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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 19, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 16.

This Number.

By Editor

We commend this number to the perusal of those Protestants who believe either that Rome is making no progress or that she is a part of the church of Jesus Christ and one of the moral forces of the day. We call particular attention to the following articles: "Romanism the Religion of Human Nature," "A Review of Sunday Legislation, or What Rome Will Do for the United States," and "The Pope on the Past and Present." The latter, from the Christian Advocate, presents the matter just as it is, but, sad to say, the great church papers of the Protestant churches do not know that they have laid the foundation for Rome here, and made the superstructure which she is building the logical outcome of it all. But we do not wish our readers to think for a moment that we have aught against individuals, Roman Catholics or Protestants; for we have not. Our war is with principles not with man.

THE Christian Statesman of January 27 has the following item:—

"The Congregationalist states that the custom of giving quiet dinner parties on sabbath [Sunday] evening is increasing, especially in our cities. The custom must cease if the sabbath is to remain."

Now the Statesman may take either horn of the dilemma it chooses, but it either does not believe that its Sunday-sabbath is of God or it has no faith in God. Think of dinner parties destroying that which is of God!