Hero Worship

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 27, 1901

“If a Catholic were asked, What is the most hopeful sign of the times from a religious standpoint? he might well answer, ‘The increasing regard with which Protestants are coming to view the heroes of Catholicism, the saints.’”—Catholic Mirror, Jan. 26, 1901. And in proportion as Protestants, or any other body of people, have trusted to hero worship or veneration, to that extent have they lost sight of Him who is the Chiefest among the myriads and “the One altogether lovely.” The Jews had a very high regard for Moses and the prophets when they crucified Him whose creatures and servants they were.