Something to Be Remembered.
IN his "Early Days of Christianity" Canon Farrar; writing of the condition of the world about the time of Christ, makes the following significant statement:— "It is certain that the old Paganism was—except in country places—practically dead. The very fact that it was necessary to prop it up by the buttress of political interference shows how hollow and ruinous the structure of classic Polytheism had become." Probably none of those who read and admire this book, will think to make a more general application of the principle here stated—that when any religious body, or class of people, seek to strengthen their cause by political alliance, it is a sure index that the cause is intrinsically weak. It was not until grave heresies had crept in that the early church sought the friendship of the world. And so now, in the conflict between the Sabbath of the Lord and the Sunday of the pope, the fact that the Sunday supporters implore the aid of the State, should convince all thinking men that their cause lacks a solid foundation. This principle will always hold good. No church or sect asks the State to enforce anything that is plainly taught in the Bible. But man-made institutions must be upheld by man, since God will not interfere in their behalf.