p. 15 | WHAT CATHOLICS EXPECT by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 20, 1907

WHAT CATHOLICS EXPECT.

By Editor

The "Western Watchman" of December 13 prints an interview with Archbishop Farley, who has recently visited Europe, and especially Norway, Denmark, and Scotland. He tells us that he has hope of Northern Europe soon becoming Catholic.

The Catholic Church in America is rapidly drawing to itself the best element in the country, and that if Catholics were only true to themselves and the precepts of their religion, the day is not far distant when the mission of the Catholic Church will be filled throut the length and breadth of this republic.

Rev. Father Robert, one of their missionary workers, also says that "I used to count our converts by the hundred in the early days of my missionary life. I have stopped that system of computation long ago, and now count them by the thousand."

This one thing is favoring Catholicism, not only in this country, but in all the world,—they have a positive belief. They stand somewhere. They present something with the assurance of conviction, while Protestants have emasculated the Word of God thru higher criticism, and have nothing definitely positive to offer the soul that is seeking salvation.

Men throut the Protestant ranks are decrying dogmatic Christianity. Of course there is danger of too much dogma and dogmatic preaching, but it would be the greatest blessing to Protestantism that could come to her if she could be able to say in the language of the Scriptures so often repeated, especially by the beloved apostle, "FOR WE KNOW," and that is the assurance that God desires His church shall have.