The Boys’ Brigade and Carnal Weapons
By Editor
THE Alameda and San Francisco County companies of the Boys' Brigade, nearly seven hundred strong, three battalions, were reviewed in the Mechanics' Pavilion, Friday evening, March 17, by Gen. John H. Dickenson and staff, of the national guard of California, with exhibition and fancy drills, and a competitive sergeants' drill for a prize medal.—The Occident. Here we have the ignoble spectacle of a professedly Christian institution training boys to a gladiatorial display of their proficiency in the use of carnal weapons, to gain the applause of the multitude and the pride of a corruptible reward. The Christian's only offensive weapon is the word of God, the "sword of the Spirit." "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds." 2 Cor. 10:4.