Rev. J. R. Anderson’s Sermons.
In the January issue of the Magazine a brief notice of these sermons appeared. Those who appreciate sound scriptural teaching will find in the volume what they want. The book is to be had from Mr. R. Wodrow Anderson, 29 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow, and also from Mr. H. P. Pitt, 4 Clarendon Road, Trowbridge. The price is 2/- post free.
Sabbath Games in Glasgow.
Roman Catholic influence is showing itself in Glasgow in a way that ought to rouse the most indifferent Protestant to the seriousness of the situation. At a recent meeting of the Town Council the ban against games in the public parks was removed by a vote of 33 to 17. Treasurer Dollan as was to be expected had no place for the Scottish Sabbath. The Socialists are now in power in the Town Council and are showing the bent of their policy. The above decision which must be approved by the Sheriff before it becomes law has not, at the time of writing, received that approval.
Civic Reception to Catholic Young Men’s Society.
The question of the civic reception to this Society was raised at Edinburgh Town Council by Councillor John Cormack, leader of the Edinburgh Protestant Action Society. The Town Clerk in answer to a question by Mr. Cormack said that the Lord Provost’s Committee had decided that a civic reception be given to the above Society on the occasion of its annual meeting in Edinburgh on April 27 and 28. A civic reception had been given in 1927 and Glasgow, Dundee, and other towns had also given receptions. The decision of the Lord Provost’s Committee was final said the Town Clerk. What have the Protestant ratepayers of Edinburgh to say to this? No doubt Councillor Cormack will not allow the matter to rest here and one hopes he will receive support from those who disapprove of public funds being used for such a purpose.
Sir Ambrose Fleming’s Lecture.
Recently this distinguished scientist in his presidential address to the Victoria Institute threw a live bomb into the Evolution camp. It caused considerable correspondence. It is amazing how men who profess to be leaders in the scientific world are still under the belief that they are standing on a rock-foundation while it is nothing better than a shifting sand theory unestablished by satisfactory facts. It is interesting to notice that some of the correspondents delivered rather sharp blows to the theory beloved of all true Evolutionists of our so-called ape ancestry. The search for the “missing link” should be restricted. It is more likely to be found in the brains of some of the out-standing Evolutionists than in the jungle forests of the world.
Burns Worship.
If one wishes to have an idea how silly some ministers can make themselves one has only to read the speeches delivered at the annual Burns dinners in January. Why they are there at all to honour the memory of Burns who played fast and loose with some of the commandments of their professed Master and whose religion at best never rose higher than mere Naturalism with a strong Deistic colouring is a question that might be considered by them. Burns was trained in an Arian home and came under the influence of this Christ-dis-honouring heresy notwithstanding the beautiful picture drawn of that home in the Cotter’s Saturday Night. Is genius to be lauded to the heavens at the expense of those virtues which the law of heaven sets before the ambassadors of the Cross as supreme. Why not do the same to Shelley, Byron and others? The life of Scotland’s poet so richly endowed with marvellous poetic gifts is a life to shed tears over and is one of the saddest recorded in the annals of Scottish literature.