NATIONAL REFORM CONSISTENCY.
By W. N. G.
THE Christian Statesman of the 28th ult. notes the fact that its proposition to celebrate the 1900th birthday of Christ with a "round the world series of Christian conventions," has been indorsed by the W. C. T. U. It is proposed that the celebration "begin with a two weeks' series of congresses on Christian reforms," in which "liberals, Catholics, and evangelicals could unite without embarrassment." In the adjoining column are these comments on the Papacy: "The most powerful organized enemy civil liberty has ever contended against is the Papacy. . . . The Papacy has not changed. She cannot change. The fundamental doctrines of her system forbid it. She is so constructed that she must insist on absolute supremacy over men and nations. . . . We do not fear that the Papacy will ever overthrow our institutions, but it may give us an immense amount of trouble if permitted to get a stronger hold upon our affairs." What an institution this picture presents for professed Christians and professed lovers of civil liberty to unite with "without embarrassment"! And this is the so-called National Reform, as expounded by its own organ. When such Reformers shall have united with the Papacy "without embarrassment," we may indeed look for "an immense amount of trouble." W. N. G.