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August 5, 3914.
EDITORIAL
JOHN W. PRITCHARD Editor
forces in Mexico enables the leaders
sentative to all the Powers, but since
present, and has fulminated its ridicu-
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAXISM IN to show their attitude to the priesthood
of Rome, who have so long darkuages
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CINCINNATI.
grand and glorious benefactors of the
ened the land. Here comes in the intervening
influence of the diplomats,
is unable to do so, and has to request
golian and Chinese, this Government
The Presbyterian of June 24 had in
country, Hidal, Juarez and Lerdo de
Tejada.
its Cincinnati correspondence, the report
of the extinction of the New men. Had they done the work of the
a representative to Urga to discuss
who would ease the situation for these
your Excellency's Government to send
"The Pretorial and clerical rulings
of Porfirio Diaz and Huerta, against
Scliool Reformed Presbyterian church Lord by teaching tho people the Scriptures,
and by setting before them a struggling heroically for many years,
various matters."
which the Mexican people have been
in that city. It tays;
godly life, judgment would be more have had the sympathy and assistance
MY AUGUST OFFER.
"Plans are afoot iOr the reception
by the Presbytery of the First Reformed
Presbyterian church, and its union
•with the First, which is the mother
of all churches, of whatever denomination,
in Cincinnati."
This plan carried out, is decisive
for that church, in Cincinnati, for the
same report says the Presbytery
"has adopted a recommendation of
the 'Federation of Churches' of Cincinnati
and vicinity, which declares that
all proposed occupancy of new territory
shall be submitted to the Comity
Committee of the Federation, whose
decision shall be final.''
Our church there still survives, and
has in view securing a pastor. May
tbe Lord sustain and bless it in its
effort to hold forth the testimony of
Christ.
THE IRRELIGION OF FRANCB.
Parliamentary Government in Prance
is not very successful. The President
does not have the authority of a "First—All foreign Catholic priests
New World President. The Government
rests upon the waters, we might will be expelled from the State.
and Jesuits of whatever nationality
say, to indicate the mobility of it. The "Second—Of the remaining Catholic
leaders in France are no longer
Clericals; their leaders are complete abstention from politics will
priests those who cannot prove their
not Christians, they are not even be expelled.
religious. The Evening Post gives "Third—Churches will remain open
a Paris letter of June 6, discussing
largely Monsieur Viviani, the the afternoon. Only priests having
daily from 6 in the morning until 1 in
latest of the succession of French pre­
permission to do so will be permitted
miers. He is 52 and was born in Algiers.
He came to Paris, and since
1893 has been in Parliamentary life,
and is an Extreme Radical. The downward
drift of politics is seen in the
favor shown here by the Deputies. He
is on friendly terms with the President,
who is not with him in his Radicalism.
Viviani, in a speech of November
8, 1906, gave his idea of the Republic,
as to which the Evening Post
says:
"By a majority of 368 to 129, the
Chamber of Deputies voted the posting
Up of this speech in all the communes
of France."
He had said:
"All together, first our fathers, then
our elders, and now ourselves, we
have set ourselves to the work of anti-
Clericalism, of irreligion; we have
torn from the people's soul all belief
in another life, in the deceiving and
unreal visions of a heaven. To the
man who stays his steps at set of sun,
crushed beneath the labor of the days
and weeping with want and wretchedness,
we have said: 'Behind those
clouds at which you gaze so mournfully
there are only vain dreams of
heaven.' With magnificent gesture we
have quenched for him in the sky
those lights which none shall ever
again kindle. Do you think our work
's over It begins."
A FAMILY PAPER.
CURBING THE ROMAN CATHOLICS
IN MEXICO.
The victory of the Constitutionalist
intelligently administered, and tney
would suffer little, but the course of
events in all lands has been the same,
as witness Italy, France and Portugal.'
Tampico, July 26.—A decree limiting
the scope of the Roman Cathol.c
Church in the State of Xuevo Laredo,
on the ground of "public health, morality
and justice," was issued today by
Antonio I. V.llareal, Governor and mil
itary commander. He said:
"During tne lile of the nation the
church has been a pernicious factoi
in disruption and discord, and has entirely
forgotten its spiritual mission."
The most drastic feature of the decree
is the prohibition of confession.
Villareal gives as his reason for this
the charge that the confessional and
the sacristy in Mexico have become
a menace to morality.
The decree makes the following orders
for government of Catholic
schools and churches:
to officiate.
"Fourth—Confession is prohibited.
"F.fth—The public is prohibited
from entering the sacristy.
"Sixth—^Church bells shall ring only
to celebrate fiestas in honor of the
country, or for triumphs of the Constitutionalists'
arms.
"Seventh—All Catholic colleges shall
be closed which do not obey the programs
and texts ordered by officials
and which do not have at their head
stamping, a bas-relief of Lincoln and
some professor who is a graduate of
the normal schools of the country, doubtless aware, has been made with autograph on side covers. It is a
who will be responsible to the Government
for any infraction of the rules. of the Mongolian Government to enter
Russia. It is now the earnest desire Library Edition. The Frontispiece to
"Eighth—Any infraction of these into similar treaties of commerce and
Volume I. is a Portrait of Lincoln in
laws will be punishable by a fine of friendship with other nations. We, color on heavy paper; the Frontispiece
to Volume ll. is an illustration
$100 to $500, and arrest and imprisonment
from two to four months, or lency kindly to send to Urga an au­
therefore, beg to request your Excel­
both fine and imprisonment." thorized Consul or other representative of Lincoln's Birthplace in color on
Explaining the grounds for this action,
Villareal's decree reads:
"In the interest of public health,
morality and justice, the State will
limit the scope of the Catholic Church,
which during its life has entirely forgotten
its spiritual mission, its sole
right to be recognized by modern society.
The Church has consecrated
itself principally to conquest in politics.
To secure its object it always
has been allied with the reactionary
Government and the despots, and even
with foreign invaders. It has shown
itself an implacable enemy to the liberal
movement and progress from the
flrst revolution of Ayutla until the
out a reply, our Government does not
know whether such communications
have been received by your Bxcellen-
of the Mexican church. The church Scoreo of Readers Have Accepted
has had its benedictions for the
These Offers—And Many Will Wish
crimes and corruptions of Huerta and
as unsuccessfully worked to incite
They Had When it is Too Late.
the public against the Constitutionalist
cause."
To any present Christian Nation
sulscriber who will send us Six Dollars
to advance their subscription
Some of the ceremonials of the
church were criticized, Villareal alleging
that in IMexico they have tended for three years beyond itJs present
toward weakening of moral character.
Catholic churches recently havte date, we will send, absolutely free, a
been closed in Saltillo, San Luis Potosi
and Nuevo Laredo
MOXGOLIA SEEKING AMERICAN
RECOGNITION.
Mongolia Tjecame independent of
China by the countenance of Russia,
and has been recognized by that Power.
The ruler is one of the "living
cy. The Mongolian Government had
desired to send an authorized repre­
Buddhas." Mongolia is seeking recognition
we will send wholly free, Tarbell's
by other Powers and the Pe­2 vol. "Life of Lincoln.". Or we will
king correspondent of the Evening add "The Covenanter Pastor" and
Post, under date of June 1, writes as send the Christian
follows:
Nation for one
"It is understood that Mongolia's
ruler had applied by letter to Secretary
Bryan, at Washington, for action
along the lines suggested in the fol­
This Life of Lincoln is printed
lowing letter to the diplomats representing
America, Britain, France, and from the same plates as were used
Germany here:
in printing MacMillan Company's
"Urga, Mongolia, April, 1914.
first edition, thousands of copies of
"Your Excellency. The Imperial
Mongolian Government beg to notify
your excellency that Mongolia, having
declared herself an independent state,
is no longer under the Government
of China. The ruler of Mongolia is
the Djibson Dampa Lama, the Bodga,
or Hutukhtu, residing at Urga, being,
at the same time, head of the Buddhistic
religion in this country. Since
declaring Mongolia independent, a commercial
treaty, as your Excellency is
of your Excellency's Government to
conclude similar treaties with the Government
of Mongolia, according to the
treaty between the Russian and Mongolian
Governments. We still retain
power to give to your Excellency's
Government the same terms as were
extended to Russia.
"The Mongolian Government has already
twice addressed all the Powers
on this matter. Being, however, with­
copy of "The Coyenanter Pastor," by
Dr. R. J. George, and Ida M. Tarbell's
celebrated "Life of Lincoln," in two
clothbound volumes.
To any NEW subscriber sending
us Three Dollars to pay for the Christian
Nation until January 1, 1916,
year only instead of for eighteen
months, if preferred. (Add SOc per
year if sent to a foreign address.)
which were sold for $15 a set; and
MacMillan's edition in two volumes
which sold at $5 a set. This differently
bound Memorial Edition is also in
two volumes, beautifully printed on
fine paper from the same plates,
bound in crown cloth, with gold
heavy paper. The two volumes are
boxed and sent free, all charges prepaid
to your very door.
No Covenanter should fail to secure
this great 2 vol. Life of Lincoln.
You should read it and your children
should read it.
And you should own and read "The
Covenanter Pastor."
John W. Pritchard, President.
Tri'oune Building, New York.
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