The Growth of Sacerdotalism
It is said that in 1851 there were only 17 monasteries and 53 convents in England and Wales. At the present time there are 243 religious houses for men and 493 for women. Along with this, there has been a tremendous growth of Sacerdotalism in the Church of England. Parallel with this, also, there has been a general lessening of the authority of the Bible, and a lifting up of human authority. This same thing is working in mission fields, more generally perhaps in the cities than in the country districts, where close contact with sin and misery tends to drive the worker closer to the only hope and refuge. There is desperate need for the preaching of the Gospel message of reformation throughout Christendom in the power of the Holy Spirit, whose the Word is. —Oriental Watchman.