The Irish Situation.—The condition of Ireland continues the same, with broils, bloodshed, and destruction. The hunger-striking Lord Mayor of Cork has lived for over forty days professedly without food. It is good that the Government is so far firm, and won’t listen to sentimental and disloyal demands for his release. Nothing but forcible disarmament will repress violence in Ireland.
The Threatened Coal Strike.—The prospect of agreement between the miners and the Government is brighter as we go to press. Almost all unbiased people regard the unqualified demands and threats of the former as un-Christian and unreasonable. Since the god of false charity has taken the throne in modern times we have never had such wars and strifes, and since the gospel of love without law has been preached from the pulpits we have never had such pleasure-loving indulgence and general wickedness. The modern gospel of no-sin, no-hell, believe-and-do-as-you-please, has produced baleful fruits. “O Israel, return unto the Lord, thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.”
Inverness and Public Band on Sabbath.—We were delighted to observe that the Inverness Town Council by twelve votes to three refused to give liberty to a musical band to play in a public place on the Lord’s Day. May the Inverness authorities get more and more power to repress Sabbath desecration and other evils!