The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-10-29

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separate sect represents an additional
effort on the part OF honest minds to
grope out of darkness toward the light.
| All who are awake are conscious that
some terrible nightmare of error rested
upon Christendom for long. long CEN
| turtles.
The Torch of Civilization.
| Well has the Bible been called the
| Torch Of Civilization and Progress.
The Bible. not men. was the great Re-
! former and leader into civilizatio
When the Bible was placed In the
hands Of the people, they began to see
that Gods Message came from Jesus,
and the Apostles. and the Prophets of
old. and that clericism and sacerdotal
| functions were made. A desire to
know what the Bible teaches became
more and more prevalent The first
effort of the clerics was to tell the
masses that the priesthood had the BIZ
BILE and would read it in their hearing
but it was read in Latin, to those who
could not understand Latin
Gradually the desire sprang up for
the Bible In the English language DIR.
Tyndale was amongst the first to rec
ognize the need and to supply it to the
British. Later Oh Luther. with assist
ants. supplied the Germans But not
many were able to read. partisan
spirit arose. Seeing that the Bible
was popular. all acclaimed it as the
Divine Revelation. But each party
condemned the translation made by the
other. when in reality there was no
particular difference between them. 1t
was all the bishops could do to keep
the people from studying Gods Word
themselves and to make them satisfied
with the presentations already given
them by their teachers.
Therefore the Bishop of London
bought up lot of Tyndale's Tesla
ments and burned them In public But
more were printed and the demand in
creased. People hungered for Gods
I Word and felt suspicious of the creeds,
as well they might Then came the
Catholic Bible In the English language.
and later. our Common Version English
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is made that Protestants should not
read the Catholic Bible. and that Cath
olics should not read the Protestant
Bible. when in reality. the two are
practically the same-good TRANSACTIONS
1t would appear that there are many
religious teachers of all denominations
who outwardly extol the Bible for
popularity's sake, but who in reality,
inwardly wish the people would never
read it. for they realize that the Bible
is the greatest foe In the world to eccle
siastical hypocrisies and superstitions
Back to the Bible, Says Popel
The present Pope with clear vision
beholds the drifting of our day away
from all faith and religion Viewing
the attitude of the Protestant colleges.
universities and theological seminaries.
the Pope realized that nearly all the
educated young men of Protestant
lands are being taught Higher Critic
ism. which is. but the polite modern
name for infidelity He perceived that
Professionalism, which originally boast-
ed of its fidelity to the Bible. and pro
tested against the acceptance of the
hings of the bishops as instead OF
the Divine Word. has cut loose from
the Bible MS an inspired authority and
is drifting upon the rocks of Higher
Criticism. rationalism. atheism.
The Pope then bethought him of the
Catholic colleges. and found the same
Higher Criticism intruding itself
there He perceived that this general
trend away from God has already
crushed all religion IN uinety-slx per
cent. of the French and In ninety per
cent. of the Germans. The awfulness
Of this situation greatly impressed the
holy father He realized that our in
crease of education and decrease In
religious faith must speedily spell an
drchy At the risk of condemnation
from both Catholics and Protestants
as narrow minded and bigoted. the
Pope instituted heroic measures. He
gave orders that all Roman Catholic
ecclesiastics and teachers must be ex-
amined az to their faith. and must
solemnly swear to 1t. and that all
books along the lines Of Higher Crit
ieism should be banned
! Pope Pins x took another bold. cour-
ageous step. The Pope perceiving
that the masses would no longer rec
ognize the Bishops as Divine authori-
ty-as successors to the Apostles. the
Papal bull directed the Catholic
Masses to no longer look to the sue
sessors Of the Apostles for instruction.
but to the Bible itself He urged upon
the Bishops TINT Catholics everywhere
be encouraged TO read the Bible This
IN II nIn,'r ~ IN, ritvht direction r.