The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-07-18
Jacob Shanibarger.

d1SputabIy, steadily making
its onward march, and its un-
n mistakable approach, would
seem to have, here and there, a SEN
tinel or guard who is raising a warn
ing hand and demonstrating, voice.
AS matter of fact as well as be-
ing the words Of scripture "The wa
ges of sin is death" History hav-
ing so often repeated itself, it would
seem strange, that man should re-
fuse or at least fail to learn. But to
learn and to know, is not sufficient;
there must be conviction, and in a
sense, this would seem to be God
given Along with the knowledge of
sin, there must be, as it were the
baptism of the Spirit-te bring about
conservation and the willingness to
suffer the loss of temporal things,
and even the Willingness to suffer,
and to sustain martydom, or the
loss of life itself. So
That there is still some of this
light, Pickering here, and there, is
to be seen in the following: The
Pensacola Journal Of May "a, 1912,
has over news item, this peculiar
heading, 'Presbyterisns Would
Throw Down Gauntlet to Catholics"
Then follows, Associated Press, Bris-
toll Tenn, May %, 1912, 1.-THE Gen
eraI Assembly of the Southern Pres
byterian church today received a re-
port of the committee on ROmanlsm
urging the church to inaugurate
movement among the evangelical
States and Canada to thrown down
the gauntlet to the Roman Catholic
church in America and to undertake
a comprehensive plan of evangeliZ-
ing the Romanists as we'll as to es-
tablish a foundation for the support
of converts from among the priests,
monks and nuns, until they are full
~ instructed and enabled to learn
gainful occupations"
The foregoing is decidedly refresh
ing, and such as one seldom sees
nowadays in the secular press. And
in a sense, it would appear to nullify
the belief that, SO great already is
the far-reaching apostasy, as to in
clude in it, the Associated Press of
the United States-that an item such
as this should pass through it's
hands.
AS will be seen further on in this
procedure, there comes in, also mi
nority report from a portion of this
committee, on Romanism as having
been appointed for the purpose COT
investigating this vital matter.)
Judge Allen G. Hall, Of Nash
Vile, submitted a minority report
from the Rominism committee, de-
claring it would precipitate the
church into political entanglements.
Hall said any method to execute this
program would be impracticable and
divert the church from its proper
mission of preaching the gospel"
The newspaper account goes on to
say that ''The assembly made these
reports the order Of business tomor-
row." and which procedure, the
writer has not at hand.
AS will be seen, there are two
counts in the case; the one to EVAN
gelize" the Romanists, a matter sad
Ay and widely overlooked and more
often uncomprehended. The sec
ond, to establish foundation for
&he support Of converts from among
The priests, monks and nuns until
ahey are fully Instructed and enab-
led to learn gainful occupations"
The first count, so to speak name
ly; that of evangelfzing the Roman
lists, necessarily calls forth, the re-
Spouse of every true Christian. In
deed, no one calling himself or her.
self a Christian. con consistently re-