Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 11, 1909

Urging a Boycott

ALTHOUGH the boycott has been pronounced illegal by the courts, yet representatives of what professes to be the one only true church of Christ do not hesitate to recommend its use by Roman Catholics. Displeased with an article which recently appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, the editor of the Standard and Times (Catholic) suggests that “there are some persons of Irish birth and Catholic faith among the readers of, and subscribers to, that esthetic journal” who may not enjoy reading the article in question, and of them he says:—

To such we have a right to appeal for a practical manifestation of their opinion of this kind of literature, such as will make itself felt on the next annual balance-sheet of the Saturday Evening Post.

Thus does the Times interpret to its readers the Christian principle contained in these words: “Do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” Are measures which have been pronounced illegal when employed by secular organizations, commendable when employed by the church?