my hand into my pocket I drew forth the letter she had given me, and read it to her. It ran thus:
“My Dear Doctor,—I have heard from my patient, Mr. ——, that you are coming to York for a few days, and my wife and I trust you will give us the pleasure of showing you hospitality. We hope you will take up your abode under our roof, where we shall do all we can to make your stay pleasant, and if you do not come I shall not be able to any more sign myself—Yours fraternally, ——.”
When finished, I said to her, “What do you think I should do?”
“You’ll go, won’t you?” she at once replied very earnestly.
“Do you think the invitation is genuine?” said I.
“Genuine,” she answered, “of course it is. Why, the writer is our doctor, a very nice gentleman, and I am sure he means what he says, and will be very glad to receive you.”
“Well,” I said, “it certainly is a very hearty invitation to send to a total stranger, as I am, and you think, therefore, that I should accept it?”
“Most certainly, if you care to go,” she added emphatically.
“Stop,” I rejoined, “I should like to go, but just look at my coat. I have had it for a considerable time, and it is getting a little bit threadbare.”
“But there is nothing about your coat in that letter, sir; it is you he wants.”
“But look at my traveling bag. I have possessed it many years, the shine has gone off it, and it is certainly the worse for wear.”
“But there is nothing about your bag in that letter,” she rather testily replied.
“Well, look at my umbrella,” said I, “it is getting old and rather dilapidated.”
“But, dear me, there is nothing about your umbrella in that letter. It is you he invites, and you he wants. He is not caring about the things you speak of.”
“O, I see! He wants me, irrespective of my gear and get-up.”
“Exactly,” she replied, and again exclaimed, “You’ll go, won’t you?”
“One question more,” I said: “Do you think I need nothing but the invitation to warrant my going?”
“Certainly. He wishes for your company, and he has invited you in a very warm way; what more can you want, sir?”
“Nothing,” I answered. “I can clearly see my title to go is the fact that he has invited me. Now let me ask you another question, What is your title to go to Jesus?”
Her answer was simple, “That He has invited me to come to Him.”
“Then, why don’t you, my dear girl?” I inquired. “He says, ‘Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest’ (Matt. 11:28), and further asseverates, ‘He that cometh to Me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst, . . . and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out’ (John 6:35-37).”
Light seemed to break in on her soul, and I trust she came to the Lord.
Reader, have you come to the Lord yet? If not, why not? If your difficulty has been some desire to find something in yourself different from what you have hitherto found there—some feeling, some experience, some change, some emotion, be persuaded that all such difficulties are but Satan’s devices to keep you out of present blessing, and the enjoyment of the blessed Saviour’s love. O, drop all these foolish reasonings and workings of your own mind, and as a poor sinner just cast yourself on Him. Come to Him, trust Him, and you will find the truth15of His word, “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” Surely, “you’ll go, won’t you?”
But I must finish my story. Our conversation ended, I at once repaired to the doctor’s house. He had been called out to see a patient, but his wife welcomed me most warmly as an old friend, and we sat down to tea, and talked of the things of the Lord, till the door opened and the doctor entered. Seeing me he came forward with both hands outstretched, and said, “So you have come; I am delighted. I hoped you would. The fact is, if you had not come I never should have forgiven you.” My welcome, in fact, was charmingly complete, and my little tale, I think, illustrates not alone the ground on which a sinner comes to the Lord, but the kind of welcome which the coming one receives from the One who invites. The welcome given me by the doctor was after the sort which the prodigal got from his father when he came back (see Luke 15). He was received with open arms, while the kiss of pardon and reconciliation was pressed upon his cheek, and the whole house was filled with joy on account of his reception.
Such, indeed, is God’s wonderful way of receiving a vile, good-for-nothing sinner like writer or reader. To the latter I again say, “You’ll go, won’t you?”—W. T. P. Wolston.
God, the Everlasting
By Llewellyn A. Morrison
By Llewellyn A. Morrison
“BECAUSE Thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise Thee.”
Ps. 63:3.
WHEN trials beset me
I praise the Most High;
He doth not forget me
When dangers are nigh;
My burdens He shareth
That others may see;
My crosses He beareth
In mercy for me.
He teacheth my spirit
The ways of the word;
He telleth the merit
Of Jesus, my Lord;
He sings of the sweetness
He hath for His own—
The perfect completeness
His grace maketh known.
There is no true gladness
But that He doth send;
There can not be sadness
If He is my Friend
And on Him relying
All ills I endure:
So, living or dying,
My soul is secure.
The years of the mortal
Are pregnant with pain;
I strive for the portal
Of freedom again;
I trust tho in blindness,
To win out in strife,
For His loving-kindness
Is better than life.
ELO THE EAGLE AND OTHER STORIES
By Floyd Bralliar
BY FLOYD BRALLIAR
This new animal book for young folks is receiving an eager welcome by all nature lovers. ELO THE EAGLE is the first of a series of ten interesting stories of animals, wild and otherwise; being, with one exception, the life histories of boyhood friends of the author. Many strange and laughable anecdotes are related by Mr. Bralliar, all of which are strictly true and vouched for by reliable witnesses.
The book is lavishly illustrated by special drawings, with a full-page half-tone design printed in Luxotype at the beginning of each chapter. Two hundred pages, printed on egg-shell paper, beautifully bound in red cloth. Price, post-paid, $1.00.
Easily sold by young people. Agents wanted.
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Home Politeness
SHOULD an acquaintance tread on your dress, your best, your very best, and by accident tear it, how profuse you are with your “never mind — don’t think of it — I don’t care at all.” If a husband does it, he gets a frown; if a child, he is chastised.
Ah! these are little things, say you! They tell mightily on the heart, let us assure you, little as they are.
A gentleman stops at a friend’s house, and finds it in confusion. He doesn’t see anything to apologize for—“never think of such matters — everything is all right” — cold supper — cold room — crying children — “perfectly comfortable.”
Goes home; his wife has been taking care of sick ones, and worked her life almost out. “Don’t see why things can’t be kept in better order — there never were such cross children before.”
Why not be polite at home? Why not use freely the coin of courtesy? How sweet they sound, those little words: “I thank you,” or “you are very kind.” Doubly, yes, thrice sweet from the lips we love, when heart-smiles make the eye sparkle with the clear light of affection.
Be polite to your children. Do you expect them to be mindful of your welfare? to grow glad at your approach? to bound away to do your pleasure before your request is half spoken? Then with all your dignity and authority, have politeness. Give it a niche in your household temple. Only then will you have the true secret of sending out into the world really finished gentlemen and ladies. Again we say unto all — be polite.— Selected.
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Life and Health
A PRACTICAL health journal, published with a view of meeting hygienic needs in every home; teaching how to care for the health and how to preserve life; prescribing simple home treatments to assist nature in throwing off diseases rather than adding more poison by using drugs or unnatural stimulants as remedies; teaching how to avoid disease as far as possible, how to manage in the home when sickness does come, and how to combat the disease by simple remedies which nature provides.
Send for sample copy and special rates to agents. Price 10 cents per copy or $1.00 per year.
Address, LIFE & HEALTH, Takoma Park, D. C.
LIBERTY
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OFTHE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY BUREAU
An illustrated, 48-page, quarterly magazine, published as an exponent and advocate of true religious liberty; defending Christianity and the rights of conscience; upholding the Bible as the infallible word of God; recognizing the church and state as ordained of Heaven for specific and distinct purposes, but vigorously protesting against the alliance of the church with the state in the attempt to advance religion and to promote the state. Price 25 cents per year. Liberal terms to agents.
Address, LIBERTY, Takoma Park, D. C.
Our Little Friend
An Illustrated Paper for the Smaller Men and Women, for the Children and Little Ones
Instructive and entertaining, clean, wholesome, sensible. It is a character builder, a helper to father and mother. Our Little Friend would plant seed in the joyous life of the children in the Present, that it may bear blessed fruitage in the Harvest of the Future. Respect your child's individuality. Take the paper for him or her. Only 50 cents a year.
Address, OUR LITTLE FRIEND, Mountain View, Cal.
Home and Health.
Prepared and edited by a competent committee of home-makers and physicians.
“Home and Health” is a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitary laws, the preservation of health by clean, consistent living, and the home treatment of simpler ailments and diseases by use of natural, rational remedies instead of drugs.
It contains six sections as follows:
The Home: Its Location, Suggestions on Building, Sewerage, Healthful Surroundings, Water Supply, etc.
General Housekeeping, including all the general features of the housekeeper’s work, such as care of the rooms, Laundering, House Cleaning, Fruit Canning, Pests, etc.
Diet.
Care of the Body.
Care and Training of Children.
The Home Treatment of Disease.
The object of this work is twofold:
(1) The prevention of disease by teaching the principles of life and health.
(2) The classification in convenient form for reference of such recipes and items of information as are most needed in the home.
The book contains nearly six hundred pages, is fully illustrated, and bound as follows:
Cloth, marbled edges, $3.00; library style, $4.00; full leather, $5.00. Address this office.
Matthew Twenty-four Second Coming of Christ
An exposition, verse by verse, of one of the most striking chapters in the New Testament; covering our Lord’s great discourse on the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the world, and the special signs of His second coming to reward His children. The facts of fulfillment given make this pamphlet worth many times its price. 94 pages, price 10c.
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Become Not the Bond-Servants of Men
“Become Not the Bond-Servants of Men.”—This is the admonition of the apostle Paul found in 1 Cor. 7:23. This does not mean that we should not serve men, for that is a vital essential of Christian character. Jesus came to minister to others, to serve them. The text does not mean that men should not organize and cooperate in God’s work or work for humanity, but it does mean that no man should sell himself to any man or set of men when responsibility to God stands first. Danger lies in both extremes. Obstinate, big-headed independence in non-essential methods and plans is to be deplored as well as the slavish submission of manhood to the dictation of others. Both classes afflict society, especially the latter. Society is weakening and crumbling by the increase of men who are slaves of men. The only true men are those whose supreme headship is in Jesus Christ, and who are bound together by the receiving of His life and are united in the heralding of His Gospel.
Coca-Cola Fiends
It is not generally known that the common soda-fountain drink known as “Coca-Cola” is a drug; but such is the fact. This drink is a compound of caffein and cocain sweetened to the taste. The sales manager of the Coca-Cola Company says that the caffein in their product is made from tea. Caffein can be extracted from tea or coffee or from the kola nut. It is the active, stimulating principle in tea and coffee. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the Government Bureau of Chemistry, says: “When caffein is separated from tea and coffee, and used as a separate drug, it exerts a much more specific action upon the system than when in natural combination. Its general effect is to induce that unhappy state described as nervousness, with deranged digestion and impaired health.” The other active element is cocain, which is the most enslaving and degrading drug known to mankind. The cocain fiend is an abject slave, ruined in body, mind, and soul before he has ended his mortal career. This one drink is doing so much harm that the report of the government chemist says: “The prevalence of the coca-cola fiend is becoming a matter of great importance and concern.” We should think so. The drink is effective in allaying the sense of fatigue by deadening the nerves that carry the message to the brain. The tired condition is there still, but the brain no longer is told of the fact. Parents refuse to allow their children to have even weak tea and coffee, yet allow them to drink this drug at the soda-fountains through ignorance. The pure-food law should prohibit the sale of such drinks.
The General Conference in Washington
By Editor
The editor’s notes on the General Conference in Washington are omitted in this issue, but we have not done with that great meeting yet by a long way. It is a subject which is lasting in its influence.
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
The August number of the Signs of the Times Monthly, in addition to other good things, deals with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The editor has under exceptionally favorable circumstances secured excellent material for his write-up of the Exposition. The magazine will have a fine cover and will contain excellent matter.
Glendale Nurses’ Graduation
We express our thanks to the faculty and senior class of the Glendale Sanitarium Training-School for Missionary Nurses for invitation to be present at its “commencement exercises”, June 1, at Glendale, Cal. The number of the graduating class was ten. May they be true missionaries indeed.
Chicago Baptists Oust Professor Foster
The Baptist ministers of Chicago after some tremendously severe struggles and hot discussions, according to the Chicago papers, have condemned Professor Foster's book as unorthodox and have ousted him from their conference. There was a very strong minority, however, who stood with him.
Articles Which Should Be Read
By Editor
One of the great religious questions of the day is the Sabbath question. It is not only a religious question but a political question. It creeps in everywhere. Municipal, state, and national legislative bodies must meet it. It is a Biblical question, and one who would understand the true nature of the Sabbath question must obtain that information from the Bible, for the Bible only gives the true nature of the Sabbath and Sabbath observance.
In order that our readers may have an intelligent understanding of what the Sabbath question means, the SIGNS OF THE TIMES will present a series of articles, beginning July 28, on the Sabbath question. This is a most excellent series and the articles cover the Sabbath from its origin to this present time. These articles are as follows:
The Sabbath at Creation.
The Sabbath During the Days of the Patriarchs.
The Sabbath at the Exodus.
The Sabbath Marked by the Manna.
The Sabbath in the Decalogue.
The Sabbath “Made Known” to Israel.
The Sabbath in Israel’s Land.
Christ and the Sabbath.
The Sabbath at the Crucifixion.
The Sabbath and the Apostles.
The Change of the Sabbath as Indicated by Prophecy.
The Change of the Sabbath as Proved by History.
The Restoration of the Sabbath Predicted by Divine Prophecy.
The Seal of God.
The First Day in the Scriptures; Is It a Holy Day?
The Sabbath in Eternity.
Here are sixteen articles on the Sabbath question which will give to the readers a mass of information that can be gotten in very few publications. They are decidedly Biblical. Not only ought our readers to become interested in them, but they have friends on every side who are puzzled over the Sabbath question. It is the desire of the SIGNS to present these articles for the truth which they contain. In the great day of judgment nothing but truth will pass current. In the scales of God’s justice error is not counted. How much wiser men would be if they would in all character-building and knowledge-getting count as above all things else, truth.
Good Advice to Catholics.
The President made an address on the evening of June 10 before the Congress of Roman Catholic Missionaries then in session in Washington, speaking principally of the settlement in the Philippines of the difficulties caused by the close relation there of the church to the government. Separation would, he thought, strengthen the church there “as freedom and toleration and complete separation of church and state have strengthened the church in this country.” This is very good advice; it is to be hoped they will follow it. But the religious body concerned is not prone to follow advice unless it favors its own policy. How about the government? Has it any responsibility in the matter? There can be no union of church and state unless the state consents and unites with the church, and is not the United States supreme in the Philippines?
