Catholic Activity and Advancement
By Editor
The English Catholic Directory for 1913 shows that there are 12,968,814 Catholics in the British Empire, and that they made a gain during 1912 of 392,589. The intense missionary activity of the Catholic Church in these times is very remarkable. Their successes are quite as remarkable. These successes are largely due in many parts of the world to the fact that much that is called Protestantism has ceased to be such in fact. As the resistance to the Papacy becomes less and less pronounced by the leading Protestant churches, the increase of that church will become more and more rapid, until it will finally seem to be sweeping everything before it. Nothing but unbounded faith in the God of the Bible will enable the individual to stand up against the aggressions of the papal power as they will be seen in the world in the very near future. The world is rapidly ripening for great international concentration. The spirit of war, and of social unrest, and such kindred topics, are being made the occasion for many a speech and newspaper article demanding an international tribunal with an international head. All the traditions of the past in regard to the right of the Papacy to stand as the head of this world, will be set in active operation again. All the arrogance of the past will be seen, and men will be led to think that the only thing that can save the world from the destructions of war and anarchy will be the papal arm of power and absolute supremacy. There will be a furious rush on the part of the whole world to place the pope at the head of things. Just how long it will take to bring this about, or the manner of its coming, it is not in our province to discuss. But we are sure that it will be brought about very, very soon. The logic of events and of happenings in the world would seem to demand it; and then the prophets of the Bible have made it clear beyond a peradventure that the papal power is to be fully restored and given world-wide dominion. Do not cast this off as something unworthy of consideration, but think and watch.