Religious Discussions to be Stopped by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 23, 1916

Religious Discussions to be Stopped

By Editor

ARE our readers aware that the discussion of certain doctrines will, in time, be forbidden by law? When the truth is told about “enforcing the observances of the church by civil authority, the inroads of Spiritualism, the stealthy but rapid progress of the papal power,” even Protestants will endeavor to suppress it. “The Great Controversy,” page 607, says that “by every means at their command they will endeavor to suppress the discussion of these vital questions. The church appeals to the strong arm of civil power, and in this work, papists and Protestants unite.”

We now see many Protestants decrying any exposure of the Roman Catholic errors. Peace at any price means victory for Romanism. But to avoid any trouble they wish to hush the voice of truth. A word to the wise is sufficient. While the message will never be stopped by an argument of that character, it is necessary in the present favorable time to work fast, for all who will listen must be warned of the dangers just ahead.

The Liberty magazine is published for the specific purpose of meeting the movement to unite church and state. With the legitimate power of fact and argument it is boldly striking at this unholy, uncivil union. Now is the favorable time for the circulation of Liberty. The second-quarter issue is the best number ever published.