THIS astounding event is almost lost sight of in the excitement caused by the breaking out of a European war. But July 14, Pius IX. was declared by a vote of the Ecumenical Council to be God on earth, supreme and infallible. Theoretically, he is the arbiter of men’s faith, the keeper of their consciences, the ruler of their temporal affairs. Practically, the Roman church has drawn a line which will separate herself and her adherents more fully from the remainder of the world, and has added another, and the greatest, of the names of blasphemy written upon her brazen brow. How can any now possibly mistake the subject of Paul’s prophecy in 2 Thess. 2, or the identity of the “little horn” of Daniel’s prediction, whose “great words” caused the prophet such astonishment? The vote stood four hundred and fifty ayes, eighty-eight nays, and sixty-two “conditional,” whatever that may mean. It is a last effort to recover and extend “the kingdom of Christ on earth;” for the Pope claims to be the legal head of that kingdom. As do the Protestant churches, so does he, ignore Christ’s declaration that his “kingdom is not of this world.” He wears his triple crown as token of present sovereignty in defiance of Christ’s own words. But he is doomed; his day of dominion is past forever; perdition yawns to receive the iniquitous power whose representative head he is. His present struggles are but death-struggles.—Ad. Chris. Times.