Covenanter Witness Vol. 41 - Reformed Presbyterian Historical ...

THE COVENANTER WITNESS July 7, 1948
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By Frank Allen, D. D.
The Cardiff Giant Hoax
The Cardiff Giant, a great hoax 79 years ago, has now
found a resting place in a museum at Cooperstown, N. Y.
This stone Goliath, weighing 2,990 pounds, was unearthed
on a farm near Cardiff in central N. Y. in 1869 and was
said to be a petrified human body. It is said that hundreds
of sermons were preached by ministers who looked upon
the discovery as a proof of the Bible verse, "There were
giants in those days."
In reality, the statue was the work
of a Chicago sculptor, financed by George Hull, who buri
ed it on his brother-in-law's farm and arranged for it
to be dug up later to confound Biblical literalists.
The secretary
A Good Word For Chiang
of the Board of Foreign Missions of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., speaking to a group of
Presbyterian ministers in Syracuse, said recently that
Chiang Kai-shek is the ablest and strongest man in China
or government. He fur
and more popular than his party
ther stated that the present policy of the Christian church
in China is to attach itself to no party, but to insist that
the Christian message is above and beyond the political
scene.
Baptists Appoint 33 Missionaries
The Foreign Missions Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention has appointed 333 young missionaries 9 men
and 24 women for lifetime service overseas. Twelve of
these are assigned to China, nine to Latin America and the
others to Japan, the Near East and Africa. The executive
secretary, Mr. Rankin, says that it is the hope of the
board to send out 1,250 missionaries. He estimates that
this would cost their church four million annually.
New Princton Proffessor
The French ambassador to the Vatican, Jacques Mari-
tain, a noted Roman Catholic writer, has been appointed
as a professor of philosophy at Princeton University. He
has resigned his position at the Vatican to accept the posi
tion at Princeton. What would the Princeton fathers
have said? Are there no qualified Protestant teachers of
philosophy?
Prayer Without Christ
The editor of The Banner rejoices in the fact that Presi
dent Truman requested the nation to pause for a minute
on Memorial Day in order to pray for world-peace. But,
he adds: "We were sadly disappointed with the prayer
for peace by the Chief of the Chaplains. No note of peni
tence was struck and the prayer was concluded with the
words 'In thy name", referring to God, but not in the
name of Christ,
the Ruler of the nations whose Name
every tongue will confess and before whom every knee
will bow. Was the blessed name of Christ omitted to
avoid offending Jews and other non-Christians? .... No
Christless prayer will have any power in the counsels of
heaven. Such a prayer will not prolong the days of peace.
Thank God that Christians in this land are praying for
peace in the name of Him who alone is the Prince of
Peace;
who sits on the throne of heaven and rules all
nations for the good of His Church and the ultimate vic
tory
of the Kingdom. O that kings and judges of the
earth might listen to the warning addressed specially to
them: 'Kiss the Son least he be angry and ye perish in
the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled'
"(Ps. 2:12).
May Chaplains Remain
Speaking of the constitutionality of Army and Navy
chaplains Mr. Tuinen, in The Banner, says: Some fear
that the interpretation of the Constitution expressed in
the decision of the Supreme Court must logically lead to
the outlawing of government-paid chaplains as well as
teachers. Others have already advocated that the Churches
themselves must undertake the responsibility for pro
viding a spiritual minsitry in our armed forces. He then
quotes the view of the chaplains as expressed by R. J.
White, Catholic president of the Chaplains Association of
the Army and Navy, "The chaplains will combat any at
tempts by atheists or communistic fellow-travellers who
seek to exile God and deprive the fighting men of Ameri
religion."
ca of the strength and consolation of Divine
The Best Contributors
The Alliance Weekly refers to a daily
paper which
makes the statement that families with incomes under
$500.00 contribute as large a proportion of their incomes
to the church as do those with incomes between $5,000
and $10,000 a year. It further affirms that the smaller
income group
contribute more than twice the proportion
given by those with incomes over $10,000. There are ex
ceptions, yet it seems true that those who have compara
tively little of this world's wealth illustrate the truth
that "God hath chosen the poor of his world, rich in
faith,"
to manifest truly unselfish giving.
Civil War Among the Jews
According to reports there is civil war among the Jews
in Palestine. The Jewish army is trying to prevent the
underground Jewish terrorists from breaking the truce
by bringing in more Jews and amunition on ships. Let
us hope not only that the truce may be kept and become
permanent, but that some on both sides of the fighting
forces see that true and lasting peace centers in and
around Christ, the Prince of Peace.
Cost of Cigarettes
It has been pointed out that two packs of cigarettes a
day, the average for an addict, amounts to $100.00 a year.
A smoker from the age of twenty to sixty would, at this
rate, burn up the value of $4,000, the price of a home in
normal times.
Teaching Children Crime
The Free Methodist shows the utter stupidity of the
vast majority of American parents in crime and
teaching
making the effort to show* that crime does not pay. The
children get the technique and glamor of crime and miss
the high lesson the program is said to include.
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