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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 16, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 46.

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Fallen Protestantism

By S. B. H.

THE Western Watchman (Catholic), St. Louis, Mo., of October 12, contains the following editorial paragraph:—
“It is plain to all that Protestantism in the United States has fallen to pieces; but what is more astounding, the ministers look complacently out upon the ruins. In the midst of the desolation the rich laity of the country have banded themselves in a nation-wide movement to rebuild the fallen walls of the Lutheran Jerusalem. But all the money in the world will not bring back the spirit that is fled. There never was much religion in Protestantism, but hatred of Catholicity stood these deluded people instead of supernatural faith. It gave a raison d’être for their existence, and an objective for their activities. But even hatred of Catholicity is dead, and nothing now remains but the somber duty of burying the dead.”
Measured by the platform of principles enunciated by original Protestantism, it is a regrettable fact that the challenge of the Watchman contains a measure of truth.
S. B. H.