Lacking in spiritual power, is the almost universal verdict against the modern church. The church concedes the truth of the indictment in her persistent grasping for political power. There can be but one cause for such an effect, and that is, departure from fundamental principles—the corruption of genuine doctrine by the introduction of that which is fraudulent. To this end the apostle Paul said of even his early day, "The mystery of iniquity doth already work." The iniquity that the enemy of souls was then injecting into the church came from paganism, and it continued to work until the Papacy was developed, after which consummation it worked even more effectually than before. For a terse and authentic statement of the origin and results of some of the false ideas imbibed by many professed Christians of to-day, we commend the pamphlet, "Pagan Counterfeits in the Christian Church," by Chas. A. S. Temple, a Presbyterian clergyman. For sale at this office, and branches. 187 pp.; price 25 cents. All who desire to know the truth in this relation should read this little work.