Religious Liberty Notes by K. C. R.

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 22, 1912

Religious Liberty Notes

By K. C. R.

An eminent jurist of St. Clair County, Michigan, is a regular reader of Liberty and the Protestant Magazine, and is a firm believer in the principles taught by these journals.

It is interesting to note that a widespread movement is now on foot in China, by Chinese themselves, to secure an article favoring religious liberty for that country in the new constitution soon to be made. A society has been organized, and the propaganda has already spread through a majority of the provinces, many people having enlisted under the religious liberty banner. Some provinces have even elected delegates to attend the national convention when it meets, and to labor for the proper recognition of religious freedom.

The New York Tribune of Oct. 31, 1911, in commenting editorially upon the appointment of three American cardinals by the head of the Roman Catholic Church, says in part: “American Catholics will be much pleased to have the importance of their province of the church thus recognized, and many non-Catholics will regard the act as a compliment to the nation. Indeed, the delegation of American members in the sacred college will invest the church in this country with increased importance and influence, and mark little short of a new era in its history. . . . These new creations will give America far greater standing than it has ever had before at Rome.” The appointment of these cardinals and this editorial comment are significant signs of the times, showing how surely Roman Catholicism is getting hold of America with a deathlike grip.

K. C. R.