2116.—A Wider Application of Principle.
By Editor
If the reasons given by Archbishop John M. Farley, in the commencing session of the Peace Conference in New York, for the Church of Rome, to be recognized at The Hague Congress, are reasons, then wouldn't the same argument hold good for all great churches who have their members in all nations to be recognized at The Hague? Yes and no. Every true church of Christ would not wish to involve itself in any State decision at all; they would reply in the words of Christ when one came to Him asking for arbitration, "Man, who made Me a judge or a divider over you?" So the true church of Christ should say to the nations of earth, Who made me a divider over you? That ought, of course, to be the position of every church. Among the chief arguments presented by Archbishop Farley, however, is the position, the extent, and the influence of the Roman Church. Of course that never ought to be recognized by the nations of the world, and yet according to the prophet it will be.